In what is becoming a bit of a tradition, the new name for the man playing the title role in Hedwig And The Inch has been announced, so we now know that the show’s creator John Cameron Mitchell will be replaced by Glee’s Darren Criss.
It’s not Darren’s first time of Broadway, as while best known for playing Blaine in the musical TV show, he also had a successful run on the Great White Way in How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying. Criss follows Neil Patrick Harris, Andrew Rannells, Michael C. Hall and the recent stint from John Cameron Mitchell in Hedwig’s title role. It’s an extremely impressive for a show that many initially thought was a bit of a vanity project for Neil Patrick Harris and wouldn’t survive on Broadway after he left it behind.
John Cameron Mitchell was supposed to be leaving in February but he’s now extended his run through April, with Criss taking over for a 12-week run starting April 29th.
Hedwig is the show’s East German title character, who was left with an angry inch after a botched sex change operation that she had in order to get into the US with her American GI lover. Hedwig then started dating young Tommy Gnosis, who left her behind when he took her music and became a rock star – leaving her understandably bitter (but still very funny).
Hopefully we’ll get to see Criss in the glittery makeup and Platinum wig soon.
Effie Gray arrives on DVD on February 23rd courtesy of Metrodome Distribution. We’ve teamed up with them to give away three copies of the movie on DVD, which you could win in this competition.
To celebrate the release of “Dark Planet” – coming to DVD 16th February – we have a copy to giveaway courtesy of Bulldog Film Distribution.
Some of the best short films realise that finding great locations that add to the story can really raise the piece above the ordinary. That’s certainly true here, with director Manfred Rott taking his characters to places in Paris that were built decades ago in the hope of creating a better, futuristic utopia, but which are now strange looking hulks, that are often decaying, impractical and have become hives of dystopia – but still retain an essence of hope.
Dolphin Tale 2 is out now on Blu-ray and DVD, and to celebrate we’ve got this competition where you could win one of three copies of the movies on DVD.
There are lots of film festivals that give awards to LGBT-themed films, but there’s no doubt that one of the most important is the Teddy Award, handed out each year at the Berlin International Film Festival. It has a good history of picking great movies, including Ira Sachs’ excellent Keep The Lights On, Marco Berger’s Absent, Lisa Cholodenko’s The Kids Are All Right and John Cameron Mitchell’s Hedwig And The Angry Inch, along with last year’s winner, the wonderful The Way He Looks.
A couple of years ago it looked like gay people were going to take over US TV comedy, with Ryan Murphy’s The New Normal (about a gay couple having a baby), and Partners, which saw a couple of friends, one of them gay, going into business together.
Guillermo del Toro hasn’t released too much info on his new movie, Crimson Peak – initially just saying it was a haunted house film. However with the release approaching it’s time to give us a look with the first trailer.
The trailer for Hot Pursuit has arrived. The movie stars Academy Award winner Reese Witherspoon, alongside Modern Family’s Sofia Vergara with Anne Fletcher (The Proposal) directing.
When the cast for Suicide Squad was announced, Tom Hardy was amongst the throng. However when the filming dates slipped slightly he was out, with his schedule meaning he could no longer play Rick Flagg.