As a master of the movie musical, Bill Condon knows a certain truth about theatergoers.

“Secretly, people love it. They love musicals, but they have to be permitted,” says Condon, who has brought to screen such titles as Dreamgirls and Disney’s live-action Beauty and the Beast .

The writer and director has become one of the go-tos of the musical movie genre, having also written the screenplay for the acclaimed musical Chicago . But his work spans categories, with dramas including Kinsey , starring Liam Neeson and Laura Linney, and the Ian McKellen starrer Gods and Monsters, which won Condon an Oscar for his adapted screenplay. He’s also delved into horror with his early work and in directing the final two Twilight films, to which he brought a winking note of camp.

As a mas

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