Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Acting Edition for Theater Productions) - Softcover

Text By John Cameron Mitchell, Music And Lyrics By Stephen Trask

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0822219018 ISBN 13: 9780822219019

Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc., 2003

Synopsis

The title character of this darkly comic off-Broadway hit, the winner of two Obie Awards and an Outer Critics Circle Award, is transsexual singer Hedwig, and the Angry Inch refers both to her back-up rock band, and her botched sex change operation. Our songbook features standard piano/vocal arrangements of 11 great songs, ranging from rocking to touching. Includes: Angry Inch * Exquisite Corpse * Hedwig's Lament * The Long Grift * Midnight Radio * The Origin of Love * Sugar Daddy * Tear Me Down * Wicked Little Town (& Reprise) * Wig in a Box.

About this title

About the Author:

John Cameron Mitchell is an actor and director who has performed in the original Broadway production of Six Degrees of Separation, The Secret Garden (Drama Desk nomination), and The Destiny of Me (Obie Award, Drama Desk nomination). He recently appeared in HBO’s Girls as Hannah’s ebook editor. He wrote, directed, and starred in the film adaptation of Hedwig, which won prizes at the Berlin, Deauville, San Francisco, and Sundance film festivals.  He also directed the film adaptation of David Lindsay-Abaire’s Rabbit Hole (Academy Award nomination for Best Actress).
 
Stephen Trask was one of the original members of the notorious Squeeze Box House Band, performing with Debbie Harry, Hole, Green Day, and many others. For five years, he performed with his band Cheater, which originated the role of The Angry Inch off-Broadway as well as for the original cast recording and in the film.  He has scored  numerous films, including Dreamgirls, The Station Agent, The Little Fockers, The Back-up Plan, Lovelace: The Inside Story of Deep Throat, and Admission.

Review:

KEYNOTE: “Visionary rock firepower! Hedwig may just reinvent the rock musical.”
—Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

About this edition

• Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0822219018
• ISBN 13: 9780822219019
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 72