Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Hedwig and the Angry Inch is an off-Broadway musical theater play (1998) and film (2001) about a fictional rock and roll band. The text was written by John Cameron Mitchell and the music and lyrics were by Stephen Trask. It has become something of a cult hit. It draws on the androgynous glam rock era of David Bowie, as well as influences from Iggy Pop and the later gender bender fashions of the early 1980s. It also draws on Aristophanes' speech in Plato's Symposium, as well as the New York punk culture, which largely grew out of the Squeezebox club in the early-mid nineties, where the show was repeatedly workshopped by Mitchell and Trask before opening at the Hotel Riverview in 1998.

Related Topics:
Off-Broadway - Musical theater - Play - 1998 - Film - 2001 - Rock and roll - Band - John Cameron Mitchell - Stephen Trask - Glam rock - David Bowie - Iggy Pop - Gender bender - Aristophanes - Plato's Symposium - New York - Punk culture - Squeezebox club

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The performance rights for the show have recently been made public, meaning several successful amateur and touring productions can be enjoyed world-wide.

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