A review by viragohaus
Mitchell and Trask's Hedwig and the Angry Inch by Caridad Svich

4.0

Routledge’s Fourth Wall series has a remit to be brisk and accessible so Caridad Svich’s ‘Mitchell and Trask’s Hedwig and the Angry Inch’ hits its subjects of memoir, LGBT representation and the development of this century’s best musical (so far) with the breathy rush of a song. It is then entirely my fault given the musical’s fascinating use of 70s musical tropes, early period fluidity and rich production history that I felt it would have more than borne the weight of an operatic scrutiny. But then I’m always confusing my genres.