{"id":11143,"date":"2012-06-08T10:38:28","date_gmt":"2012-06-08T16:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/?p=11143"},"modified":"2023-11-14T13:20:22","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T19:20:22","slug":"plan-bs-hedwig-and-the-angry-inch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/plan-bs-hedwig-and-the-angry-inch\/","title":{"rendered":"Plan B’s Hedwig and the Angry Inch"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Aaron Swenson as Hedwig in Plan B’s Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Photo by Rick Pollock.<\/p><\/div>\n

Diamonds are a modern tenth-anniversary present, but that seems too unoriginal for Plan-B\u2019s production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch<\/em>. What would be the right thing for a fantastically outrageous play that bills itself as, \u201cSex, drag, and rock \u2018n roll. The anatomically incorrect, glam-rock musical\u201d?<\/p>\n

For starters, one of the best gifts is to have Aaron Swenson return as the title character, Hedwig Schmidt. In lesser hands, the role of a transsexual rocker hailing from East Germany would be kitsch at best. Not every actor can don the tall heels and taller wigs of someone whose sex change went awry. Swenson\u2019s character, who once went by the name Hansel but changed it to Hedwig because of complications in the operating room, is battling with her identity. It\u2019s a fight that Swenson portrays with flair and heart.<\/p>\n

A critical part of Hedwig\u2019s journey is her music, the production\u2019s famous songs. The audience meets her on the stage of a rock concert, a set designed by Randy Rasmussen. It\u2019s the stage of an off-off-broadway performer and it serves as a gritty confessional for Hedwig\u2019s monologues. In between songs she tells how she came to be where she is today including a lament about ex boyfriend Tommy Gnosis: he obtains stardom by crooning songs Hedwig inspired, but rejects Hedwig because of who she is.<\/p>\n

Hedgwig\u2019s musings about her painful relationship with Gnosis and her life can be insightful, some are hilarious, and many hit both notes. The whole tone of the production is raunchy, electric fun. But it also packs a serious bite, the kind that breaks skin and gets to your bones. The meat of the story is how Hedwig ultimately wins the battle of self-acceptance. She embraces feathers and flamboyance in an unexpected, beautiful way.<\/p>\n

The combination of Swenson\u2019s performance, the outstanding music, and the direction of Jerry Rapier make this tenth anniversary a gift for the audience \u2013 Plan B\u2019s best production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch<\/em> ever.<\/p>\n

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Camden Chamberlain and Van Christensen of The Suicycles with Dave Evanoff and Adam Overacker are The Angry Inch<\/p><\/div>\n

Hedwig and the Angry Inch can be seen at the Egyptian Theatre from June 8-17. Tickets can be purchased through parkcityshow.com, planbtheatre.org<\/a> or by calling 435.649.9371.\u00a0 Tickets cost $17-$30 (To get the $17 tickets, use the promo code \u2018planb\u2019).<\/em><\/p>\n

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Diamonds are a modern tenth-anniversary present, but that seems too unoriginal for Plan-B\u2019s production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch. What would be the right thing for a fantastically outrageous play that bills itself as, \u201cSex, drag, and rock \u2018n roll. The anatomically incorrect, glam-rock musical\u201d? For starters, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1533,"featured_media":11154,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_piecal_is_event":false,"_piecal_start_date":"","_piecal_end_date":"","_piecal_is_allday":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69,34,36],"tags":[278],"class_list":["post-11143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-bytes","category-performing-arts","category-theatre","tag-plan-b-theatre"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/07162282911_69fc879dd8_o.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-05 14:33:59","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1533"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11143"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71293,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11143\/revisions\/71293"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}