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.
The screaming starts when a bespangled Neil Patrick Harris parachutes onstage in 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch' and doesn't stop until he's back in his dressing room. That's the kind of rock-star performance he gives in this spectacular revival -- helmed with fabulous flash by Michael Mayer -- of the 1998 musical (and later movie) by John Cameron Mitchell (book) and Stephen Trask (music & lyrics). Harris' Hedwig is an imperfectly transformed transvestite who grew up in East Berlin before the wall came down, resplendent in the punk drag of a nihilistic rocker but still concealing a heap of hurt under her wig.
Harris, who has triumphed in serious musicals, light TV, and award-show hosting, may not be the strongest rock howler who ever sang Stephen Trask's thrashing, unpredictably touching songs. Nor is Harris, 40, the most effortless dancer to ever climb into the torn fishnets of John Cameron Mitchell's Obie-winning, transgender diva of a show. But he is extraordinarily lithe and buff, irresistibly endearing and way beyond merely game as Hedwig, who takes us on his journey of self-discovery in the guise of an autobiographical concert.
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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