Wetlands Preserve 10th Anniversary
New York, New York
Tuesday night, February 23rd

An exhilarated audience lifted their hands to Michael and the entire Hedwig family when they rocked the Wetlands Preserve Tuesday night in honor of the venues' 10th anniversary.  The crowd demanded encores and Michael & the gang obliged  with a heartbreaking cover of Marc Bolan's "Cosmic Dancer"  and in another Hedwig historical moment an awesome funkified version of The Who's "Substitute" with 'substitutes' Lisa Datz, Kevin Cahoon and John Cameron Mitchell joining in.

Opening for Michael :Keep Bangin' (Bring in Da Noise..)
and Adam Pascal (formally of Rent).

starring
Michael Cerveris as Hedwig
Miriam Shor as Yitsak
Joe Pecorino as Skshp
Werner F as Krzyzhtoff
Ted Lisinski as Jacek
Jon Weber as Shlatko

Special appearances by "Substitutes"
John Cameron Mitchell
Kevin Cahoon
Lisa Datz

Midnight Radio -    Real Video
Cosmic Dancer - Real Video
Substitute - Real Video     mpeg (for high bandwith only)

h-wet.jpg (9489 bytes)Substitute - Real Audio
(lyrics by Pete Townshend)

Michael:
You think we look pretty good together
You think my shoes are made of leather

But I'm a substitute for another guy
I look pretty tall but my heels are high
The simple things you see are all complicated
I look pretty young, but I'm just back-dated, yeah


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Michael:

Substitute your lies for fact

I can see right through your plastic mac

I look all white, but my dad was black

My fine looking suit is really made out of sack



h-wet.jpg (9489 bytes)Kevin:
I was born with a plastic spoon in my mouth
The north side of my town faced east, and the east was facing south
And now you dare to look me in the eye
Those crocodile tears are what you cry
It's a genuine problem, you won't try
To work it out at all you just pass it by, pass it by

Substitute me for him
Substitute my coke for gin
Substitute you for my mum
At least I'll get my washing done


Lisa & Miriam:

substitute for another guy
I look pretty tall but my heels are high
The simple things you see are all complicated
I look pretty young, but I'm just back-dated, yeah
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John:

I was born with a plastic spoon in my mouth



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The north side of my town faced east, and the east was facing south








h-wet7.jpg (10252 bytes)John:

And now you dare to look me in the eye

Those crocodile tears are what you cry

It's a genuine problem, you won't try

To work it out at all you just pass it by, pass it by




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Substitute me for him

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Substitute my coke for gin
Substitute you for my mum

At least I'll get my washing done

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