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Connie and Carla opens in
the UK on the 18th June and stars Toni Collette, David Duchovny
and Nia Vardalos.
Connie (NIA VARDALOS) and Carla (TONI
COLLETTE) are two
small-town girls whose dreams of stardom have taken them
nowhere.
From their debut in a school cafeteria
to their current gig slinging drinks and belting out tunes
at a Midwestern
airport lounge, the singing and dancing duo simply refuse
to let the less-than-enthusiastic crowd response dampen their
show biz drive. For Connie and Carla, everything’s
coming up roses, naysaying boyfriends and snoring audience
members notwithstanding.
The girls lose one of their few supporters
when their boss Frank ends up on the wrong end of a criminal
deal—a
scene they unfortunately happen to witness. Quicker than
a fast change in the second act, Connie and Carla pack up
their battered dreams and extensive assortment of wigs and
costumes and hit the road, running for their lives.
Convinced the killers will never
look for them in a place utterly devoid of culture (a.k.a.
dinner theater), the pair
ends up in the Land of Dreamers, Los Angeles. In a new place
with new identities, they create a cover (with a lot of cover-up)
that makes them the toast of the town—headlining in
a local drag club, they soon find the acclaim that has always
eluded them, singing the show tunes they’ve always
loved. Being famous is their dream come true—who cares
if it includes a tiny little lie?—but trying to keep
their secret turns out to be a real drag, especially when
Connie meets Jeff (DAVID DUCHOVNY), a real nice guy she’d
really like to be a real girl with.
Connie and Carla is the comedy that
proves if you follow your dream, there’s no telling what you’ll
become.
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