REVIEW: Hedwig and the Angry Inch at the Dougherty Arts Center is an audacious but underwhelming walk on the wild side.
, the artist's songs are woven into the narrative to help tell the tale. But John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask'sis a gig musical, performed in its entirety as if it were a live concert, which is just one of the things that makes this show more exhilarating than most.
Hedwig has been abandoned by song collaborator and soul mate Tommy Gnosis, who stole her music, plays to sold-out stadium crowds, and happens to be gigging next door. She is currently in an unhealthy, codependent relationship with Yitzhak , a drag queen from Croatia, who is her backup singer, second husband, and psychological punching bag – a rechanneling of all the abuse Hedwig has suffered in her life.
The main problem is that no faces are melted in the making of this musical. Novak – a fine and fully invested actor – generates a physical and attitudinal manifestation of Hedwig that has all the earmarks of a glam punk rocker. But their delivery of much of the high-camp storytelling – including local references, improvisations, and an abundance of blow job jokes – is too slow to be engaging.
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