Synopsis
Raised a boy in East Berlin, Hedwig undergoes a personal transformation in order to emigrate to the U.S., where she reinvents herself as an “internationally ignored” but divinely talented rock diva, inhabiting a “beautiful gender of one.”
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Cast
- John Cameron MitchellHedwig
- Miriam ShorYitzhak
- Stephen TraskSkszp
- Theodore LiscinskiJacek
- Rob CampbellKrzysztof
- Michael AronovSchlatko
- Andrea MartinPhyllis Stein
- Ben Mayer-GoodmanHansel - 6 years old
- Alberta WatsonHansel's Mom
- Gene PyrzHansel's Dad
Recommendations
- 100
Salon
The sight of Hedwig and his band transforming a trashy trailer into a glitter-rock stage during "Wig in a Box" was so exhilarating I almost leapt out of my seat. The movie is pure theater, as it should be. - 100
Portland Oregonian
Builds into a moment of such gorgeous rocking that you truly lose yourself in some musical otherworld you never dreamed you'd reach in current films. - 90
Rolling Stone
Mitchell gives this post-punk, neo-glam rock extravaganza everything in his loaded arsenal of talents. He gets the sound right, the look right, the fun right and - this is crucial - the pain right. - 88
Boston Globe
If you thought ''Moulin Rouge,'' or, for that matter, ''Tommy,'' was trippy, Hedwig, with its glorious convergence of material and performer, will show you what you've been missing. - 88
Baltimore Sun
This is Mitchell's show, and his performance lives up to his triple billing as writer, director and star. - 88
New York Post
It's a positive hat trick by John Cameron Mitchell. - 88
USA Today
Wildly witty, but also inventive, audacious and poignant. - 75
Chicago Sun-Times
There's some kind of pulse of sincerity beating below the glittering surface, and it may come from Mitchell's own life story.
