Mitchell and Trask's Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Caridad Svich examines the exhilarating Hedwig and the Angry Inch through the lenses of visual and vocal rock 'n' roll performance, the history of the American musical, and its positioning within LGBTIQ-plus theatre.

Caridad Svich is a playwright and theatre-maker. She is Associate Editor for Contemporary Theatre Review and has authored or edited several books on theatre and performance, including Fifty Playwrights on Their Craft (2017) and Audience Revolution (2016). She received the 2012 OBIE for Lifetime Achievement, and the 2018 Ellen Stewart Award for Career Achievement in Professional Theatre from the Association for Theatre in Higher Education.

Introduction 1. Queer downtown 2. Rock 'n' roll, whiteness and all that drag 3. A fable of a musical 4. Her/story 5. Reality's show Bibliography Index