LGBTQ Youth Service Group Gets $200K Gift from 'Hedwig'

The Broadway tradition of giving back continued this week when "Hedwig and the Angry Inch," the hit musical revival and winner of four 2014 Tony Awards announced that a third donation has been made to the LGBT youth service group Hetrick-Martin Institute (HMI) as part of the show's ongoing partnership with the organization. This donation of $200,000 brings the total raised by "Hedwig" for HMI to $400,000 in less than one year.

Since its first performance on Broadway on March 29, 2014, "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" has donated a portion of each Broadway ticket sold to HMI, which is the home of Harvey Milk High School, a New York City public transfer school where LGBT teens and some of the city's most at-risk youth can learn without the threat of physical violence and emotional harm they faced in a traditional educational environment.

The relationship between "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" and Hetrick-Martin Institute began in 2003 with the tribute album "Wig In A Box: Songs From and Inspired by Hedwig and The Angry Inch" which benefited Hetrick-Martin and 2006's "Follow My Voice," a documentary film on the Harvey Milk High School and the making of the "Wig in a Box" album.

Ticket buyers interested in learning more about Hetrick-Martin Institute can visit www.HedwigBroadway.com/hmi or www.HMI.org.

Current "Hedwig" star Michael C. Hall begins the final week of his acclaimed hit run as the title character tomorrow. Hall will play his final performance on Sunday, January 18. John Cameron Mitchell returns to the role he co-created with composer/lyricist Stephen Trask starting Wednesday, January 21 for a strictly limited eight-week engagement. Mitchell will join co-star and Tony Award winner Lena Hall who continues with the production as Yitzhak.

"Hedwig and The Angry Inch," with music and lyrics by Stephen Trask and book by John Cameron Mitchell, directed by Michael Mayer, has received rave reviews and is the winner of four Tony Awards including Best Musical Revival. It was also awarded Best Musical Revival by the Drama Desk Awards, Drama League Awards, and Outer Critics Circle Awards.

Hetrick-Martin Institute (HMI) believes that all young people regardless of sexual orientation or identity deserve a safe environment in which to achieve their full potential. Founded in 1979, HMI is the nation's oldest and largest nonprofit leader in LGBTQ youth service programming serving more than 2,000 at-risk youth each year in New York and New Jersey, and an additional 12,000 young people through outreach efforts - as well as countless lives changed by the organization's advocacy around the world.

Visit www.hmi.org to learn more.