Grease: You're The One That I Want

Taylor Hicks: When you get parodied by "Weird Al" Yankovic, you've arrived.

source: tayloristheboogie2 (WordPress)

Nice little interview by phone with Taylor.  A few little tidbits and info on Grease.  The author (David Menconi) appears to be a fan.  BY DAVID MENCONI – Staff writer In the future, every “American Idol” finalist will spend at least 15 minutes on Broadway. Which means Taylor Hicks is ahead of t...

Published Thu, Oct 1

Birmingham's 'American Idol' winner Taylor Hicks making his way on Broadway

source: tayloristheboogie2 (WordPress)

Now, sitting at an outdoor table at Vestavia Hills’ Diplomat Deli, Hicks is talking about his stint on Broadway and on tour as Teen Angel in “Grease.” In “Grease,” Hicks is able to perform a single from “The Distance,” and he’s played in clubs along the tour route, adding to his legions of fan...

Published Fri, Sep 18

Hoover’s own Taylor Hicks has scheduled a visit to his alma mater, Hoover High

source: tayloristheboogie2 (WordPress)

The American Idol winner and Grease Broadway star returns to Birmingham that week while Grease is being staged at the BJCC Concert Hall. With regard to his Hoover High visit, Theatre Director Nancy Malone envisions a quaint conversation with theatre students about Hicks’ rise to fame in...

Published Sat, Sep 12

Photo Flash: BROADWAY DREAMS FOUNDATION Returns To Atlanta

source: Broadway World

 NY popular "American Idol" finalist and Broadway veteran Diana degarmo (Hairspray), Paul Canaan (Legally Blonde & mtv's "Legally Blonde: The Search For Elle Woods"), Eden Espinosa (Wicked, Brooklyn, Rent), Billy Porter (Grease, Miss Saigon), ...

Published Fri, Jun 12

Summer theater guide

source: Sarasota Herald-Tribune

 FL Grease" -- "American Idol" season 5 winner Taylor Hicks stars as Teen Angel in the new Broadway revival of the enduring hit about the T-Birds and the Pink Ladies at Rydell High School. Through Aug. 23. Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center. ...

Published Wed, Jun 10

Summer theater guide

source: Sarasota Herald-Tribune

 FL Grease" -- "American Idol" season 5 winner Taylor Hicks stars as Teen Angel in the new Broadway revival of the enduring hit about the T-Birds and the Pink Ladies at Rydell High School. Through Aug. 23. Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center. ...

Published Wed, Jun 10

Summer theater guide

source: Sarasota Herald-Tribune

 FL Grease" -- "American Idol" season 5 winner Taylor Hicks stars as Teen Angel in the new Broadway revival of the enduring hit about the T-Birds and the Pink Ladies at Rydell High School. Through Aug. 23. Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center. ...

Published Wed, Jun 10

Summer theater guide

source: Sarasota Herald-Tribune

 FL Grease" -- "American Idol" season 5 winner Taylor Hicks stars as Teen Angel in the new Broadway revival of the enduring hit about the T-Birds and the Pink Ladies at Rydell High School. Through Aug. 23. Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center. ...

Published Wed, Jun 10