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Theater & Dance


Darren Criss as Hedwig


Today’s Hedwig


Darren Criss says


L.A. and current politics shape his latest show-


stopping performance. By Stephanie Cary


DRIVING THROUGH LOS Angeles, Darren Criss makes mental notes of places he passes that he wants to check out, spots that are new or look intriguing. He’s a self- proclaimed “culture vulture” and seeks out new artistic offerings no matter which city he’s in, but the Northern California native says he has come to feel at home in L.A. “Having grown up in San Francisco, I kind of had this chip on my shoulder about Los Angeles, and one of the funny things I’ve learned about the tongue-in-cheek cultural disdain that the rest of the country seems to have for L.A. is it’s so misguided,” says the former Glee star. “It’s like nothing but love from L.A.” Criss will get to know L.A. even better


later this fall when he and his costar Lena Hall perform in the monthlong run of Hedwig and the Angry Inch at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre. Criss stars as Hedwig, a transgender rock


star who assumes a female persona in order to marry an American man and escape East Berlin. The ahead-of-its-time musical


55 October–December 2016 Time Out Los Angeles


Theater & Dance


PHOTOGRAPH: JOAN MARCUS


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