Jonathan Butterell: Last News

Some Like It Hot) to climax the musical version of Brokeback Mountain, but the latest adaptation of Annie Proulx’s short story has prompted excitement and curiosity among gay theater fans worldwide. London is the lucky city chosen to host the premiere, which plays a limited run at the West End’s newest theater, @sohoplace.Lucas Hedges (Boy Erased) and Mike Faist (West Side Story) star as the ill-fated lovers. The production reunites director Jonathan Butterell and composer Dan Gillespie Sells, who collaborated on Everybody’s Talking About Jamie.Here’s a dirty dozen gay cowboy movies that prove how the west was won by the queers.Have Butterell and Gillespie-Sells turned in a similarly all-singing, all-dancing version of the Annie Proulx classic? Gratefully, no.