'He was easy to spot!' Gus Van Sant on spying Andy Warhol " and his musical about him
The Oscar-nominated film director has made the jump into musical theatre with a portrait of the high priest of pop art, staged in Europe In 1982, a 30-year-old Gus Van Sant was taking a stroll in New York on his lunch break when he spotted a legend. "I saw him walk by the street," he remembers. "Madison Avenue, across from where I was working in advertising. He was wearing a light blue, lightweight parka and a backp…