She’s Back! hedwig and the angry inch return to Cygnet theatre
It opened at New York City’s Jane Street Theater in1998 and shortly after was winning awards for best
Off-Broadway Musical. Since then, John Cameron Mitchell’s Hedwig and The Angry Inch has been performed
throughout the world in hundreds of stage productions and along the way has gathered a devoted cult fol-
lowing similar to that of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. But in case you aren’t a “Hed Head” and need a little
background information, Hedwig and the Angry Inch is the rock musical about a fictional rock n’ roll band
fronted by an East German transgender singer who discovered that the only way to escape communism and
come to the United States was to give up a little part of himself. Yes, through a bit of surgery, Hansel became
Hedwig, got married, and embarked on the adventure of a lifetime. The story actually draws on Mitchell’s life
as the son of a U.S. Army Major General who once commanded the U.S. sector of occupied West Berlin. The
character of Hedwig was originally inspired by a German woman, a divorced U.S. Army wife who was a Mitchell
family babysitter, who moonlighted as a prostitute at her Junction City, Kansas trailer park home. The music
is steeped in the androgynous 1970s glam rock era of David Bowie, as well as the work of John Lennon and
early punk godfathers Lou Reed and Iggy Pop. The production will mark Cygnet Theatre’s final show at the
Rolando Theatre and will feature the return of the production that started it all, Hedwig and the Angry Inch.
James Vasquez will direct the production that will feature Matthew Tyler as Hedwig.
hedwig aNd the aNgRy iNCh plays June 3 – August 9
Cygnet Theatre’s Rolando Stage/ For tickets and more information call 619.337.1525.
CeleBrating two MaSterS of the artS
Mainly Mozart festival at Balboa theatre
It may be called Mainly Mozart, but this year’s festival, which celebrates its 21st season, will actually be mostly
Tchaikovsky. Following the huge success of last year’s format in which, in addition to the usual emphasis on
Mozart, the festival explored the works of Richard Strauss, the 2009 festival will focus on the music of one of
the world’s most popular composers, Tchaikovsky. In all, 13 of his works will be performed including excerpts
from Swan Lake and The Sleeping Beauty, as well as the Serenade for Strings. The two-week celebration will also
bring in the St. Petersburg String Quartet to perform at three concerts, including the June 6 opening.
As is its tradition, the Mainly Mozart Festival Orchestra will be comprised of members of orchestras and
chamber ensembles from around the nation. Among them will be Anthony McGill, principal clarinetist of
the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. He’ll perform the West Coast premiere of John Williams’ “Air and Simple
Gifts,” which he played at the inauguration of President Barack Obama. All performances will take place at
the magnificent Balboa Theatre, which is now into its second year since reopening and is also hosting Mainly
Mozart for the second time.
mAinly mOzART FeSTivAl runs June 6 – 20
Balboa Theatre/ For tickets and more information call 619.239.0100.
Shakespeare festival at the old globe
June will mark the opening of The Old Globe Theatre’s annual Summer Shakespeare Festival. This years,
exciting line up consists of Twelfth Night and Coriolanus, along with Edmond Rostand’s celebrated classic,
Cyrano de Bergerac. The three productions will be performed nightly under the stars in rotation on the Globe’s
outdoor Lowell Davies Festival stage. The performances will feature Broadway veteran Patrick Page, star of A
Man For All Seasons and The Lion King, in the role of Cyrano de Bergerac and as Malvolio in Twelfth Night. Page
was recently seen on the Old Globe stage in the acclaimed production The Pleasure of His Company and the hit
musical Dancing in the Dark. Shakespeare at the Globe dates back to the theatre’s artistic roots, when in its very
first year of existence, it presented 50-minute versions of his plays performed in repertory. From 1949 to 1984,
Shakespeare’s work became an even more integral part of the Globe’s programming, with the creation of the
annual San Diego National Shakespeare Festival. Revived in 2004, the Globe Summer Shakespeare Festival
has become one of the most celebrated classical festivals in the country.
SummeR ShAkeSpeARe FeSTivAl runs June 13 – September 27
Old Globe Theatre/ For tickets and more information call 619.234.5623.
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