Michael C. Hall Will Temporarily Replace John Cameron Mitchell in Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Michael C. Hall will pull the wig back down from the shelf beginning February 17 when he returns to Hedwig and the Angry Inch. The show’s current headliner, co-creator and original star John Cameron Mitchell, will bow out for one week to recover from his previously reported knee injury. Mitchell is expected to return to the Belasco Theatre on February 24.

Hall is best known for playing serial killer Dexter Morgan in Showtime's Dexter, earning a Golden Globe Award and five nominations as well as six Emmy nods. Before putting on the fishnets the first time around, Hall appeared on Broadway in The Realistic Joneses, Cabaret and Chicago. Off-Broadway, his credits include Mr. Marmalade, Cymbeline, Macbeth, Timon of Athens, Henry V, The English Teachers, Corpus Christi, Romeo and Juliet and Skylight. In addition to Dexter, his screen credits include HBO's Six Feet Under and the films Cold in July and Kill Your Darlings.

Written by Mitchell and directed by Michael Mayer, Hedwig and the Angry Inch tells the story of a fictional rock ‘n’ roll band, fronted by Hedwig, a transgender rock goddess from communist East Berlin. Between rock songs, Hedwig regales the audience with both humorous and painful stories about her life, including her botched sex change operation. The score by Stephen Trask features “Tear Me Down,” “Wig in a Box,” “Wicked Little Town,” "The Origin of Love," “Angry Inch” and more. The production also features Lena Hall, who took home a Tony Award for her performance as Yitzhak.