Celebrity Parents Taye Diggs and Idina Menzel Are Expecting The Private Practice actor and his Wicked star wife are getting ready for their first baby By People Staff Published on March 31, 2009 05:05 PM Share Tweet Pin Email Photo: Ryan Miller/Getty Talk about some powerhouse pipes. Broadway belters Taye Diggs, 38, and Idina Menzel, 37, are expecting their first baby, his rep confirms to PEOPLE. The longtime couple – who met on the 1996 Broadway production of Rent and married in January 2003 – will welcome their new arrival later this year. Diggs costars on the ABC drama Private Practice and Menzel won a Tony Award for her turn in the 2003 Broadway production of the musical Wicked. RELATED ARTICLE:• Taye is one of PEOPLE’s Sexiest Men Alive!RELATED GALLERY:• Celebs share baby news on the covers of PEOPLE!