For the national tour of John Cameron Mitchell's Hedway and the Angry Inch, the production has been gussied up and deeply commercialized. That it still works in terms of both potent storytelling and hard-rocking music is a testament to the book, lyrics and score and to director Michael Mayer's ability to keep the show's authenticity in the forefront. There's powerful, abundant joy here - if Hedwig can survive, so can…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 12:24AM on March 14, 2017