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Title: Hair done, nails done, everything did for Hedwig
Post by: Shana A on May 29, 2011, 07:42:24 AM
Hair done, nails done, everything did for Hedwig
Brian Porter gets into character
Posted by Erica Jackson Curran on Sat, May 28, 2011 at 10:00 AM

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Hedwig and the Angry Inch is one of our top picks for Piccolo this year. What If? Productions presented a short run of the show last year, and they're back with some new surprises. We chatted with Brian Porter about getting into character for the classic role of a transsexual punk rock gal from Berlin.

The preparation begins at home, where Porter breaks out the razor. "I tend to be a pretty hairy guy so I have to shave every part of my body, which is no fun," he laughs.