Season 5 winner Taylor Hicks is just the latest 'American Idol' contestant to try his chops on Broadway.
The gray-haired singer will play Teen Angel in the current revival of "Grease" at New York's Brooks Atkinson Theatre.
The leads for the show were selected on NBC's 2007 reality competition, "Grease: Your're the One That I Want." An eclectic list of celebrities formerly played the role, including rock 'n roll icon Chubby Checker and jazz musician Al Jarreau.
Other 'American Idol' contestants who Fantasia Barrino (2005 winner) in "The Color Purple," Diana DeGarmo (2005 finalist) in "Hairspray" and Josh Strickland (2003 finalist) in Disney's "Tarzan."
