14 - 'Midnight Radio' with John Cameron Mitchell

Queer The Music: Jake Shears On The Songs That Changed Lives

19-11-2024 • 53 mins

This episode celebrates the song 'Midnight Radio', by Stephen Trask, the epic finale song from the ground-breaking film and stage musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch.   Jake is joined at his home in New Orleans by the creator, director and star of this cult classic, John Cameron Mitchell, to talk about where the ideas for the musical came from, it's reception, the making of the film and its enduring significance.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices