We meet Hedwig (John Cameron Mitchell) working with her band in a local restaurant near the salad bar as she exclaims that shes the internationally ignored rock singer who has traveled from Communist Berlin.
Managed by the singular person who applauds during their musical sets, Phyllis Stein (Andrea Martin) is the band manager that keeps the family together.
As we travel with the band we travel into Hedwigs own memories as he share the stories of how he was a young boy named Hansel, raised by a single mother in Germany, then several years later is attracted to an American GI Sergeant who agrees to marry Hansel and take him to America if he follows through with a sex change operation in order to be come a complete woman.
When the operation fails leaving Hedwig with and angry inch, his GI husband abandons him in Kansas and Hedwig is left to fend for himself by doing a series of side gigs.
When she meets young Tommy Gnosis (Michael Pitt) the two bond until Tommy steals Hedwigs songs and become a huge rock star leaving Hedwig pathetically playing in the shadows.
As Hedwig performs we learn how his ultimate desire is to become a whole person by meeting his other half, someone he can bond with in every way.
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Hedwig and the Angry Inch
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Tear Me Down
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Stephen Trask:
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The Origin of Love
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Stephen Trask:
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Stephen Trask: Writer Stephen Trask: Tommy gnosis' vocals John Cameron Mitchell: Performer |
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Sugar Daddy
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Angry Inch
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Wig In A Box
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Wicked Little Town
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Stephen Trask:
Tommy gnosis' vocals
Stephen Trask: Performer Stephen Trask: Writer Stephen Trask: Producer John Cameron Mitchell: Performer |
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Hedwig's Lament
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Exquisite Corpse
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Midnite Radio
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The Long Grift
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Stephen Trask: Writer Stephen Trask: Producer Stephen Trask: Tommy gnosis' vocals |
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Random Number Generation
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Freaks
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Walk on the Wild Side
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Lou Reed:
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Grey Clouds
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China Vagina
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America, the Beautiful
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I Will Always Love You
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Pinch Me
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Alex Lasarenko:
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Hedwig's Lament
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Stephen Trask:
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Origin of Love
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Stephen Trask:
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Wicked Little Town (Tommy Gnosis Version)
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Stephen Trask:
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Midnight Radio
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Stephen Trask:
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Nailed
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Stephen Trask:
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Freaks (with Girls Against Boys)
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Stephen Trask:
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In Your Arms Tonight
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Stephen Trask:
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Wicked Little Town (Hedwig Version)
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Stephen Trask:
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