Wners & Losers star Virgia Gay on Franc Jam’ baby | — Atralia’s leadg news se

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• WNERS & LOSERS STAR VIRGIA GAY SHAR THE LIFE OF CHARACTER FRANC AND HER BABY OR RATHER BABI
• ACTOR VIRGIA GAY
• VIRGIA GAY

WNERS & LOSERS STAR VIRGIA GAY SHAR THE LIFE OF CHARACTER FRANC AND HER BABY OR RATHER BABI

Virgia Hoe of Delegat member Mark Leve (D-Alexandria) lost his bid to bee the state’s first gay litenant ernor on Tuday by fishg third place the Democratic primary wh 11. However, what may have been yet another surprise to some LGBTQ activists, gay Virgia State Sen. Siarly, gay Hoe of Delegat member Mark Sickl (D-Fairfax County) was unchallenged Tuday’s primary, securg his nomatn to n agast a Republin the November general electn.

In the hotly ntted race for six at-large seats on the Alexandria Cy Council, 13 ndidat, cludg two gay men, peted for the seats. One of the two gay ndidat, Kirk McPike, who currently serv as chief of staff for gay U. Gay civic activist Jam Lewis, who serv as vice chair of the Alexandria Traffic and Parkg Board, fished 8th place wh 5.

VIRGINIA Gay, the actor who stars as Franc Jam Channel Seven’s drama Wners & Losers, talks about her character havg a baby and who r for that babi on set as the drama, also starrg Melissa Bergland, Melanie Vallejo and Denise Stt, begs a fifth season. “WHAT’S amazg about pretendg to be a mother on set is that the babi’ actual mothers are there, there’s a midwife and a nurse, all of whom are shhg the babi, feedg the babi, puttg the babi to sleep, ” says Gay. Virgia Gay is bt known for her televisn rol All Sats and Wners &Losers.

ACTOR VIRGIA GAY

Gay is playg the extravagant wordsmh Cyrano as a queer woman. And I left thkg, ‘Well, I n’t actually do this show, bee I won’t be part of any storytellg that says, kill your gays, or says queer love is impossible, when the people who are obvly perfect for each other jt need to get over themselv and fd a happy endg. And then, about three weeks later, the world ground to a halt and Gay found herself alone California.

VIRGIA GAY

I tell Gay that Cyrano is one of the supreme rol for a character actor, the most romantic role for the actor who plays Falstaff rather than Hamlet. Calamy Jane, the most ltro of Gay’s stage rol, was origally played by Doris Day and nventnal stg would tomatilly give the part to someone such as Christie Whelan Browne. Gay was more terted rtorg the historil figure behd the blon the movie.

We talk for a while about the fact that typestg suggts Gay should stick to the Ethel Merman repertoire – “the human tmpet”, as Patrick Whe lled her – wh her voice of pure brass and tough butch-ish manner. Gay says she’d love to do Sail Away, but she was put off Annie Get Your Gun by the dodgy song about “the Indians” and, bis, “Ethel Merman is Ethel Merman.

I’m terted beg Virgia Gay.

Gay says changg worlds creat different perspectiv. On the one hand, Gay wants to give Melbourne dienc the sensuo light of song, dance, mic and light. Gay has a lot of breadth: you n tell that her ia of drama is aligned wh a sire to rhape, to renfigure.

Gay grew up ner Wtern Sydney and says she had the advantage of school-teacher parents who took her to see lots of theatre and afterwards talked to her about how worked. The enpassg nature of how Gay se the bs of wrg and puttg on a show leav you wh a sense of wonr at this woman who will tker wh any masterpiece the name of her burng visn. A happy ever after, gay, female Cyrano Bergerac, a triumph of love agast self-hatred, the ntext of the yearng of the plague tim.