Hedwig

Hey, have any of you seen the stage production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch being played back home (performed by Otto the baker)? Kat told me it was great and was wondering if any of the Hawaii Stories Ohana had seen it. I had seen the original production here in NYC (13 times!) and to this day it remains one of my favorites (the movie version didn't disappoint me at all, go John Cameron Mitchell). It was a surprize that someone actually decided to produce the show back home...well ok, maybe I'm not surprized, the show took on quite a cult following when it was still off broadway. I'll be interested to see your takes on the show (if you saw it/will see it), and if you also saw the show in NYC, how different is it? I hear there was/is a Hawai`i take on it. Wish I was there to see it.

According to the Honolulu Advertiser online there is a final show at the Pink Cadillac tonight and two more shows at the Honolulu Academy of Arts, May 31-June 1. If it's anything like the NYC production, I suggest you folks go out and see it. The music (all in the film) is great live.

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Well, Cheyne has been — in his words — "raving with school-girl anxiousness about the live show of Hedwig and the Angry Inch for a while." If it wasn't for his quick synopsis, I wouldn't know anything about the show.

I'll definitely have to look movie version up on video... I remember it being a contender in the last Oscars. But I doubt I'll make it to the live shows at the Academy. (June 1 is when our baby's due!)

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