TOUR & TIX
| Feb 8, 2019 National Theater Washington, DC |
PAST |
| Feb 22, 2019 Athenaeum Theater Chicago, IL |
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| March 2, 2019 Shubert Theater Boston, MA |
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| May 22, 2019 La Teatreria Mexico City, Mexico |
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| June 8, 2019 Adrienne Arsht Center Miami, FL |
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| June 27 – 29, 2019 Town Hall New York, NY |
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| July 27, 2019 Bard Summerscape Annandale-On-Hudson, NY |
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| September 28, 2019 Town Hall – Live from Here New York, NY |
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| November 2, 2019 Hill Auditorium, University Musical Society Ann Arbor, MI |
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| February 7, 2020 Texas Performing Arts @ Bass Hall Austin, TX |
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| February 26, 2020 Rev Hall Portland, OR |
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| February 27, 2020 The Moore Theater Seattle, WA |
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| February 29, 2020 Cal Performances, Zellerbach Hall, UC Berkeley, California |
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| December 4, 2021 Kingsbury Hall, Univ. of Utah Salt Lake City, UT |
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| December 29 – 30, 2021 Town Hall New York, NY |
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| January 21 – 22, 2022 Bovard Auditorium Los Angeles, CA |
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| March 18, 2021 The State Theatre Portland, ME |
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| March 19, 2021 The Flynn Burlington, VT |
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| July 16, 2022 MASSMOCA North Adams, MA |
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| July 23, 2022 Celebrate Brooklyn Brooklyn, NY |
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| August 26 & 27, 2022 USC Bovard Auditorium Los Angeles, CA |
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THE ORIGIN OF LOVE TOUR
CREDITS
Written by John Cameron Mitchell + Stephen Trask
JOHN CAMERON MITCHELL
John directed, starred in and wrote, with Stephen Trask, the film Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001), for which he won Best Director at the Sundance Festival and was nominated for a Golden Globe as Best Actor. His recent Broadway production of Hedwig garnered him Tony Awards for his performance and for Best Revival. He won an Obie Award for Hedwig Off-Broadway as well for as starring in Larry Kramer’s The Destiny of Me. He directed Tennessee Williams’ Kingdom of Earth Off-Broadway with Cynthia Nixon and Peter Sarsgaard. He directed the films Shortbus (2006), Rabbit Hole (2010) and How to Talk to Girls at Parties (2018) both starring Nicole Kidman who was nominated for Best Actress Oscar for the former. Recent TV roles include Hulu’s Shrill, HBO’s Girls and Vinyl, CBS’s The Good Fight, and Amazon’s Mozart in the Jungle. He stars in, wrote (with Bryan Weller) and directed the musical podcast series Anthem: Homunculus featuring Cynthia Erivo, Glenn Close, Patti Lupone, Denis O’Hare, Laurie Anderson and Marion Cotillard, which is playing on Luminary podcast platform.
STEPHEN TRASK
Stephen first achieved wide acclaim as the co-creator/composer/lyricist of the award-winning stage musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch, which was also developed into a feature film released by Fine Line Features and for which he won an Obie Award, the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Off-Broadway Musical, a 1998 New York Magazine Award, Drama Desk nominations for Outstanding Music, Lyrics and New Musical, a Grammy nomination for Best Cast Album, two GLAMA Awards, and Entertainment Weekly’s Best Soundtrack Award for 2001. The Broadway production of the show won four Tony Awards in 2014, and the soundtrack was nominated for a Grammy. Since 2003 Trask has been scoring films at both the independent and studio levels for directors as diverse as Tom McCarthy (The Station Agent, Miramax Films), Paul Weitz (In Good Company, American Dreamz, Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant, Little Fockers, Universal Pictures), Todd Graff (Camp, IFC Productions/Jersey Films/Killer Films), Tamara Jenkins, (The Savages, Fox Searchlight), Jon Kasdan (In the Land of Women, Warner Brothers), Robert Benton (Feast of Love, MGM/Lakeshore), John Cameron Mitchell (Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Fine Line), Sean Anders (Sex Drive, Summit Entertainment), Bill Condon (Dreamgirls, Dreamworks/Paramount), Alan Poul, (The Back-up Plan, CBS Films), Tom Vaughn (So Undercover, Exclusive Media), Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman (Lovelace). In addition to Hedwig, Trask’s work for the Broadway stage includes orchestrations for the recent production of Rocky, the musical based on the classic film. His latest show, This Ain’t No Disco, premiered at The Atlantic Theater last year. He is also at work on a new musical in collaboration with book writer Chris D’Arienzo (Rock of Ages) to bring the Martin Scorsese/New Regency film The King of Comedy to the stage. Known for his time fronting ‘90s NYC punk band Cheater, Trask has also recorded and performed with artists such as Stone Temple Pilots, Bob Mould, Sleater-Kinney and Yoko Ono.
AMBER MARTIN
Amber is a celebrated NYC Vocalist, Cabaret Star and Comedic Monologist. Named one of the Top Performers of the Year by The New Yorker, Martin brings a combination of cabaret, belting vocals & no-holds-barred comedy to her live, raucous, genre-hopping musical performances. She previously made her Broadway debut in Tales of the City at The Music Box Theater. Some of her performances include appearing with Joan Rivers on Celebrity Apprentice and opening for Joan’s live NYC shows. You can hear her belting out featured vocals on The Scissor Sisters single “Inevitable” (co-produced with Pharrell). She was a featured vocalist with comedian, Sandra Bernhard at Town Hall in New York City and has twice been a featured guest on Sandra’s Sirius XM radio show, Sandyland. Amber has performed her own solo shows in New York City & New Orleans, as well as The TBA Festival, Treefort Festival, Outsider Festival, Jazz and Blues Festival in Altomonte, Italy, and has recurring NYC residencies at Alan Cumming’s Club Cumming, Joe’s Pub and The Cutting Room. Amber continues to evolve as writer, curator, choreographer and star of her own performances, The Days of My Lives & Three Women: Joplin, Midler & Nyro (Solo Artist Residency at Joe’s Pub, NYC), Hi! (Best Solo Performance Drammy Award), Wigshop, Stoned Soul: In Love with Laura Nyro (Residency at Feinstein’s/54 Below) and Janis: Undead (a continuing U.S./Int’l tour). She is also touring her original album, A.M. Gold, including 2 songs featured in John Cameron Mitchell’s recent film, How to Talk to Girls at Parties.
“With raw spontaneity, he truthfully embodies all of Hedwig’s anger, self-pity, bravery and wit.”
– AM New York
“He breaks down that comic exterior… letting the heartbreak of Hedwig’s story flow out like blood from a picked-away scab.”
– Theatermania
“Mitchell’s extraordinary performance…brings a darker edge to the role he created 20 years ago.”
– The Guardian
“A love letter to HEDWIG fans everywhere…leaving the theater with a crowd of people
filled with such love and joy in their hearts
was an experience I won’t soon forget and would happily repeat anytime.”
– DC Theater Scene
“Origin of Love is an extraordinary show by an electrifying talent!”
– Canberra Times
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Photos by Mick Rock (studio w/ costume), Doug Coombe (Chicago), Michael Muser (DC), Matthew Placek (studio portraits), Miguel Villalobos (NYC)
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