Diana officially joins the cast of 'Hair'

The long-awaited announcement that Diana will be one of the new cast members in Broadway's musical Hair came today, as The Associated Press reported:

When the new cast of the Tony-winning musical revival takes over March 9, it will include Ace Young as Tribe leader Berger, Kyle Riabko (ree-AB'-ko) as good buddy Claude and Diana DeGarmo as Sheila.

Other new cast members were revealed via Playbill.com, including Annaleigh Ashford (Wicked, Legally Blonde) as Jeanie, Jeannette Bayardelle (The Color Purple) as Dionne, Vanessa Ray as Crissy, Wallace Smith as Hud and Jason Wooten as Woof.

This will be Diana's first time appearing on Broadway since 2007 when she ended her role as Penny Pingleton in the musical Hairspray. The photo of Diana with Ace Young is courtesy of Matthew Blank of Playbill.

Diana was excited to finally be able to talk openly of her new gig, although you wouldn't know it from her latest tweet:

The show has been revealed to the press....

about 1 hours ago from mobile web

Video of Diana with the rest of the cast rehearsing the number "Let the Sun Shine In" was posted on BroadwayWorld.com, which has been all over the story:

Per BroadwayWorld, ticket information is as follows:

Tickets for HAIR (starting at $37.00) are available via Telecharge.com or by calling (212) 239-6200. The schedule is as follows: Tuesday at 7:00 p.m., Wednesday at 2:00 & 8:00 p.m., Thursday - Friday at 8:00 p.m., Saturday at 2:00 & 8:00 p.m. and Sunday at 3:00 p.m.

The new cast will premiere at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre (302 West 45th Street, NYC) on Tuesday, March 9.