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Posted in music on April 2, 2010
This fall, [Hedwig and the Angry Inch is] returning to New York to make her Broadway debut.Yes! (maybe). Either way, I just dug out my old Original Cast Recording to celebrate.John Cameron Mitchell, who wrote the musical with composer and lyricist Stephen Trask, will reprise the role he created so memorably 12 years ago at the gloriously rundown Jane Street Theatre in the West Village.
"Hedwig is ageless," says Mitchell. "But I'm almost 47, which means I'm at the gym every day, trying to get my old body back, my paunch down and my stamina up.
"I haven't acted since I did the movie," he adds. "The role is so hard and so challenging that it made me give up acting and concentrate on writing and directing. It's like Hamlet. Except that Hamlet doesn't have to sing 15 great songs. In a dress." [NY Post]
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this is amazingly awesome news. JCM's the best!
Posted by Anonymous | April 2, 2010 9:15 AM
Best Musical Evah
Posted by Anonymous | April 2, 2010 9:34 AM
coooool!
Posted by Anonymous | April 2, 2010 9:38 AM
just waiting for the dates and i'm so there!
Posted by Anonymous | April 2, 2010 9:40 AM
this is great news. i love Hedwig
Posted by frasi celebri | April 2, 2010 10:25 AM
Been waiting/hoping for this for a long time now. Sweet!
Posted by Anonymous | April 2, 2010 10:43 AM
hit it?
Posted by Anonymous | April 2, 2010 11:15 AM
Nice!
Posted by Anonymous | April 2, 2010 3:41 PM
Thank you John, I sob every time I watch your brilliant show. You are a genius but you reach the depths...Wicked Little Town...devastating! Love U!
Posted by marcus | August 28, 2010 7:31 PM