Thursday, August 7, 2014

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

What I'm wearing: Topshop skirt, crop tank

Hedwig and the Angry Inch is the most fun I've had at a broadway show. Ever. Nail Patrick Harris captivates his audience in a way that makes him a force to be reckoned with. Brilliant acting, signing, music, set design, and costume design. Everything about this show is amazing. Under all of these layers that make up a masterpiece, there lyes a great story. The tale of transgender surgery gone wrong, and an internality ignored song stylist, left with an angry inch. A person just trying to make it as themselves, and struggles because there is nothing wrong with them. Just the world they live in, and how they want to be accepted for who they are. Without being labeled as woman, man, or worst of all, freak. You don't have to be trans gender to sympathies with the characters (myself as example). But, something everyone can relate to is wanting to be accepted and loved for who you truly are. Not a fake version that we lie to ourselves, just to please other people. That's why people love this show, not because it makes you laugh your ass off and pushes your boundaries. A story couldn't survive if that is all it is. No, it's because we can all relate to when life goes not wrong or right, just different. When this happens, all we want as people is love and acceptance. This whole show is a success not defined by the awards it's won. But, they found a new way to express something that is a major part of the human experience. If you are lucky enough to see this play before Nail Patrick Harris leaves, go! I feel incredibly lucky that I was able to experience this masterpiece.

Here is the amazing performance at the Tony's: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VY1y-c_cIjI

Over all I give it 120%

Love,
Maddie

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