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John Cameron Mitchell to Join HEDWIG on Broadway for 8 Weeks!
#50John Cameron Mitchell to Join HEDWIG on Broadway for 8 Weeks!
Posted: 11/20/14 at 4:50pm
"Does anyone know when they may open up more seats for the final show?"
The point of releasing a few at a time is that, if demand merits it, they will be able to increase the price accordingly, which is why all of NPH's tickets throughout the orchestra were going for $450 by the end of his run. Even crazy side, mid-row orchestra seats.
So, you're rolling the dice.
If that is truly his last show, you're never going to lose money on them. If you can afford it, I would buy the best seats you can now as an insurance policy, and then you've covered. Worst case scenario, you have seats for his last show. Or... you can upgrade to better seats and flip yours for what you paid for them (or more).
#51John Cameron Mitchell to Join HEDWIG on Broadway for 8 Weeks!
Posted: 11/20/14 at 4:56pm
The Mitchell as Hedwig cult is interesting, because it brings into question how well the show succeeds as a written piece, versus as John Cameron Mitchell's own alter ego. Could someone else do a Dame Edna stage show, for instance, or a Pee Wee Herman? The character is as carefully drawn and nuanced, but is seen as an aspect of the performer, not as a role the performer plays.
Plus, with a movie and an all-star celebrity run behind it, will Mitchell's performance have the same gravitas and danger that it did then? I've said this repeatedly, but all three Hedwig incarnations, Off-Broadway, film, and Broadway, have the same basic plot and character, but change the sound of the band and the situations surrounding Hedwig and his plot to fit the times. I worry that Mitchell's fans, and fans of the old Hedwig, will find something amiss in Mitchell performing Hedwig as an aging relic outcast, as the new book paints him (but none of the previous Hedwigs have played him) in the days of Auto-Tune, grunge-pop and kids who weren't alive for the fall of the Berlin Wall.
When Mitchell brought Hedwig onto the scene in clubs and then Off-Broadway, Hedwig was timely. The Cold War was still recent, the AIDS mega-crisis was just tapering off, and grunge and noise-rock were at the end of their ascendant period, before losing their appeal and their edge to become part of the pop landscape. A gay man- more than that, a gender-fluid queer figure in trans-Euro drag, leading a band that plays what was essentially late-80s, early 90s college grunge music and being completely blunt about sexuality and politics was the right place at the right time. Like Rent, which deals with the same time period, but in a blunted and homogenized way, Hedwig was retro but modern, looking at the very near past with a reexamining eye.
#52John Cameron Mitchell to Join HEDWIG on Broadway for 8 Weeks!
Posted: 11/20/14 at 4:56pmI wonder if he does well in ticket sales if he'll extend into April. I also wonder who they're looking at to bring into the show after JCM for the spring/summer.
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
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#53John Cameron Mitchell to Join HEDWIG on Broadway for 8 Weeks!
Posted: 11/20/14 at 5:02pm
Yay!!!!! I am ordering my tickets today! HA! LOVED JCM in the movie!! Can't wait to see him reprise the role. I enjoyed NPH and MCH, but JCM IS Hedwig! So glad to hear this 
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Updated On: 11/20/14 at 05:02 PM
#54John Cameron Mitchell to Join HEDWIG on Broadway for 8 Weeks!
Posted: 11/20/14 at 5:08pm
"I wonder if he does well in ticket sales if he'll extend into April. I also wonder who they're looking at to bring into the show after JCM for the spring/summer."
In a bizarre reversal of The Visit being discussed in every other thread, someone in the Visit thread posted that JCM told them last summer that he would come in to close the show on Broadway. Again, who can tell...
#55John Cameron Mitchell to Join HEDWIG on Broadway for 8 Weeks!
Posted: 11/20/14 at 5:28pmI just bought a ticket for my birthday, on Feb. 4th. I'm so excited to see JCM!!
#56John Cameron Mitchell to Join HEDWIG on Broadway for 8 Weeks!
Posted: 11/20/14 at 5:31pmI heard a rumor NPH MIGHT come back to close the show.
"The city seen from the Queensboro Bridge is always the city seen for the first time, in its first wild promise of all the mystery and the beauty in the world." - F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
#57John Cameron Mitchell to Join HEDWIG on Broadway for 8 Weeks!
Posted: 11/20/14 at 5:33pmI had heard something similar, but that was quite a while ago, so I discounted it.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
#58John Cameron Mitchell to Join HEDWIG on Broadway for 8 Weeks!
Posted: 11/20/14 at 5:43pm
Due to disinterest, I normally avoid Tony talk. But is there any pressure from above to get the house available for this season, assuming they are intending to wrap things up, and not intentionally stretch the run (with NPH or somesuch) just past eligibility for this season?
JCM's end date gives another show time to go in this year. Another Hedwig wouldn't. I'm all for Hedwig putting down roots for another year or two, just curious...
#59John Cameron Mitchell to Join HEDWIG on Broadway for 8 Weeks!
Posted: 11/20/14 at 5:48pmNever had an interest in seeing the show but I like his other stuff. However, this will get me into that theater.
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#60John Cameron Mitchell to Join HEDWIG on Broadway for 8 Weeks!
Posted: 11/20/14 at 5:50pmI'm going out of my mind. I just spent on obscene amount of money on premium seats, but it is so worth it..
#61John Cameron Mitchell to Join HEDWIG on Broadway for 8 Weeks!
Posted: 11/20/14 at 5:54pm
"I'm going out of my mind. I just spent on obscene amount of money on premium seats, but it is so worth it.."
I'm with you there. I got a premium seat for JCM's first and last show. 
#62John Cameron Mitchell to Join HEDWIG on Broadway for 8 Weeks!
Posted: 11/20/14 at 5:58pm
You might have liked NPH. You might have enjoyed Andrew Rannells and Michael C. Hall. You might have very fond memories of Michael Cerveris. But there is only ONE true Hedwig. And that bitch is coming home.
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I love this post! If you're wondering if its worth it...
I've seen the show several times with 6 different actors... Let me see.. JCM, Michael Cerveris, Kevin Cahoon, Matt McGrath,, NPH, and Michael C. Hall. And JCM just is Hedwig. Others play the part, but he is Hedwig. He created her. He is her. I adore Michael Cerveris. I love his voice, but even he isn't Hedwig to me. I am ecstatic.
#63John Cameron Mitchell to Join HEDWIG on Broadway for 8 Weeks!
Posted: 11/20/14 at 6:03pm
I'm with you there. I got a premium seat for JCM's first and last show.
I just can't do that... Or I totally would. I teach kindergarten so I'm not exactly raking it in. I don't see him coming back in another 20 years, so we've got to get our Hedwig fix while we can.
#64John Cameron Mitchell to Join HEDWIG on Broadway for 8 Weeks!
Posted: 11/20/14 at 6:07pmWas his stage performance any different from what he did in the movie? Because I've been watching clips of the movie and I'm unimpressed...
"The city seen from the Queensboro Bridge is always the city seen for the first time, in its first wild promise of all the mystery and the beauty in the world." - F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
#65John Cameron Mitchell to Join HEDWIG on Broadway for 8 Weeks!
Posted: 11/20/14 at 6:12pmGlittergrrl, I'm a public librarian who just had to pay over 2k out of pocket for dental work. And I spent money on a premium seat to see JCM, no regrets!
#66John Cameron Mitchell to Join HEDWIG on Broadway for 8 Weeks!
Posted: 11/20/14 at 6:26pm
Noooooooooooooooooooo
I leave NYC on January 19th. This is like my worst nightmare.
But, I did already get tickets for Michael C. Hall as Hedwig...although I'll probably be crying throughout his performance out of sheer denial of my missed opportunity.
"And then you're someone you are not,
And Junction City ain't the spot,
Remember Mrs. Lot,
and when she turned around"
#67John Cameron Mitchell to Join HEDWIG on Broadway for 8 Weeks!
Posted: 11/20/14 at 6:41pm
"Was his stage performance any different from what he did in the movie?"
There's no way to really compare the two, since he did an amazing job with one role in two mediums. But without much in the way of sets or other characters, the stage show is really its own thing.
"But, I did already get tickets for Michael C. Hall as Hedwig."
Until today, he was my favorite of the Hedwigs on Broadway, so you're certainly going to see a great performance!
#68John Cameron Mitchell to Join HEDWIG on Broadway for 8 Weeks!
Posted: 11/20/14 at 6:52pm
Im probably just gonna stand in front of the theatre for many hours like i did for NPH for SRO
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Updated On: 11/20/14 at 06:52 PM
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#69John Cameron Mitchell to Join HEDWIG on Broadway for 8 Weeks!
Posted: 11/20/14 at 7:47pm
I've been waiting for this. The second I saw it I jumped on Telecharge and bought premium seats.
I've been hoping something like this would happen for YEARS! I saw NPH and he was very good but I will loose it for JCM!
Counting down the days!
#70John Cameron Mitchell to Join HEDWIG on Broadway for 8 Weeks!
Posted: 11/20/14 at 7:54pmI wonder if he's gonna do all the jumping around the stage, and go into the house like the blocking is now
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#71John Cameron Mitchell to Join HEDWIG on Broadway for 8 Weeks!
Posted: 11/20/14 at 7:57pmWill he go into the house? You think he's too old to handle stairs?! Jeez...
#72John Cameron Mitchell to Join HEDWIG on Broadway for 8 Weeks!
Posted: 11/20/14 at 8:00pmNo i don't think he is too old to handle stairs however his Hedwig never seemed like she would be the kind of person to motorboat someone, and be all over the place like that. In the original production, he just walked back and forth lol and he even said that this production is very demanding, so i wonder if he's gonna do all that stuff
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#73John Cameron Mitchell to Join HEDWIG on Broadway for 8 Weeks!
Posted: 11/20/14 at 8:00pm
Just got my ticket Woo Hoo! Going in February. My friends think I'm OCD for seeing this show so many times, but I can't miss JCM! I paid $146.90 for row D Mezzanine 7pm show at boxoffice.broadway.com. I had to pay extra fees, but Telecharge didn't have those seats yet (my preferred location :)
Updated On: 11/20/14 at 08:00 PM
#74John Cameron Mitchell to Join HEDWIG on Broadway for 8 Weeks!
Posted: 11/20/14 at 8:08pm
"his Hedwig never seemed like she would be the kind of person to motorboat someone, and be all over the place like that."
Well, the car wash was definitely something he did and came out into the crowd during Sugar Daddy. If you watch the TimesTalk, he mentions someone fingering him when he climbed on top of them, so yeah, I'd say he has dealt with audience interaction before.
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