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Title: There's a message in the madness of edgy 'Hedwig'
Post by: Shana A on August 13, 2008, 06:45:47 AM
There's a message in the madness of edgy 'Hedwig'

Stephen Hayford/news-press.com
by charles runnells

http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080813/GCLIVE02/308130002/1075 (http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080813/GCLIVE02/308130002/1075)

08/13/2008

"Ladies and gentlemen, whether you like it or not: Hedwig!"

With that German-accented intro, Hedwig struts onto the stage in her makeup, wig and wedge heels.

And she rocks.

"Don't you know me, Naples, Florida?" the transsexual rock singer snarls as ferocious guitar chords explode behind her. "I'm the new Berlin Wall, baby.