John Cameron Mitchell Wants to See Lady Gaga, Justin Timberlake Take on HEDWIG

Pop stars Lady Gaga and Justin Timberlake are being summoned to Broadway! Hedwig and the Angry Inch creator and star John Cameron Mitchell recently told Queerty he would be up for seeing a woman in the musical's starring role, but not just any actress.

"I'd love to see a woman. It would have to be the right woman," Mitchell said. "I think it wouldn't have been right to star with a woman because of what it's about. We are about artifice and it's theater and we have a woman playing a man already. I think it works best when you have already had men playing the role so you can add this experience to it. It would have to be the right woman, just as it has to be the right man."

Commenting specifically on whom he would tap for the part, Mitchell added, "I'd love to see Justin Timberlake do it and Lady Gaga. They're people who have the skills who I don't think have used them all at the same time in an emotionally substantial piece. They've acted well, sang and danced in good things, but this would be putting that all together in something that has a lot of weight to it dramatically. Some of these people we think of as incredible entertainers might find it a great challenge. It would really exciting to see these incredible rock stars really act in something like this."

Read the interview in full here

Taye Diggs will make his return to Broadway in HEDWIG later this month, taking over from current star Darren Criss starting Wednesday, July 22 at the Belasco Theatre (111 West 44th Street). Neil Patrick Harris, Michael C. Hall and Mitchell himself have also played 'Hedwig' during its Broadway run.

HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH, with book by Mitchell and music and lyrics by Stephen Trask, directed by Michael Mayer, also stars Rebecca Naomi Jones as Yitzhak. The production has received rave reviews and is winner of four 2014 TONY AWARDS and won Best Musical Revival by the Tony Awards, the Drama Desk Awards, Drama League Awards, and Outer Critics Circle Awards. The Grammy nominated Original Broadway Cast album forHedwig and the Angry Inch is available from Atlantic Records.

What do you think? Could Gaga or JT cut it as 'Hedwig'? Who would you most like to see in the musical after Diggs? Tell us below!

Pictured: Lady Gaga at the Oscars

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