Today in the ArtZany! Radio studio Paula Granquist welcomes Brendon Etter and Shari Setchell from the Northfield Arts Guild LAB Theater production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch.
Art Zany! Radio for the Imagination 2-2-18
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
text by John Cameron Mitchell
music and lyrics by Stephen Trask
After a botched sex change operation, young Hansel Schmidt takes his mother’s name, marries an American GI, and moves to America to escape his bleak existence in the shadow of the Berlin Wall. The following year, living as Hedwig Robinson, she watches her marriage and the Wall collapse. Living in poverty, she revisits her love for American pop, punk, and glam music, and meets a new man who she turns into a superstar. But, when that relationship sours, Hedwig takes to the stage with her band, The Angry Inch, to weigh her future, realign her past, and scream her story in ways caustic, exotic, and erotic.
Hedwig’s life is not your ordinary tale. It’s a half-cocked, full-schlock, Soviet-bloc, hard-knock, sex-op, punk-rock musical. This show is for mature audiences.
Featuring Brendon Etter and Shari Setchell
Performances:
Thursday, February 15, 2018 at 7:30pm
Friday, February 16, 2018 at 7:30pm
Saturday, February 17, 2018 at 7:30pm
Thursday, February 22, 2018 at 7:30pm
Friday, February 23, 2018 at 7:30pm
Saturday, February 24, 2018 at 7:30pm
Venue: Northfield Arts Guild Theater, 411 Third Street West, Northfield
Tickets: $15.00
