Taylor Hicks goes to Broadway

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."

Artists Dropped By Labels Left & Right!

Taylor Hicks may have won "American Idol," but he doesn't have his record deal anymore. The soul singer, who claimed the "Idol" title in 2006, has apparently been dropped by J Records, a label within Sony-BMG.

The Backstreet Boys have been rumored to be in the process of being dropped by their record label, Jive, following two album flops in a row. Maybe it's time they move on anyway?

Another American Idol, Ruben Studdard, who released three albums for J Records since 2003 (the latest, 2006's The Return, to modest sales), has been dropped from the label as well.