Someone Else's Movie

John Ross Bowie on Topsy-Turvy

Episode Summary

In town for the opening of Four Chords and a Gun, his new play about Phil Spector and The Ramones, actor and author John Ross Bowie finds a strange connection to his own work in Topsy-Turvy, Mike Leigh's layered 1999 drama about Gilbert, Sullivan and The Mikado. Your genial host Norm Wilner is all ears.

Episode Notes

In town for the opening of Four Chords and a Gun, his new play about Phil Spector and The Ramones, actor and author John Ross Bowie finds a strange connection to his own work in Topsy-Turvy, Mike Leigh’s layered 1999 drama about Gilbert, Sullivan and The Mikado. Your genial host Norm Wilner is all ears.