
Queen Bitch: John Cameron Mitchell Sings David Bowie
Artists
Shannon Conley vocals
Justin Craig musical direction, guitar, keyboard
Cat Popper bass
Sean Liljequist guitar
Andres Valbuena drums
John Cameron Mitchell
John Cameron Mitchell directed, starred in, and wrote, with Stephen Trask, the film Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001), for which he won Best Director at the Sundance Festival and was nominated for a Golden Globe for his performance in the film. His recent Broadway production of Hedwig garnered him Tony Awards for his performance and for Best Revival of a Musical. He won an Obie Award for Hedwig off-Broadway, as well as his starring role in Larry Kramer’s The Destiny of Me. He directed Tennessee Williams’s Kingdom of Earth off-Broadway with Cynthia Nixon and Peter Sarsgaard. He directed the films Shortbus (2006), Rabbit Hole (2010), and How to Talk to Girls at Parties (2018), the latter two starring Nicole Kidman, who earned a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress for Rabbit Hole. Recent TV roles include Hulu’s Shrill, HBO’s Girls and Vinyl, CBS’s The Good Fight, and Amazon’s Mozart in the Jungle. He stars in, wrote (with Bryan Weller) and directed the musical podcast series Anthem: Homunculus featuring Cynthia Erivo, Glenn Close, Patti Lupone, Denis O’Hare, Laurie Anderson, and Marion Cotillard, which is playing on Luminary podcast platform. Recent TV projects include the series Joe Exotic with co-star Kate McKinnon for NBC/Universal.