Andrew Rannells Joins Hedwig and the Angry Inch TONIGHT! — Page 3

I wish. Saw Neil before that though.

I really wanted to see a poster with the Andrew picture Either way when he leaves they'll need to change it if his name is on it anywhere, seems odd not to capitalize on it.

there was no SRO last night but they did bump up the number of lottery tix from 20 to 30!

Just an FYI Hedwig is listed at TKTS for 40%

I like the new poster a lot but I do agree it should have Andrew's name bigger on it. Side question: Does Andrew have an understudy or is he sticking to Neil's approach?

They probably didn't want to have to redesign a new poster for every Hedwig, so that one can be reused with a quick text change.

Does a discount code for $49 balcony seats still exist? Do any?

To anyone who has been to the Belasco Theatre during Hedwigs run, does the merchandise stand take credit card?

I saw the show tonight and thought Rannells was terrific. He sounded great, and he really conveyed the emotional journey of the character. I liked Neil Patrick Harris too, but I felt more pulled into the story by Rannells.

My one complaint was that I occasionally missed a joke. Maybe Rannells was speaking too fast or something, I don't know. But an excellent performance.

My friend and I weren't successful at the lottery, so we went over to the booth. We sat in the orchestra on the far right side, and I couldn't see the projections or the door Hedwig opens several times during the show. For that reason I would avoid the far right side.

Tonight's audience was enthusiastic and really into the show. There were a couple of empty seats that I could see; no SRO. John Cameron Mitchell was in attendance.

I decided I would see all the Hedwigs. I'm glad I didn't miss Rannells.

Updated On: 8/22/14 at 10:32 PM

I saw the performance this evening and I think Rannells is a different take on Hedwig that also works, but I'm quite biased that I prefer NPH (though I definitely would prefer JCM first since I've seen the movie several times!)

*possible spoilers below so don't read on if you don't wish to know them*
Since everyone has access to "Sugar Daddy" from the Tony Awards --- some things Andrew did differently on that song in tonight's performance were: no kiss & no eyeglass licking! Just an FYI in case you bought tix in the hopes of getting a kiss or lick from him. I'm not 100% sure whether NPH did all that in all his shows but I did see him perform Hedwig 9 times and in those 9 instances he did all of that.

Overall I think Andrew will be amazing but I think he rushed a bit on some of the jokes, especially with the folks sitting in the box seats (Andrew made a grindr joke but none of the people in the box laughed so I'm guessing they were all straight and didn't know what it was?) I understand this is only his 3rd performance of this production and it'll take time for him to settle in. His version of Tommy Gnosis though was superb!

He's still a bit nervous too, I think. He said some odd lines like "Put down your $75 cocktail..." (during the wig song before the sing-a-long) and "Yitzhak! You can speak sightreading" (right before Yitzhak sings Love Theme from Hurt Locker.) He didn't do the "sing my angel of music" reference too but that's ok.

I understand his take will be different and that's ok since his version works too! Overall I think he did a great job! For those who saw NPH and AR perform, would be great to hear your opinions as well!

Since I only saw NPH very early in his run, he didn't do any of those bits then either, as I recall... so it would make sense that each Hedwig will develop their own ad libs outside of the script..

Where are you sitting Bwaydreamer3? I will be at that show too!