Hedwig Previews

#1

Hedwig Previews

Posted: 3/29/14 at 10:23pm

Don't see a thread for this one. If there is, let me know and I will be sure to delete this one.

Did any of our first preview crowd make it out tonight? What were your thoughts?

#2

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Posted: 3/29/14 at 10:30pm

LOVED it! New to the material. On the train; I'll post soon. NPH is already in total control of the audience and just kills it...and I wasn't an established fan. The standing O was not the requisite, perfunctory sort everything gets by default. Most were up within seconds of blackout.

Updated On: 3/29/14 at 10:30 PM

#3

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Posted: 3/29/14 at 10:40pm

Are those tan lines or just lighting?

#4

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Posted: 3/29/14 at 10:41pm

I envy men dressing as women because their thighs are so slim! Guys have the advantage, definitely!

I'm not seeing Hedwig until May, and I wish it were closer!

#5

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Posted: 3/29/14 at 10:48pm

Just got out and I'm in a cab, but will post more later...long and short: I loved it. NPH is not JCM or Michael Cervaris or any of the previous Hedwigs, but in my mind, he succeeded and will only continue to grow into the role more over the next few weeks and months.

Between this and seeing Cabaret, it kinda feels like 1999 again and for the moment, I'm okay with it.

#6

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Posted: 3/29/14 at 10:50pm

Ripped man WHO CARES?

#7

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Posted: 3/29/14 at 10:57pm

It was ****ing incredible. I don't know how NPH is going to sustain that intensity for the run; he was running around like Iggy Pop up there. At one point he spat all over the first row. I dearly wished I was in it. Lots of the audience were hardcore groupies, with sprinkles of bewildered folks clutching their 2007 pashminas in horror. Thank God I was surrounded by drag queens and just plain queens in my row - when "Lift Up Your Hands" played, we all joined hands and swayed and sang along. It was GLORIOUS, funny, tasteless, bawdy, and moving.

#8

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Posted: 3/29/14 at 10:58pm

I hoped you'd feel that way, Penny. Thanks for the report!

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<-----I'M TOTES ROLLING MY EYES

#9

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Posted: 3/29/14 at 11:01pm

Thrilled to hear such positive thoughts so far. Can't wait to see this one.

#10

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Posted: 3/29/14 at 11:03pm

I'm not judging! Just asking!! ha.

As someone who doesn't know the show at all, how was the production? Direction?

#11

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Posted: 3/29/14 at 11:13pm

There are pictures of the set and NPH taking his bow on Instagram under #hedwigandtheangryinch. Ugh, hopefully I'll be seeing this sooner rather than later. Love this show.

#12

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Posted: 3/29/14 at 11:16pm

The Belasco is obviously an odd setting for Hedwig, but Hedwig tells the audience how she got there for "One night only!" (Blew a producer, obv.) Then she addressed the house right boxes, asking if they'd been touched by the ghost of Belasco (a good omen on opening night). I wasn't expecting Hedwig to talk to the audience so much, but I didn't know the material going in. When the first song began, the live band drowned out the words, and I got worried, but I understood the lyrics to later songs. There was a brief mic failure during "Wig In a Box" - other than that, it was very tight.

#13

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Posted: 3/29/14 at 11:27pm

Well sold? I'm going to try and rush this next week. Def. seems up my alley.

#14

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Posted: 3/30/14 at 12:15am

It was at capacity tonight.

Updated On: 3/30/14 at 12:15 AM

#15

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Posted: 3/30/14 at 12:17am

At one point he spat all over the first row

That's in the script.

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Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE

#16

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Posted: 3/30/14 at 12:26am

Even without knowing the show, there's definitely a lot of new book material. E.G. A running thing about them opening right after (and using the set of) Hurt Locker: The Musical, which closed at first preview intermission.

#17

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Posted: 3/30/14 at 12:29am

What was the running time?

#18

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Posted: 3/30/14 at 12:31am

Barely over 90 mins once it started.

#19

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Posted: 3/30/14 at 12:35am

Did anyone wait at the stage door? I know it was raining hard...

#20

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Posted: 3/30/14 at 12:41am

Stagedoor wasn't that bad. The crowd was manageable since it was raining. NPH came out signed and took photos with those that asked.

#21

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Posted: 3/30/14 at 12:43am

Lots of people waited at the stage door, despite the fact that it was raining (I hightailed it to the train, but now wish I'd tried for an autograph). And no intermission.

Updated On: 3/30/14 at 12:43 AM

#22

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Posted: 3/30/14 at 1:03am

That makes me so happy. NPH is literally my favorite actor and I'm so excited to see him in this. If I were to just wait at the stage door and not have seen the show, will he still take pictures? Was anyone else doing that?

#23

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Posted: 3/30/14 at 1:07am

Why not just hit the stage door after you see the show?

#24

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Posted: 3/30/14 at 1:13am

Oh I'll see it sometime. As soon as possible also. Tried my luck at the lottery tonight and didn't work out. If I could swing by after a show though, that'd be cool.

#25

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Posted: 3/30/14 at 1:15am

I'll try my luck getting an autograph Monday if: a) They have posters available, b) it isn't raining, and c) I find a silver Sharpie before then.