Culture: From Drag to Riches ; How Do You Follow the Most Successful Romcom Ever? Writer and Actress Nia Vardalos Tells Alison Jones She Did It by Singing for Supper

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When you write a script that becomes the most successful romantic comedy ever and the highest grossing independent feature film in history, it's as sure as eggs is, well, eggs, that the studios are going to want to know if there are any more where that came from.

Fortunately Nia Vardalos was ready for them. 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding had been out in theatres for about eight weeks when somebody called from Spyglass and said 'Have you written anything else?' 'At that point I had a grocery list.'

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Culture: From Drag to Riches ; How Do You Follow the Most Successful Romcom Ever? Writer and Actress Nia Vardalos Tells Alison Jones She Did It by Singing for Supper

But tucked beneath an everyday story of toilet roll, breakfast cereal and washing detergent, she also had a script called Connie and Carla. A sort of Thelma and Louise crossed with Cabaret, it's the story of two lounge singers who, after witnessing a murder, hide out in Los Angeles by disguising themselves as a drag act.

Barely even t...

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