Photo Coverage: HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH Says Goodbye to Broadway
By: Genevieve Rafter Keddy Sep. 14, 2015
It was a rock concert yesterday at the final performance of the Tony-winning production of HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH. During the show's final curtain call, the band cranked it up and brought down the house as past HEDWIG cast members Neil Patrick Harris, Darren Criss, Lena Hall, more joined the current cast on stage. After the curtain call, Stephen Trask, and more took the stage to say a few farewell words to the crowd and even led the team in one last song. Check out all the photos below!
Hedwig and the Angry Inch, with book by John Cameron Mitchell, music and lyrics by Stephen Traskand directed by Michael Mayer played its final performance today, Sunday, September 13. The production was initially announced as a 16-week limited engagement that turned into a smash hit 76-week run, the longest run ever in the Belasco Theatre's over 100-year history.
Beyond Broadway, a national tour of Hedwig and the Angry Inch will start in San Francisco on October 4, 2016 with productions also being planned for the West End and Australia.
Hedwig and the Angry Inch stars Taye Diggs as Hedwig and Rebecca Naomi Jones as Yitzhak. The production has received rave reviews and is winner of four 2014 Tony Awards and won Best Musical Revival by the Tony Awards, the Drama Desk Awards, Drama League Awards, and Outer Critics Circle Awards. The Grammy nominated Original Broadway Cast album for Hedwig and the Angry Inchis available from Atlantic Records.
"Internationally ignored song stylist" Hedwig Robinson (Taye Diggs) brings her fourth-wall-smashing rock and roll saga to New York to set the record straight about her life, her loves, and the botched operation that left her with that "angry inch."
Hedwig has inspired a generation of young theatre writers and audiences. This wickedly funny and heartbreaking 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.
The creative team for Hedwig and the Angry Inch features Emmy Award nominee Spencer Liff (musical staging), Tony Award nominee and Drama Desk Award winner Julian Crouch (scenic design), Tony Award and two-time Oscar nominee Arianne Phillips (costume design), four-time Tony Award winner Kevin Adams (lighting design), Mike Potter(hair and makeup design), Tony Award nominee and platinum-selling record producer Tim O'Heir (sound design),Benjamin Pearcy for 59 Productions (projection design), John Bair/Phosphene (animation), James Calleri(casting), Tony and Grammy Award nominee Ethan Popp (music supervisor & music coordinator), Justin Craig (music director),Liz Caplan (vocal supervision), Stephen Gabis (dialect coach), and Johanna McKeon (associate director).
The members of "The Angry Inch," Hedwig's band, are music director Justin Craig (guitar and keyboards), Matt Duncan (bass), Tim Mislock (guitar), and Peter Yanowitz (drums).
Hedwig and the Angry Inch Closes on Broadway
Hedwig and the Angry Inch Closes on Broadway
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Hedwig and the Angry Inch Closes on Broadway
Rebecca Naomi Jones and Neil Patrick Harris
Rebecca Naomi Jones, Neil Patrick Harris, Taye Diggs and Darren Criss
Rebecca Naomi Jones
Rebecca Naomi Jones
Rebecca Naomi Jones and Taye Diggs
Rebecca Naomi Jones and Taye Diggs
Tim Mislock, Peter Yanowitz, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Taye Diggs, Matt Duncan and Justin Craig
Tim Mislock, Shannon Conley, Lena Hall, Neil Patrick Harris, Peter Yanowitz, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Matt Duncan, Darren Criss, Justin Craig and Taye Diggs
Peter Yanowitz, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Matt Duncan and Stephen Trask
Stephen Trask reading a note from John Cameron Mitchell
Lena Hall, Neil Patrick Harris, Peter Yanowitz, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Matt Duncan and Stephen Trask
Lena Hall and Neil Patrick Harris
Tim Mislock, Shannon Conley, Lena Hall, Neil Patrick Harris, Peter Yanowitz, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Matt Duncan, Darren Criss, Justin Craig and David Binder
Lena Hall and Neil Patrick Harris
Tim Mislock, David Binder, Shannon Conley, Lena Hall, Neil Patrick Harris, Peter Yanowitz, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Matt Duncan, Darren Criss, Justin Craig, Michael Mayer and Stephen Trask
Michael Mayer and Stephen Trask
Spencer Liff, Tim Mislock and Shannon Conley
Shannon Conley
Matt Duncan, Darren Criss, Justin Craig, Michael Mayer and Taye Diggs
Rebecca Naomi Jones
Neil Patrick Harris and Stephen Trask
Spencer Liff, Shannon Conley, Neil Patrick Harris and Taye Diggs
Neil Patrick Harris and Taye Diggs
Spencer Liff, Shannon Conley, Neil Patrick Harris, Taye Diggs, Lena Hall and Stephen Trask
Shannon Conley, Neil Patrick Harris and Taye Diggs
Neil Patrick Harris and Taye Diggs
Taye Diggs and Lena Hall
Spencer Liff, Shannon Conley, Taye Diggs, Lena Hall and Stephen Trask
Darren Criss and Stephen Trask
Cast, Creative and Crew say goodbye!
Photo Credit: Genevieve Rafter-Keddy
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