Neil Patrick Harris to Star in Broadway Premiere of 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch'

Neil Patrick Harris is set to take on the title role in John Cameron Mitchell's 1998 musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch when it premieres on Broadway in Spring 2014, Playbill reports:

"I am simultaneously ecstatic and terrified to be stepping into Hedwig's heels," Harris said in a statement. "It is truly a once-in-a-lifetime role and I can't wait to begin the journey."

Hedwig and the Angry Inch is a musical comedy about a fictional rock 'n' roll band fronted by a transgender singer. The production began Off Off-Broadway at Westbeth and then ran over two years at the Jane Street Theatre beginning in February 1998. The musical won the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Off-Broadway Musical, and both John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask won Obies. Hedwig and the Angry Inch won a 1998 New York Magazine Award and Entertainment Weekly's "Soundtrack of the Year" Award.

David Binder and Jayne Baron Sherman are producing. 101 Productions, Ltd are the executive producers.

'The OUT List' from Timothy Greenfield-Sanders: TRAILER PREMIERE

On Thursday, June 27, HBO is premiering The OUT List, a film of intimate docu-portraits from photographer and director Timothy Greenfield-Sanders that follows in the vein of his well known projects About Face: Supermodels Then and Now, The Latino List and The Black List.

The film is a storytelling project in which Greenfield-Sanders's subjects, a diverse swath of well-known and lesser-known figures in the LGBT community, speak directly into the camera and divulge intimate tales of their careers, activism, and pride, as well as details of personal discrimination they've experienced and overcome.

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Along with Greenfield-Sanders (left, with Janet Mock), the film was produced by out filmmaker Sam McConnell (right), who also served as the interviewer on the project.

The OUT List stars Oscar-winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black, iconic drag queen Lady Bunny, former Log Cabin Republican executive director and Iraq veteran R. Clarke Cooper, former NFL football player Wade Davis, Ellen Degeneres, ballroom performer Twiggy Pucci Garcon, Neil Patrick Harris, longtime activist Larry Kramer, transgender activist and People magazine editor Janet Mock, Cynthia Nixon, Suze Orman, NYC City Council Speaker and mayoral candidate Christine Quinn, Jake Shears, Wanda Sykes, Dallas County sheriff Lupe Valdez, and Muslim educator Wazina Zondon.

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Other HBO playdates: June 27 (5:20 a.m.), 29 (5:45 a.m.) and 30 (6:00 p.m.), and July 3 (1:30 p.m.), 5 (2:30 p.m.) and 8 (10:00 a.m.) HBO2 playdates: June 28 (2:00 p.m.) and July 1 (9:00 a.m.), 24 (11:00 a.m.), 28 (11:00 a.m.) and 31 (1:00 p.m., 10:00 p.m.)

Here's Neil Patrick Harris's Showstopping Opening Number from the 2013 Tony Awards: VIDEO

Neil Patrick Harris, Mike Tyson, and the cast of Broadway's top shows brought down the house with a magical opening number at tonight's Tony Awards.

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Neil Patrick Harris Talks About Hosting the Tonys, Previews Opening Number: VIDEO

Neil Patrick Harris stopped by The Late Show yesterday to talk with David Letterman about hosting the Tony Awards this Sunday, and he even showed Dave a surprise special clip from the opening number. NPH also revealed that his son Gideon is very talented on the drums.

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Neil Patrick Harris Describes the Amazing Gift David Burtka Gave Him for His 40th Birthday: VIDEO

Feel guilty all you gay significant others out there. You're not doing nearly enough!

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Neil Patrick Harris to Host Tony Awards

Neil Patrick Harris has been officially announced as the host of this year's Tony Awards on June 9:

"I'm very excited to be back hosting the Tony Awards at the legendary Radio City Music Hall. It'll be more impressive than ever - if my math is correct, it will be 267 times bigger than last year," said Neil Patrick Harris. "Oh, wait. No, that can't... hold on... carry the one... I'm awful at math. But rest assured, the show will rock!"

Check out the full list of Tony nominees here.

And read our theatre critic Naveen Kumar's analysis of who got snubbed here.

Activist Larry Kramer is also set to receive a special Tony this year.