Posted on 12/12/2020 9:08:39 PM PST by nickcarraway
The show’s creators have said the role should be ‘open to anyone’, after the casting of Hugh Sheridan in a Sydney production drew ire from sectors of the queer community
The creators of the show Hedwig and the Angry Inch have weighed in to a casting row that led to the producers of an upcoming Australian production pulling the show from January’s Sydney festival.
In a statement on Wednesday, John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Task said they did not believe the title role was a trans character, and the role should be “open to anyone who can tackle it and, more importantly, anyone who needs it.”
The January festival announced the postponement of rock musical and seminal queer show on Tuesday, following a flood of complaints over the casting of a cis male as Hedwig.
The Packed to the Rafters actor Hugh Sheridan was announced to be playing the complex genderqueer character in early November.
Sheridan, who revealed in October that he has been with men and women but eschews labels when it comes to sexual orientation, was to become the latest in a long line of queer cis men to play the role, including its creator Mitchell.
The actor who launched a petition that led to Sydney festival’s cancellation of Hedwig and the Angry Inch spoke out on Wednesday about why they believe “it’s time to make change happen” when it comes to casting transgender roles.
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What is a “queer cis man?”
I would think that going both ways would be the ultimate for the pc crowd.
Barack Obama?
That just means a gay man.
Oh this cracks me up. I saw Hedwig in Boston about 20+ years ago and thought it was the most unGodly BORING piece of crap. Forgettable music, an inane story and a desperate attempt to be the ground breaking Rocky Horror of the 90s.
And for that matter, Rocky Horror has not aged well either.
Phantom of the Paradise — Faust meets Phantom of the Opera, with a haunting score by Paul Williams — THATS the real musical masterpiece, but I digress.
LOVE that the left are eating their own at this point.
We have suprassed the Life of Brian stage...
We have now reached the point where you can't figure out what the scorecard means, either.
And even if you did, it's gonna change next week, and Everything You Know Is Wrong once again.
All things considered, I don't think I want to know in what sense they mean "seminal".
I wouldn’t expect Hedwig to be particularly happy with an inch.
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