You can add Taylor Hicks to the long list of American Idol contestants and winners to make the leap from the Idol stage to the Broadway stage. The soul man will make his Broadway debut playing Teen Angel in “Grease” starting June 6th and wrapping up Sept. 7th.
The gray-haired singer, whose “Idol” fan base was called “The Soul Patrol,” said he plans to add “soulful flavor” to his performance of “Beauty School Dropout.” The flashy role, he said, is “a classic fit for a classic performer.”
“It’s a big number, and, you know, I’ve made some pretty grand entrances before,” Hicks told The Associated Press on Thursday. “And this one is probably the grandest entrance I’ve had in my career.”
The 31-year-old Hicks, who was dropped from J Records late last year, is also wrapping up work on the follow-up to his self-titled debut album.
“I’ve had the creative freedom and the time to write some of the best music that I’ve ever written in my whole life. … The options are unlimited and there has been some great interest now that I’m a free agent, so to speak,” he said.
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