Tony nominee Will Swenson, who currently stars in Broadway's Priscilla Queen of the Desert, will direct a film adaptation of Carol Lynn Pearson's play, Facing East, according to The New York Times. Facing East follows a Mormon couple struggling with their faith after their gay son commits suicide. "Getting through my own adolescence as a young Mormon was challenging as it was, but watching my best fri…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:06PM on March 28, 2011