Hedwig after Criss
Hedwig after Criss
icantbelive
Featured Actor Joined: 5/5/06
#1Hedwig after Criss
Posted: 5/1/15 at 1:32pm
As Darren Criss is getting settled into Hedwig, who do we think will play Hedwig next?
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#2Hedwig after Criss
Posted: 5/1/15 at 1:38pm
There are tickets on sale until August 9, but Darren is only scheduled until July 19. I wonder if he has extended or someone new will come in.
BWayBound115
Chorus Member Joined: 4/15/07
#3Hedwig after Criss
Posted: 5/1/15 at 2:32pm
My friend said someone backstage mentioned Robert Morse.
#4Hedwig after Criss
Posted: 5/1/15 at 2:34pm
David Hasselhoff.
#6Hedwig after Criss
Posted: 5/1/15 at 2:51pm
Jordan, Dunham would do it in a heartbeat if they asked her, if only for a week or one night only benefit. (Wasn't the Belasco where Adam's revival of Major Barbara played?)
It's only a matter of time before she takes a stab at Broadway.
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#7Hedwig after Criss
Posted: 5/1/15 at 2:54pm
And I'm sure it would be.
yknot
Understudy Joined: 5/21/12
#9Hedwig after Criss
Posted: 5/1/15 at 2:57pm
Me too yknot. I hope they bring Lena in for 3 weeks post Darren and then end August 9, she could sell well for that short time. Then bring in another name in the fall starting August 12.
#10Hedwig after Criss
Posted: 5/1/15 at 2:58pm
I'm surprised the PC Internet Police haven't made a huge deal about how only white men have played the role so far and how it should be a black transsexual woman now because it's only fair.
#11Hedwig after Criss
Posted: 5/1/15 at 3:01pm
I'll ignore the rest of your ****-stirring for now, but you know Darren Criss is half Filipino, right?
jonartdesigns
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/04
#13Hedwig after Criss
Posted: 5/1/15 at 3:10pm
I'd love to see Alan Cumming come in for a bit. Lena Hall would also be a spectacular choice.
#15Hedwig after Criss
Posted: 5/1/15 at 3:18pm
Bruce Jenner. Oh wait, the breakdown says "male".
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#16Hedwig after Criss
Posted: 5/1/15 at 3:31pm
Lena would be "spectacular" in that it would be a spectacle. Still, Hedwig may be the only character who talks about herself as much as Lena does.
yknot
Understudy Joined: 5/21/12
#17Hedwig after Criss
Posted: 5/1/15 at 3:34pm
I'm assuming you're referring to Dunham? Lena Hall is gracious, classy, and humble, and would make an incredible Hedwig. I'm sure they'd figure something out for the tiny problem of the end costume.
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#18Hedwig after Criss
Posted: 5/1/15 at 3:36pm
Oh sorry did I mix up Lenas? I love Lena Hall.
#19Hedwig after Criss
Posted: 5/1/15 at 3:38pm
Jane2 mentioned that a woman has played Hedwig before.
I can't recall who. I'm thinking Ally Sheedy, but that can't be right....
Anyway, a famous actress has played the role before so it can be done.
ETA: It was Ally Sheedy, Off-Broadway.
#20Hedwig after Criss
Posted: 5/1/15 at 3:39pm
Would love to see Christoph Waltz give Hedwig a shot.
#21Hedwig after Criss
Posted: 5/1/15 at 3:40pm
The perfect compliment to Dunham's Hedwig would be Allison William as Marnie playing Yitzhak.
You know Lena would parade around the stage naked at the end too. It would certainly be something!
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#22Hedwig after Criss
Posted: 5/1/15 at 3:43pm
I don't think Lena D would wait around til the end to challenge our culture's perceptions of beauty, do you?
#23Hedwig after Criss
Posted: 5/1/15 at 3:46pm
You're right. She'd probably descend in that harness buck ass naked and perform Tear Me Down completely bare. Then, maybe, she'd get in costume and proceed to slowly undress until the finale.
#24Hedwig after Criss
Posted: 5/1/15 at 4:20pm
Rip Taylor as Hedwig/Carol Channing as Yitzhak.
Videos