Alan Cumming’s Youth Was More Prison Camp Than Cabaret

“Cumming once wound up with a vicious haircut administered with sheep shears that left the 12-year-old bleeding and half bald. … It’s hard to fathom how the terrorized little boy grew up to be the slender, joyful man who can’t stop cackling as he shows off photos of the pink neon sign saying ‘Club Cumming’ … for his dressing room.”