John Cameron Mitchell Takes Hedwig on the Road for 25th Anniversary Screenings

Twenty-five years after its release, John Cameron Mitchell is taking Hedwig and the Angry Inch to audiences in what the tour’s materials call “wicked little towns” across North America. The celebration doubles as a live event, not just a film screening: each of the 32 dates includes an audience Q&A and an acoustic set from Mitchell, turning the 2001 cult musical into a traveling cinema-and-concert hybrid.

The run is already underway. After an early-summer leg that hits Montreal’s Theatre Beanfield on June 30th, the tour pauses briefly before restarting with a two-night stand in Chicago on July 7th and 8th. Those Music Box Theatre dates will screen the original 35mm print, a notable departure from the 4K presentation used for most stops. The routing connects venues in Dallas, Los Angeles, Boston, Detroit, and nearly two dozen other cities before arriving at its November 16th finish at the Beacon Theatre in New York.

Mitchell’s recent output has mostly been in front of the camera, with television roles in Yellowjackets and City on Fire. In 2019, he also wrote, directed, and starred in the podcast musical Anthem: Homunculus. This tour marks one of his most sustained public returns to the role that built his name.