Hedwig Alum Michael C. Hall Tapped for David Bowie's Lazarus at New York Theatre Workshop

That rock goddess makeup can probably stay on! Michael C. Hall, who headlined Hedwig and the Angry Inch on Broadway earlier this year, will star in the previously announced Lazarus at New York Theatre Workshop. The off-Broadway show is created by David Bowie and Once book writer Enda Walsh. Performances will begin on November 18; opening night is scheduled for December 7.

Ivo van Hove, who is set to make his directorial Broadway debut with A View From the Bridge, will helm the production.

Prior to Hedwig, Hall performed on Broadway in The Realistic Joneses, Cabaret and Chicago. He returns to NYTW after appearing in a workshop of Wise Guys. Hall is best known for playing serial killer Dexter Morgan in Showtime's Dexter, earning one Golden Globe Award from five nominations and six Emmy Award nods. Other screen credits include HBO's Six Feet Under and the films Cold in July and Kill Your Darlings.

Inspired by Walter Tevis’ 1963 novel The Man Who Fell to Earth, Lazarus follows Thomas Newton, the alcoholic alien-turned-inventor portrayed by Bowie in the 1976 screen adaptation. The show will feature original tunes by Bowie, as well as new arrangements of his known hits.

At a press event prior to Hall’s stint in Hedwig, Tony-winning Yitzhak Lena Hall told Broadway.com, “He kind of sounds like Davie Bowie.” His former on-stage husband hit the nail on the head!