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Tony Sheldon
Priscilla Queen of the Desert's Tony Sheldon talks about his six year journey with the show, from his dislike of the original film on which it's based to his transcontinental success as Bernadette in Australia, New Zealand, England, Canada and now the United States. He also talks about growing up in a multi-generational show business family in Australia (including his mother Toni Lamond, who's still performing at age 79, and his aunt Helen Reddy) which saw him working professionally at age 7; his performing hiatus from age 12 to 17, after which he rebelled against his family's singing and dancing tradition by embarking on work in plays; his youthful roles as Alan Strang in Equus and Tom in The Glass Menagerie (as well as the hit show Hamlet on Ice); his first exposure to Shakespeare; his success -- after a shaky start -- as Arnold in the Australian debut of Torch Song Trilogy; how the burgeoning Australian film industry and resident theatre movements ran in parallel, rather than intertwined, paths; his dual career as writer and director of cabaret vehicles for many of Australia's best known performers, including his mom; his profound unhappiness at being cast as Roger De Bris in The Producers; and whether -- after working outside of Australia for the first time in Priscilla -- he'd like to work again in London or New York.
Original air date - June 8, 2011
Running Time - 58:21
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