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Product Identifiers

PublisherAbrams, Inc.

ISBN-101585670340

ISBN-139781585670345

eBay Product ID (ePID)1670807

Product Key Features

Book TitleHedwig and the Angry Inch

Number of Pages160 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicTheater / General, Printed Music / Musicals, Film & TV

Publication Year2000

IllustratorYes

GenreMusic, Performing Arts

AuthorJohn Cameron Mitchell

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight12.3 Oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN00-026615

Dewey Edition23

ReviewsKEYNOTE: "Visionary rock firepower! Hedwig may just reinvent the rock musical." - Peter Travers , Rolling Stone

Grade FromTwelfth Grade

Dewey Decimal782.1/41660268

SynopsisIn 2001, the mesmerizing film adaptation was released to equally glowing reviews. Brilliantly innovative and oddly endearing, Hedwig and the Angry Inch--inspired by Plato's Symposium--is the story of "internationally ignored song stylist" Hedwig Schmidt, the victim of a gruesomely botched sex-change operation, as dazzlingly recounted by Hedwig (née Hansel) herself in the form of a lounge act, backed by the rock band The Angry Inch., Music and Lyrics by Stephen Trask,The script and lyrics to the groundbreaking,long-running off-Broadway smash which has just,opened to rave reviews in London and is destined,to receive the same cult following as 'the Rocky,Horror Picture Show'. Featuring 'internationally,ignored song stylist' Hedwig, a German rock and,roll goddess who also happens to be the victim of,a gruesomely botched sex-change operation. Soon,be produced as a major film. Complete with B & W,and full-colour colour photographs and with an,introduction by John Guare., In 2001, the mesmerizing film adaptation was released to equally glowing reviews. Brilliantly innovative and oddly endearing, Hedwig and the Angry Inch--inspired by Plato's Symposium--is the story of "internationally ignored song stylist" Hedwig Schmidt, the victim of a gruesomely botched sex-change operation, as dazzlingly recounted by Hedwig (n e Hansel) herself in the form of a lounge act, backed by the rock band The Angry Inch., This fierce rock musical, printed with complete lyrics, tells the story of Hedwig Schmidt, a "fourth wall-smashing, German rock and roll goddess who also happens to be the victim of a gruesomely botched sex-change operation." ("Time Out"). The major off-Broadway smash hit is soon to be a major film. 15 photos.

LC Classification NumberML50.T769H4 2000