"Jerick Hoffer aka Jinkx Monsoon. He has played Hedwig in Seattle. I would LOVE to see him!"
I second. I can only imagine how great that performance was! And, on a similar note, I fantasize over a RPDR production of Rocky Horror starring Sharon Needles as Frank n Futer.
I think Justin Timberlake would be a great Hedwig.
Jinx was pretty 3rd rate the night I saw him in Seattle - flat on all the ballads, didn't work the crowd much, certainly didn't play to the back of the house.
The reason I picked Black is because of his unusual but distinctive singing voice. The music of Hedwig is rooted mostly in metal and grunge, but JCM had an indie voice like Lou Reed, and the actors who followed him had a more theatrical sound. Stephen Trask, on his tracks in the soundtrack, could be a Ben Folds wannabe.
With Black's ties to metal and grunge performance, he could bring a strong new vocal sound, potentially more authentic than some of the non-Mitchell, non-Trask performers. What he lacks, however, is a strong tie (either membership or affiliation) to the queer community, which seems to be something of a prerequisite for the role.
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
I just saw Kushnier as Iago in OTHELLO- I know it's Iago's show no matter who plays Othello, but Kushnier still managed to walk away with it opposite one of the best stage actors I've ever seen, Teagle Bougere.
"Mostly, I loved the size of these people's emotions. Nobody has emotions this size anymore. Outsized emotions. Operatic emotions. Kushemski and Vanda are like Tristan and Isolde, they're Paolo and Francesca. Nobody's in total thrall like this anymore. Nobody's overcome by passion like this, or goes through this kind of rage." Thomas, Venus in Fur