'Hedwig' creator Mitchell to get a special Tony.

AuthorKennedy, Mark
PositionLiving

Byline: Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK -- John Cameron Mitchell, who co-created the Broadway hit "Hedwig and the Angry Inch'' and then played the lead character this spring, will receive the 2015 Special Tony Award.

The show -- about an East German transsexual seeking love and stardom in a retro glam-rock band -- roared onto Broadway last season. Neil Patrick Harris started off the Hedwigs and was replaced by Andrew Rannells and then Michael C. Hall and Mitchell. Next...

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