John Cameron Mitchell stars on Broadway in HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH, Mitchell and Stephen Trask's landmark American musical, directed by Tony Award winner Michael Mayer (Spring Awakening). Heartbreaking and wickedly funny, this raucously entertaining show has inspired a generation.
Brilliantly innovative and raucously entertaining, Hedwig has inspired a generation. The show was called "the Best Rock Musical Ever" by Rolling Stone and "the most exciting rock score written for the theatre since, oh, ever," by Time Magazine.
Winner of the 2014 Best Musical Revival Tony Award.
Do not be alarmed by recent reports that Neil Patrick Harris, an irresistibly wholesome television presence, has fallen deeply and helplessly into the gap that separates men from women, East from West, and celebrity from notoriety. There's no need to fear for his safety, much less his identity. Quite the contrary. Playing an 'internationally ignored song stylist' of undefinable gender in'Hedwig and the Angry Inch,' Mr. Harris is in full command of who he is and, most excitingly, what he has become with this performance. That's a bona fide Broadway star, the kind who can rule an audience with the blink of a sequined eyelid...And while Mr. Harris may let you see him sweat as he struts, slithers and leaps through this shamelessly enjoyable show, rousingly directed by Michael Mayer ('Spring Awakening,' 'American Idiot'), he never makes it feel like heavy lifting.
Plays based on philosophical symposia don't come louder, lewder or more gorgeously original than Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Inspired by a Socratic dialogue on the nature of love, this concert-style musical, with book by John Cameron Mitchell and music and lyrics by Stephen Trask, concerns Hedwig, a 'slip of a girly boy' from East Germany who is brought to America as an army bride. Hedwig discovers a talent for songwriting and launches the career of a teen idol, who then rebuffs her. The Angry Inch is her surly Croatian band - as well as her sobriquet for the results of a botched sex-change operation.
1998 | Off-Broadway |
Original Off-Broadway Production Off-Broadway |
2005 | London Fringe |
London Revival London Fringe |
2006 | New York |
Benefit Performance New York |
2007 | Off-Broadway |
Off-Broadway Revival Off-Broadway |
2014 | Broadway |
Original Broadway Production Broadway |
US Tour |
Broadway National Tour US Tour |
Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
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2014 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Neil Patrick Harris |
2014 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Director of a Musical | Michael Mayer |
2014 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Hedwig and the Angry Inch |
2014 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Neil Patrick Harris |
2014 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Lena Hall |
2014 | Drama League Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Musical | Hedwig and the Angry Inch |
2014 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Neil Patrick Harris |
2014 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical) | Kevin Adams |
2014 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | Hedwig and the Angry Inch |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Costume Design of a Musical | Arianne Phillips |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Musical | Michael Mayer |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Lighting Design of a Musical | Kevin Adams |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Neil Patrick Harris |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Lena Hall |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Musical | Patrick Catullo |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Musical | The Shubert Organization |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Musical | Eric Schnall |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Musical | Stacey Mindich |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Musical | Martian Entertainment |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Musical | Sharon Karmazin |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Musical | Ruth Hendel |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Musical | Colin Callender |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Musical | Paula Marie Black |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Musical | Raise the Roof |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Musical | Latitude Link |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Musical | Barbara Whitman |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Musical | Jayne Baron Sherman |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Musical | David Binder |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Musical | Hedwig and the Angry Inch |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design of a Musical | Julian Crouch |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Sound Design of a Musical | Tim O'Heir |
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