Would 'Hedwig & The Angry Inch' Be Up For Best Musical or Revival?

[TheatreFan4]

Would 'Hedwig & The Angry Inch' Be Up For Best Musical or Revival?#1

Posted: 5/21/10 at 9:35pm

Little Shop of Horrors was considered a revival so how about Hedwig?

[ljay889]

Would 'Hedwig & The Angry Inch' Be Up For Best Musical or Revival?#2

Posted: 5/21/10 at 9:36pm

Probably revival.

[ljay889]

Would 'Hedwig & The Angry Inch' Be Up For Best Musical or Revival?#2

Posted: 5/21/10 at 9:39pm

Assassins was also considered a revival.

[TheatreFan4]

Would 'Hedwig & The Angry Inch' Be Up For Best Musical or Revival?#3

Posted: 5/21/10 at 9:40pm

Another question. Would that disqualify the book & music?

[ljay889]

Would 'Hedwig & The Angry Inch' Be Up For Best Musical or Revival?#4

Posted: 5/21/10 at 9:40pm

Yes. It did for Assassins.

[TheatreFan4]

Would 'Hedwig & The Angry Inch' Be Up For Best Musical or Revival?#5

Posted: 5/21/10 at 9:43pm

Damn it!

[husk_charmer]

Would 'Hedwig & The Angry Inch' Be Up For Best Musical or Revival?#6

Posted: 5/21/10 at 10:03pm

It might depend on how much they change the score and book. If most of it is new or re-written, it might be elligible. Mermaid was.

http://www.youtube.com/huskcharmer

[Michael Bennett]

Would 'Hedwig & The Angry Inch' Be Up For Best Musical or Revival?#7

Posted: 5/21/10 at 10:08pm

But Mermaid hadn't been produced as a stage production before. HEDWIG had a successful long running off Broadway production and has been doing extensively regionally. Its pedigree is actually almost exactly that of LITTLE SHOP / ASSASSINS - it would definitely be revival not original.

[AEA AGMA SM]

Would 'Hedwig & The Angry Inch' Be Up For Best Musical or Revival?#8

Posted: 5/21/10 at 10:29pm

I think Husk was referring to Mermaid's score being eligible due to the amount of it that was new and not from the movie.

[TheatreFan4]

Would 'Hedwig & The Angry Inch' Be Up For Best Musical or Revival?#9

Posted: 5/21/10 at 10:36pm

I don't really know what you can add or even take away from Hedwig's score. The fans are expecting Origin of Love, Tear Me Down, Angry Inch, Sugar Daddy, Wig In A Box, etc.

[Mildred Plotka]

Would 'Hedwig & The Angry Inch' Be Up For Best Musical or Revival?#10

Posted: 5/22/10 at 2:56am

50 percent or more of the score must be new.

If they significantly revise the book, they might be able to petition to be considered. Doubtful, though.

And it would definitely be a revival. It has had a healthy regional and international life. And it's a movie, too.

They're better off in the revival category, anyways, from the way the miserable revival list is shaping up (How to Succeed, Molly Brown, Anything Goes).

"Broadway...I'll lick you yet!"

[HeyMrMusic]

Would 'Hedwig & The Angry Inch' Be Up For Best Musical or Revival?#11

Posted: 5/22/10 at 3:04am

Yes, it will be considered a revival. Hello, Golden Globe-nominated movie based on a cult Off-Broadway show? I say if Michael Cerveris played the role, it will be considered a revival. And unless there's a complete revision of the book, it won't be eligible. The thing I want to know is whether John Cameron Mitchell will be eligible for his performance since he did originate the role and since this production will be deemed a revival.

~Steven

[husk_charmer]

Would 'Hedwig & The Angry Inch' Be Up For Best Musical or Revival?#12

Posted: 5/22/10 at 5:12am

Mildred-
Don't get too harsh on the revivals yet. They have one cast member "confirmed" for each. Let's let them get a little more underway.

http://www.youtube.com/huskcharmer

[darquegk]

Would 'Hedwig & The Angry Inch' Be Up For Best Musical or Revival?#13

Posted: 5/22/10 at 10:30am

If the show is the complete reimagining it has been rumored to be, based as much on the expanded "movie universe" of Hedwig as on the one-man-show version, it MAY have a shot on new musical, but that's hard to say.

[romgitsean]

Would 'Hedwig & The Angry Inch' Be Up For Best Musical or Revival?#14

Posted: 5/22/10 at 12:22pm

Best Revival. Regardless of how much they changed it. As the OP said, it's the same deal with LSOH.

Can someone please telling me where they're getting this magical Hedwig info from? I haven't seen links to any articles, anything.

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[jrb_actor]

Would 'Hedwig & The Angry Inch' Be Up For Best Musical or Revival?#15

Posted: 5/22/10 at 7:04pm

Has there ever been a precedent for what would happen if the show is indeed completely redone to be more like the film? If there's substantial revision, I'd argue they could petition and win for new musical status. It would become a musical adapted from a musical in a sense.

Otherwise, it would be a revival--only a shame that the brilliant book/score would be denied Tony nominations.

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[TheatreFan4]

Would 'Hedwig & The Angry Inch' Be Up For Best Musical or Revival?#16

Posted: 5/22/10 at 7:21pm

I wonder how much of the show will actually change to be more like the movie. Jonathan Groff as Tommy? Andrea Martin reprising Phyllis Stein?

[ghostlight2]

Would 'Hedwig & The Angry Inch' Be Up For Best Musical or Revival?#17

Posted: 5/22/10 at 7:28pm

"Can someone please telling me where they're getting this magical Hedwig info from? I haven't seen links to any articles, anything."

Nothing magical and nothing 100% certain, but here's a few. Google Hedwig Broadway 2010, and you'll find more, romgitsean :

http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/theater/hedwig_inches_to_way_stage_CyesdeRQZ8TBdsZGkjjFNL

http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/03-2010/broadway-production-of-hedwig-and-the-angry-inch-p_26243.html

http://www.playbill.com/news/article/138339-Is-Hedwig-and-the-Angry-Inch-Heading-to-Broadway

"I say if Michael Cerveris played the role, it will be considered a revival."

I don't know if you saw him, but Cerveris was incredible in the role. Would love to see him in it again, but I doubt it'll ever happen.

[HeyMrMusic]

Would 'Hedwig & The Angry Inch' Be Up For Best Musical or Revival?#18

Posted: 5/22/10 at 8:10pm

I have not seen him in the role, but I can only imagine that he was nothing short of brilliant.

~Steven

[TheatreFan4]

Would 'Hedwig & The Angry Inch' Be Up For Best Musical or Revival?#19

Posted: 5/22/10 at 8:15pm

There are a few clips of him in the show on the Hedwig documentary that came with the DVD.