Taylor Hicks Is Grease’s “Teen Angel” In National Tour
Taylor Hicks - whom I still think is the least likely American Idol winner ever, and yet he won - has been taking on Broadway with the role of Teen Angel in a revival of the musical Grease. Theater lovers won’t have to go to New York to see him though - he’s signed on to the show’s national tour. (Find out when Grease will be in your town here.)
Taylor Hicks is no Frankie Avalon, but I think he’s just right for the role. It’s only one song, after all, so he can’t screw up too much! And such an inspirational message:
Beauty school dropout…
If you go for your diploma, you could join a steno pool.
Turn in your teasin’ comb and go back to high school!
Ah, the 1950s mentality. Steno pool! Does anyone even know what that is anymore?
By the way, it seems that this production is the natural next step for many AI alumni - they’ve also got Ace Young as thick-in-the-head greaser Kenickie. It’s good for these wanna-be Idols that musicals are going strong these days!
Photo Source: Chicago Tribune
POSTED BY: gossipmonkey
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Hi…don’t discount Taylor’s talent. The reason he seems so strange a choice for American Idol is because he is not the cookie cutter performer. I have been lucky enough to see him perform in person and he is very good. Simon decided he wasn’t good enough because he has gray hair and a sound completely different from everything you hear on the top forty. Everyone wanted Chris Daughtry to win (and he is excellent) but Chris sounds like everything else out there on the radio. You can’t tell him from any of the others. THAT is boring.