Theatre of Drag

In recent years, it is becoming more acceptable in mainstream theatre for shows surrounding gender-bending characters to make it big.

This is most evident in the upcoming premiere of Hedwig and the Angry Inch starring Neil Patrick Harris on Broadway.

Neil Patrick Harris' provocative poster for
the upcoming production of Hedwig and
the Angry Inch on Broadway

When the musical first premiered Off-Broadway in 1998, no one would have ever dreamed it would make it to Broadway.  The show was simply too quirky, too racy, too alternative to appeal to such large audiences.  Now however, in 2014, creator John Cameron Mitchell's dream comes true with the glam rock drag queen Hedwig set to rock out audiences starting March 29th.

This after the much celebrated success of the exhilarating musical Kinky Boots, which centers around a struggling shoe factory that finds success making boots for drag queens.

The unconventional team of straight man and
drag queen team up to save a factory and rock
audiences in Kinky Boots.

Winner of six Tony Awards, with an award winning score by pop icon Cyndi Lauper, Kinky Boots has shocked theatre lovers around the world with its success on both Broadway and in West End.

Needless to say, the theatre world is becoming more friendly than ever the members of the LGB and finally T community.