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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

John Cameron Mitchell in “Hedwig and the Angry Inch.” The director and actor wrote iconic queer musical based off of his childhood.

The Origin of Love: John Cameron Mitchell on “Hedwig,” “Shortbus,” and queer radicalism

June 3, 2020

The Monthly When John Cameron Mitchell attended Northwestern in the early ’80s, the theater department consisted mostly of closeted gay men –– himself included. It was a strange environment,...

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Hedwig and the Angry Inch