John Cameron Mitchell Will Bring Old Material Back to HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH When He Joins Cast on 1/18

Original star of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, John Cameron Mitchell, is set to return to the role he co-created with Stephen Trask for eight weeks this January, opposite Tony Award winner Lena Hall, who continues with the production as Yitzhak. In a recent interview with the New York Times, Mitchell opened up about stepping back into Hedwig's heels. He told NYT: "I've only just started to realize why I want to play Hedwig now, and it's not some stunt to sell tickets. It's to break up the rut that I'm in - the complacency."

NYT's Patrick Healy writes: "Mr. Mitchell has restored material from the original downtown run: "I've earned a right to feel nothing; I had to have my heart removed to fit in this dress. Suddenly I'm a perfect sample size." He's also playing around with new lines like: "What does my day look like, Yitzhak? I believe I have a number of appointments and an even greater number of disappointments. What time is my first disappointment?""

Director Michael Mayer added: "The world-weariness of Hedwig, the darkness of Hedwig, it's all in John's skin and in his blood in a way that is not possible for anyone else to inhabit in the same deep way. Daniel Day-Lewis couldn't do it. Meryl Streep couldn't do it."

Click here to read the full interview.

HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH with music and lyrics by Stephen Trask and book by JohnCameron Mitchell, directed by Michael Mayer, has received rave reviews and is the winner of four Tony Awards including Best Musical Revival. It was also awarded Best Musical Revival by the Drama Desk Awards, Drama League Awards, and Outer Critics Circle Awards.

"Internationally ignored song stylist" Hedwig Robinson (John Cameron Mitchell) brings her fourth-wall-smashing rock and roll saga to New York to set the record straight about her life, her loves, and the botched operation that left her with that "angry inch."

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