‘Hedwig’ Composer Stephen Trask On The Show’s Long, Unlikely Road To Broadway

“We’ve been building momentum over years, with the movie and with smaller productions. It’s like a band that toured for fourteen years. Slowly the rock kids who didn’t like theater found it and the theater people who didn’t like rock found it and then a core grew. … Our opening night sold out in like an hour – we were a hit before we opened, just based on the core audience.”