MOVIES THE ANGRY INCH

Adapted from the critically acclaimed off-Broadway theater hit, Hedwig and the Angry Inch is a punk rock, neo-glam rock musical odyssey. Through a collage of songs, flashbacks, and animation, Hedwig tells her life story. Born a boy named Hansel, Hedwig reluctantly submits to a sex change operation to marry an American G.I. and get over the Berlin Wall to freedom. The operation is botched, leaving her with an "angry inch." Finding herself high, dry, and divorced in a Kansas trailer park, she pushes on to form a rock band, The Angry Inch, and eventually finds the origin of love. Hedwig and the Angry Inch marks the directorial debut of John Cameron Mitchell, who also stars in the title role. Mitchell, along with composer/lyricist Stephen Trask, created and starred in the off-Broadway production. Hedwig and the Angry Inch starts August 3 at Landmark’s River Oaks Theatre. At press time, OutSmart was assured that the River Oaks Theatre staff would be a glam-rock spectacle unto themselves; also, plenty of Hedwig-related prizes!