", 2001 American musical film by John Cameron Mitchell, Mitchell, John Cameron and Frank DeMarco. Holly M Sypniewski, “The Pursuit of Eros in Plato’s Symposium and Hedwig and the Angry Inch,” International Journal of the Classic Tradition 15, 4 (2008): 562. Based on Mitchell's and Stephen Trask's 1998 stage musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch, it accompanies Hedwig Robinson, a genderqueer East German rock singer. Hedwig recovers from the separation by confidently accepting her identity as a woman, picking up some "odd jobs," and returning to her "first love" of music by forming a rock band composed of Korean-born Army wives. It was also staged as a special event at the Guanajuato Film Festival. Angry gods split these early humans in two, leaving the separated people with a lifelong yearning for their other half. Puerto Rico: In the summer of 2010, Hedwig and the Angry Inch played in San Juan, Puerto Rico with Gil René playing the part of Hedwig and the band Simples Mortales doing all the live music. From October 2 through to November 2, 2013, Ghost Light Projects returned the production to Vancouver for a five-week engagement at The Cobalt. Abbreviation: in. Constantine Maroulis covered "Midnight Radio" on his debut solo album, Constantine, in 2007. § This song is performed by Tommy Gnosis, who is meant to be portrayed by the same actor as Hedwig. She describes how she agreed to marry him only after extracting a promise from him to never perform as a woman again, and he bitterly resents her treatment of him. Further productions in Canada included a sold out 2007 production by Pickled Productions, and a 2009 Toronto production by Ghost Light Projects. The director was Michael Mayer with musical staging by Spencer Liff. At peace, Hedwig departs the stage as Yitzhak takes over her final song, dressed fabulously in drag ("Midnight Radio"). The release includes new and archival special features.[14]. Trask and Mitchell completed an unfinished Tommy Gnosis song (left over from the musical's development days) called "Milford Lake" (sung by Mitchell) and included it. Hedwig befriends the brother of a child she babysits, shy and misunderstood Christian teenager Tommy Speck, who is fascinated by a song she writes with him in mind ("Wicked Little Town"). The musical has since developed a devoted cult following.[6]. In addition to songs from Hedwig, the show also includes numbers from Mitchell's musical podcast Anthem: Homunculus, his film How to Talk to Girls at Parties, and covers from artists like David Bowie. [46], A San Francisco production at Boxcar Theatre in summer 2012 featured twelve actors, male and female and of multiple ethnicities, portraying Hedwig in each show. In June 2014, Sven Ratzke (as Hedwig) brought the Berlin Production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch for a three-week run to Amsterdam (location: De Kleine Komedie), Utrecht (Stadsschouwburg Utrecht) and Eindhoven (Parktheater Eindhoven). The character of Hedwig was inspired by a German divorced U.S. Army wife who was Mitchell's family babysitter and moonlighted as a prostitute at her trailer park home in Junction City, Kansas. A One-Inch Mound of Flesh: Troubling Queer Identity in Hedwig and the Angry Inch, 2016, We push the envelope. Mom. 94%: A Band Called Death (2013) 52: 88. In the 2014 Broadway Revival, a small subplot was added to the script, and a small number was added to support it. It was also nominated for Best Costume Design for a Musical (Arianne Phillips), who also did the costumes for the original 2001 film. Mitchell mentioned Pitt consuming onion and garlic directly before shooting the scene. She becomes fascinated with a story called "The Origin of Love", based on Aristophanes' speech in Plato's Symposium. [72], In 2020, the television series Riverdale based their musical episode from the fourth season titled "Chapter Seventy-Four: Wicked Little Town" on Hedwig and the Angry Inch.[73]. Brilliantly innovative, heartbreaking, and wickedly funny, HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH is the landmark musical by John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask that is “groundbreaking and undoubtedly ahead of its time” (Entertainment Weekly).This genre-bending, fourth-wall-smashing musical sensation, with a pulsing … Despite largely positive reviews from critics and audiences, the film was a box office bomb, grossing only $3.6 million from an estimated $6 million budget. [44], In 2002 and 2003, Zany Hijinx produced the show in Boston, MA with Gene Dante as Hedwig and Lisa Boucher as Yitzhak.[45]. The Theatre Network production in Edmonton—directed by Bradley Moss and featuring Michael Scholar, Jr. as Hedwig and Rachael Johnston as Yitzhak—opened April 1 and was held over until April 27. This version of the musical updates the story to modern day and has Hedwig performing on the abandoned set of the fictional Hurt Locker: The Musical,[61] which closed the prior evening midway through its first performance. It was directed by Katherine Linton and produced by the Sundance Channel and is now available on DVD. Hedwig and the Angry Inch - インターネット・ムービー・データベース （英語） この項目は、 映画 に関連した 書きかけの項目 です。 この項目を加筆・訂正 などしてくださる 協力者を求めています （ P:映 … [citation needed]. The deleted scenes mostly expand on the characters around Hedwig; we learn more about Yitzhak (he was once a drag queen called "Krystal Nacht", a pun on Kristallnacht), how he met Hedwig in a Croatian drag bar, and we see his preparing to audition for the role of Angel in Rent. ‡ In the original Off-Broadway production, this song was not sung by Yitzhak, but by the musical director Skszp. Nominated for Best Actor (Pierre Baitelli) and Best Musical direction (Danilo Timm and Evandro Mesquita) at the Prêmio Shell de Teatro. In April 2011, the show was staged in San Miguel de Allende and was presented in both English and Spanish simultaneously. [69], From November 29, 2016, to July 2, 2017, Euan Morton and Hannah Corneau portrayed Hedwig and Yitzhak, respectively, with Mason Alexander Park continuing on as the Hedwig Standby/Alternate and Shannon Conley as the Yitzhak standby. [33] Shortly after, the production released a single recorded in quarantine,[34] which was praised by author Stephen Trask as "one of the best Wicked Little Town versions ever. The L.A. Times is a leading source of breaking news, entertainment, sports, politics, and more for Southern California and the world. The story draws on Mitchell's life as the child of a U.S. Army Major General who once commanded the U.S. sector of occupied West Berlin. In league with the Western emphasis on individualism, Hedwig and the Angry Inch questions what it means to be divided in an individualist society. Occasionally Hedwig opens a door onstage to listen to Gnosis's concert, which is playing in an adjoining venue. There were another 7 performances scheduled for February 2014 in Brasilia and Recife, finalizing the Brazilian Hedwig project with a total of 100 performances. HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH. So when we taped, I ripped it off after the song. "She's more than a woman or a man," he has said. Neil Patrick Harris starred in the first Broadway production at the Belasco Theatre, which began previews on March 29, 2014, and officially opened on April 22, 2014. In 2001, the film won the Best Director and Audience Awards at the Sundance Film Festival as well as Best Directorial Debut from the National Board of Review, the Gotham Awards, and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. [citation needed], The show was also performed at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2015 at Greenside @ Royal Terrace by young company A Wicked Little Town with a positive reception. That same day, it is announced that the Berlin Wall has fallen and Germany will reunite, meaning Hedwig's sacrifice was for nothing. Harry’s owl Hedwig is a Snowy Owl. A new production premiered in Bremen on June 19, 2014, In May 2020, Hedwig and the Angry Inch was planned to make its Israeli premiere at the Cinema City Theatre, in Hebrew and with Roi Dolev as Hedwig, and featuring wigs by original Broadway wig designer Mike Potter. This production won the Best of San Miguel Theatre Award for 2011. Near the end of the film, Hedwig is down and out, her band and manager having abandoned her in disgust after she tears up Yitzhak's passport. It explains that three sexes of human beings once existed: "children of the Sun" (man and man attached), "children of the Earth" (woman and woman attached), and "children of the Moon" (man and woman attached). Director: Sabrina Lynn Gore. Hedwig and the Angry Inch by HD-Sensei Alien 4K UHD by BLU-GURU ; The Grand Duel by HD-Sensei A Few Good Men 4K UHD by HD-Sensei Madame X by HD-Sensei ; Ring of Bright Water by BLU-GURU; Arabian Adventure by HD-Sensei The Uncanny by BLU-GURU; Galileo by BLU-GURU; Veronica Guerin by HD-Sensei They Might Be Giants by HD-Sensei Hedwig gives Yitzhak her blonde wig, allowing Yitzhak to take her place, and sings in solidarity with "all the misfits and losers" of the world. Fans of the play and film refer to themselves as "Hedheads". Luther proposes marriage to Hansel, planning to allow Hansel to leave Socialist East Germany for the West. Atrocity Tour by Rose Tinted Productions played 2004 at the following Venues: with Hedwig – Matthew Tapscott and Yitzhak – Mel Farmery, The Angry Inch: Skszp – Steve Lockwood (bass and MD), Schlatko – Lee Farmery (drums), Jacek – Tesco (guitar), Krzyzhtof – Stu (guitar), Hlava – Marcus Lane (keyboards),[15] Creative Team: John Lynch – Artistic Director and Producer, Paul Howse – Lighting Design, Special Effects, Jim Craig – Stage Manager, Steve Lockwood – Musical Director, Leanne Edwards – Choreography, Wanda MacRae – Original Make Up and Wig Design, Pete Mathers – Sound Engineer, UK shows produced by Rose Tinted Productions by arrangement with Josef Weinberger Ltd[16], Atrocity Tour also played in Italy in November 3–14, 2004 at Teatro Ariberto, Milan. Look it up now! p. 75. : John Cameron Mitchell, Co-Creator and Original Off-Broadway Star, Extends Broadway Run", ""Glee" Star Darren Criss Is Broadway's Next Hedwig", Taye Diggs Is Hedwig Tonight! (To further the musical's theme of blurred gender lines, Yitzhak is played by a female actress.). Hedwig doesn't speak for any trans community, because she was, you know, mutilated. The musical explores queer identity and challenges the notion of rock culture as being separate from live theatre. [63] Faux Playbills for the musical are littered throughout the theater and discuss various elements of the musical, which Hedwig occasionally mentions offhand throughout the musical. The operation is botched, however, leaving Hansel – now Hedwig – with a dysfunctional one-inch mound of flesh between her legs, the titular "Angry Inch". In 2019 The Criterion Collection released Hedwig on Blu-ray, for the very first time. Directed by John Cameron Mitchell. 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