Taye Diggs joins Rent 30th anniversary concert and stars in new Lifetime film
The gist
Actor Taye Diggs joined the Rent 30th Anniversary Concert and stars in Lifetime's Paradise with You.
The Rent benefit reunites him with the original Broadway musical's cast.
How it unfolded
- Oct 13, 2026Complex reports Diggs stars in Lifetime's Terry McMillan Presents: Paradise with You, premiering Saturday, Nov. 7, at 8 p.m. ET/PT.
- Oct 19, 2026BroadwayWorld, Playbill and Rolling Stone report Diggs joins the Rent 30th Anniversary Concert, a one-night-only benefit at Broadway's Richard Rodgers Theatre on Monday, October 26, 2026, benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
- Oct 19, 2026Playbill reports Diggs, Timothy Britten Parker and Byron Utley join the lineup of original Broadway Rent stars; a digital lottery runs through October 20 at 2 PM ET.