Composer Stephen Trask on How Late Rocker Lou Reed Helped Hedwig and the Angry Inch Take a Walk on the Wild Side
A brand new production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch starring Neil Patrick Harris is getting ready to shower the Great White Way with glitter and Zima, but there will be one important face missing on opening night: Legendary rocker Lou Reed, who passed away October 27 at the age of 71. Not only is Reed name-checked in the gritty rock musical, young Hedwig sings along to the glam rock icon’s anthem “Ta…