“The tale of genderqueer East German singer Hedwig and his “angry inch”—the character was mutilated in a botched gender-reassignment surgery—first made waves off-Broadway in 1998, before becoming a well-reviewed cult-favorite film in 2001. In 2014, the show moved to Broadway, where it won a Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical, and lead acting Tony Awards for its stars, Neil Patrick Harris and Lena Hall.
Now the musical—withmusic and lyrics byStephen Traskand book byJohn Cameron Mitchell—is making waves in Palm Springs, compliments of Desert Rose Playhouse’s fantastic production…”