
By Romeo San Vicente
Parker Posey and Kristin Chenoweth Head for Asphalt Beach
Gay fans of
indie film queen Parker Posey will follow her anywhere, from
Hal Hartley's quirky dramedies to the larger-than-life Superman
Returns.
Now Posey is headed for Asphalt Beach, a new musical about a
clash between two boarding-school girls from opposite sides of the
tracks.
Starring
opposite Posey will be another gay fave, Broadway star Kristin
Chenoweth (Wicked), who recently played a closeted
lesbian housewife in the little-seen Running with Scissors.
Directing and co-writing Asphalt is Peter Spears, who
caused quite a stir at queer film fests a few years back with his darkly
hilarious Ernest and Bertram, which recast a certain ambiguously
gay duo from children's TV as the protagonists of The Children's Hour.
He sounds like the perfect director for these actresses, and vice versa.
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