Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001) John Cameron Mitchell, Miriam Shor, Stephen Trask, & Andrea Martin

<b><br />Book Vs. Movie: Hedwig and the Angry Inch</b><br /><b>The 1999 Off-Broadway Musical Vs. the 2001 Movie“Musicals in March”<br /><br />The Margos kick off “Musicals in March 2023” with one of the best rock musicals based on a gender-bending lead c character--<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedwig_and_the_Angry_Inch_(film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Hedwig and the Angry Inch</a> created by multi-hyphenates <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0593463/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">John Cameron Mitchell</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Trask" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Stephen Trask</a>. </b><br /><b></b><br /><b>Created in the late 1990s Off-Broadway, is the tale of misfit <a href="https://lgbtqia-characters.fandom.com/wiki/Hedwig_Robinson" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Hedwig Robinson</a> who began life as Hansel Schmidt in Germany and became a famous-ish rocker in middle America. </b><br /><b></b><br /><b>On her way to stardom, she interacts with the audience, talking about her life and how she wound up with an “<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedwig_and_the_Angry_Inch_(film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Angry Inch</a>.” <br /><br />The musical was a massive hit in 1998, starting with various music as its center and gradually becoming an original soundtrack--Hedwig was THE cool show to see on Jane Street in the late 90s. </b><br /><b><br />Mitchell wrote and directed the film adaptation in 2001, and Hedwig remains a popular show with none other than <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000439/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Neil Patrick Harris</a> filling her shoes on Broadway. <br />Between the original and the adaptation, which did we prefer? Have a listen to find out!<br />In this ep the Margos discuss:</b><br /><ul><li>The backstory of Hedwig and her creators</li><li>Musicals on Broadway in the late 1990s</li><li>Director John Cameron Mitchell</li><li>The cast: John Cameron Micthell (