They took RuPaul from obscurity to global fame – inventing The Adam and Joe Show along the way. As Drag Race UK returns to the BBC, we talk to Fenton Bailey and Randy BarbatoMore than 20 years before Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato launched RuPaul’s Dr…
‘We didn’t want to do a Grease’: how Everybody’s Talking About Jamie became a film
How do you turn hit musicals like Everybody’s Talking About Jamie and Dear Evan Hansen into films? You axe songs, throw out plots and don’t worry about anyone’s favourite bitChoosing a stage musical to see right now can feel like browsing the cinema li…
Nino Castelnuovo obituary
Actor best known for playing Guy Foucher in the French musical film classic The Umbrellas of CherbourgThe actor Nino Castelnuovo, who has died aged 84, starred in one of the indisputable masterpieces of 1960s French cinema: Jacques Demy’s heartbreaking…
Introducing Marley Morrison: ‘I’ve told you more than anyone in my life for five years’
Drink, depression, homelessness and football injuries: the road to the director’s first feature, Sweetheart, has been difficult. She even dumped one project when her feelings about her gender identity changedMarley Morrison has written and directed a k…
From Mansfield Park to Mojo: why Harold Pinter’s acting deserves to be celebrated
With the Pinter-penned 1963 classic The Servant back in cinemas, there’s a chance to reflect on the playwright’s less-acknowledged acting performancesLike an unhurried but dependable butler, The Servant is here again. It was only nine years ago that Jo…
Joan Rivers and Barbra Streisand: the myth of their lesbian play
Before they were superstars, Joan Rivers kissed and tried to kill a young Barbra Streisand on stage – or so she claimed. Now her tall tale has inspired drama The Funny GirlsIn the late 1950s, a 25-year-old struggling actor named Joan Molinsky – later t…