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Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
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Author: John Cameron Mitchell Music by: Stephen Trask Publisher: Dramatists Play Service (cover may change) Format: Softcover # of Pages: 42 Pub. Date: 2003 Edition: Acting ISBN-10: 0822219018 ISBN-13: 780822219019
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About the Play:
Winner of the 2014 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical
Hedwig and the Angry Inch is a full-length comedic drama
with text by John
Cameron Mitchell, music and
lyrics by Stephen Trask. A rock musical about a
fictional rock and roll band, the Angry Inch, fronted by Hedwig –
an East German transgender singer.
This groundbreaking
Obie-winning Off-Broadway smash also won multiple awards for its hit
film adaptation.
Hedwig and the Angry Inch tells the story of
"internationally ignored song stylist" Hedwig Schmidt, a
fourth-wall smashing East German rock 'n' roll goddess who also
happens to be the victim of a botched sex-change operation, which has
left her with just "an angry inch." This outrageous and
unexpectedly hilarious story is dazzlingly performed by Hedwig (née
Hansel) in the form of a rock gig/stand-up comedy routine backed by
the hard-rocking band "The Angry Inch." Using songs and
monologues, Hedwig tells her story, which began in the former East
Berlin where as Hansel he meets Luther, an American GI who promises
to take the young man to the States on the condition that he switch
his sex. After the bungled operation, Luther abandons newly named
Hedwig in a Kansas trailer park where she turns to music and meets
geeky Tommy Speck, whom she takes under her wing and soon falls for.
Tommy steals her songs, achieves rock star fame, and Hedwig is once
again cast aside. She decides to demand redress and stalks Tommy's
world tour, performing in the T.G.I. Friday's that are situated next
door to his stadiums. Hedwig describes her life's search for "The
Origin of Love" and her other half. It's a rocking ride, funny,
touching and ultimately inspiring to anyone who has felt life gave
them an inch when they deserved a mile.
Hedwig and the Angry Inch made its debut on the stage of
Squeezebox, a New York City rock 'n' roll drag bar. The show then
premiered Off-Broadway in 1998, receiving rave reviews. It won the
Obie Award and Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Off-Broadway
Musical. The production ran for two years, and was remounted with
various casts by the original creative team in other US cities. In
2000, the musical had a London West End production, and it has been
produced throughout the world in hundreds of stage productions. In
2014 it had its first Broadway production, winning the Tony Award for
Best Revival of a Musical.
Cast: 1 female, 1 male
What people say:
"Hedwig and the Angry Inch
brings theater alive with the pounding sounds of rock 'n' roll and
the funny sad voicing of a painful past…it is also an adult,
thought-provoking musical about the quest for individuality…the
kind of Rocky Horror Picture Show-style event that may inspire a
rabid cult following." — The New York Times
"Sublimely trashy and
surprisingly powerful." — Los Angeles
Times
"In the whole long, sorry
history of rock musicals, Hedwig and the Angry Inch
is the first one that truly rocks." — Rolling Stone
"The most exciting rock score
written for the theater since, oh, ever!" — Time
Magazine
About the Playwright:
John Cameron Mitchell is an American actor, writer and
director, best known for his stage play and film Hedwig and the
Angry Inch.
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