[2] He returned to the cast of Rent in 2007 as the main performer of Benjamin Coffin III, originated by Taye Diggs, where he became the final actor to play the role before the production closed that year.
[citation needed] Off-Broadway, he co-starred alongside Robert Cuccioli in the 2006 revival of Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, and can be heard on the new cast recording.
In 2010, he played the role of Clarence Norris in the musical The Scottsboro Boys, which was directed and choreographed by Tony Award winner Susan Stroman at Off-Broadway's Vineyard Theatre.
He has appeared in regional theatres across the country varying in plays from King Lear, Lobby Hero through to Ain't Misbehavin' and Two Gentlemen of Verona.
[9] Hicks's published work as a playwright includes Ms. Pearl's Cabaret (2019 Eugene O'Neill Playwriting Conference Semi-Finalist), FLAME BROILED.
He earned early success performing alongside Lauryn Hill from the hip/hop group The Fugees in the musical Bring in the Morning - A Wake up Call, followed by a role in the John Adams and June Jordan pop opera I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky, which was directed by Peter Sellars.
Hicks is married to Chris Coleman, the artistic director at the Denver Theatre Center for Performing Arts, whom he met while auditioning for Oklahoma!.