Get Out! GAY Magazine – Issue 463

BY EILEEN SHAPIRO
CELEBRITY CORRESPONDENT
ADRIENNE
BARBEAU
Iconic superstar, actress, singer, and
author Adrienne Barbeau is celebrating
the release of her new film, “For The
Love Of Jessee” where she stars as
Katharyn, the sensitively played, strong
willed, manipulative mom of Doctor
Luke Matthew. The film is set for Digital
release on May 1, 2020. Also starring
in the movie is Bre Blair, Randy Wayne,
Mandahla Rose, Manu Intiraymi, and
Tony Denman. The emotional and
heartfelt film is directed by David
McAbee and produced by Curta and
Dennis Schlarbaum.
Adrienne Barbeau is best known for
roles as Carol Traynor, the divorced
daughter of Maude on the successful
sitcom Maude, and Rizzo in the original
Broadway musical Grease. She is
also known for her appearances in
science-fiction films including: “The
Fog”, “Creepshow”, “Swamp Thing”,
and “Escape From New York.” More
recently Ms. Barbeau provided the
voice of Catwoman on Batman, the
animated series and appeared in the
HBO series “Carnivàle” as Ruthy the
snake dancer. Most recently she can be
seen in the Netflix series AJ and the
Queen with RuPaul.
I spoke with Adrienne regarding “For
The Love of Jessee”, and her amazing
career.....she was vibrant, relevant,
authentic, funny, humble and everything
good a person can be....
INTERVIEW
What made you decide to
portray the role of Katharyn?
I thought it was an interesting
role. Usually you don’t see the
mother show up with such little
enthusiasm on the part of a child.
I just thought it was a really nice
script, so I did it.
Have you had your ultimate
dream role or are you still
looking for it?
I really loved Ruthie in
“Carnivàle.” I mean if I want to
go way, way back I loved Rizzo.
I was the original Rizzo in the
first Broadway production of
“Grease.” Ruthie was just a
wonderful role. For a woman
in her 50’s to not have to be a
nurse or a judge....I just loved
everything about the show, the
cast, the crew, the writers, the
directors, the location... which
allowed me to take my kids to
school and still get to work on
time. It was really an incredible
experience and she was so
unique. It’s not often a woman
in her 50s gets to be romantic or
sexual.