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<\/a>John Cameron Mitchell.Photo courtesy of John Cameron Mitchell<\/p>\nGuests will also be able to arrive early and take part in the night\u2019s costume contest, complete with prizes from sponsors The Criterion Collection and The Punk Rock Museum. Those participating are encouraged to dress in their favorite Hedwig look or channel Mitchell himself!<\/p>\n
\u201cThe New York show is gonna be quite the thing, It\u2019s gonna be the jewel in the crown because it\u2019s the Beacon,\u201d said Mitchell. \u201cWe\u2019re going to have huge numbers of the cast there and people who worked on the film.\u201d<\/p>\n
For Mitchell, seeing the kind of impact the film has had on people over the years has been incredible to see. When he wrote the film, Mitchell was really just hoping to make something unique that his friends were going to enjoy.<\/p>\n
Mitchell told amNewYork that because of when \u201cHedwig and the Angry Inch\u201d was made and released, it was able to grow more organically.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt couldn\u2019t really be forced down people\u2019s throats. It was too unusual, and there was no point. They do that with big giant action movies because they figure the more you hear about it, you have to see it, and \u2018Hedwig\u2019 was incomparable,\u201d said Mitchell. \u201cIt was a failure when it was released in theaters. The DVD situation was one person giving it to another, and showing it to another, and that is how it was built. It was brick by brick, it wasn\u2019t like some AI slop. It was sturdy so that everyone who got it, got it from someone and it meant something to them.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mitchell hopes that those who are fans of \u201cHedwig and the Angry Inch,\u201d whether they are new fans or old, can find something for themselves, regardless of how they identify themselves.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe main thing that\u2019s changed [over time] is obviously there\u2019s been more people stepping forward into a trans space, acknowledging the fact that energies are not dictatable by society. And when I say energies, I mean things that we may describe as feminine or masculine, and gender is a part of that,\u201d said Mitchell. \u201cHowever people identify or find themselves is where they find themselves and where they seek themselves, and I had the biggest part of that journey for a lot of people. That\u2019s why the myth of the origin of love is at the center of it, it\u2019s a very equal opportunity myth. It can work for trans people, gay, straight, whatever.\u201d<\/p>\n