Bill Condon, director: ‘My theory is that people really enjoy musicals, but they don’t think they’re cool’

Bill Condon, director: ‘My theory is that people really enjoy musicals, but they don’t think they’re cool’

Over his nearly 40-year career behind the camera, Bill Condon, 69, has written and directed dramas (such as the award-winning Gods and Monsters), bittersweet comedies (the cancer-centered series The Big C), popular hits (the last two Twilight films and Emma Watson’s Beauty and the Beast), and even beloved musicals (Chicago and Dreamgirls). But few projects are like the one he now has in his hands, which blends elements of all these genres. Condo…