Hedwig Previews
Hedwig Previews
kade.ivy
Broadway Star Joined: 7/28/13
#1Hedwig 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?
#2Hedwig Previews
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
RippedMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
#4Hedwig Previews
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!
#5Hedwig Previews
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.
Broadwaystar2
Broadway Star Joined: 9/4/13
#7Hedwig Previews
Posted: 3/29/14 at 10:57pmIt 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.
#8Hedwig Previews
Posted: 3/29/14 at 10:58pmI hoped you'd feel that way, Penny. Thanks for the report!
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#9Hedwig Previews
Posted: 3/29/14 at 11:01pmThrilled to hear such positive thoughts so far. Can't wait to see this one.
RippedMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
#10Hedwig Previews
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?
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#12Hedwig Previews
Posted: 3/29/14 at 11:13pmThere 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.
#13Hedwig Previews
Posted: 3/29/14 at 11:16pmThe 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.
RippedMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
#14Hedwig Previews
Posted: 3/29/14 at 11:27pmWell sold? I'm going to try and rush this next week. Def. seems up my alley.
#15Hedwig Previews
Posted: 3/30/14 at 12:15am
It was at capacity tonight.
Updated On: 3/30/14 at 12:15 AM
blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#16Hedwig Previews
Posted: 3/30/14 at 12:17am
At one point he spat all over the first row
That's in the script.
#17Hedwig Previews
Posted: 3/30/14 at 12:26amEven 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.
ZAKtheWEST
Swing Joined: 1/14/13
TFritz392
Swing Joined: 11/12/13
#20Hedwig Previews
Posted: 3/30/14 at 12:35amDid anyone wait at the stage door? I know it was raining hard...
wood2burluvr
Swing Joined: 9/12/12
#21Hedwig Previews
Posted: 3/30/14 at 12:41amStagedoor wasn't that bad. The crowd was manageable since it was raining. NPH came out signed and took photos with those that asked.
#22Hedwig Previews
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
TFritz392
Swing Joined: 11/12/13
#23Hedwig Previews
Posted: 3/30/14 at 1:03amThat 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?
#24Hedwig Previews
Posted: 3/30/14 at 1:07amWhy not just hit the stage door after you see the show?
TFritz392
Swing Joined: 11/12/13
#25Hedwig Previews
Posted: 3/30/14 at 1:13amOh 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.
#26Hedwig Previews
Posted: 3/30/14 at 1:15amI'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.
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