Tag: John Cameron Mitchell

John Cameron Mitchell as Hedwig in “Hedwig and the Angry Inch”If you’ve ever seen John Cameron Mitchell’s most famous film Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001), then you already know that its male-born titular hero undergoes a botched gender reassignment surgery in order to leave communist East Germany as a married woman during the late ’80s. But while many fans see Hedwig as an empowered transgender icon, Mitchell recently said that he doesn’t consider Hedwig as trans at all. In...

This is the third in a series of “Then & Now” articles looking at historic places that have made New York the cradle of LGBTQ life from Stonewall to today at Pride 50. Stonewall Inn gets all the glory, but it’s hardly the only gay bar in Greenwich Village that was the site of groundbreaking activism. This former speakeasy at the corner of West 10th Street and Waverly Place began attracting gay men in the 1950s, making it the city’s...

Continuing an outstanding run of documentaries this year, HBO unleashes its next big title June 18, and it’s a fierce one: Wig. From director Chris Moukarbel, the same filmmaker behind Gaga: Five Foot Two, the documentary takes on the fabled New York City dragfest Wigstock, recounting the history and transformation of the festival, its cultural significance to the city, and the sheer outrageousness of it all. Featuring appearances by John Cameron Mitchell, Neil Patrick Harris, Willam Belli, Lady Bunny, and Alaska...