Charles goes to the movies!  In his new cabaret concert Hollywood Soundstage, legendary actor/playwright/cabaret entertainer Charles Busch recounts his lifelong love affair with the movies. He shares his close encounters with stars of Hollywood's golden age such as Claudette Colbert and Greta Garbo and sings some of the most beloved songs ever written for the silver screen, including Charade, Long Ago and Far Away and In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening.  In a wildly eclectic songbook that ranges from Kern and Mancini to Bacharach and Springsteen, Charles provides a unique tribute to the magic of the movies. 

 

 

 

Charles Busch is the author and star of such plays as The Divine Sister, Vampire Lesbians of Sodom, The Tribute Artist and The Tale of the Allergist's Wife, which ran for nearly two years on Broadway and received a Tony nomination for Best Play. He wrote and starred in the film versions of his plays, Psycho Beach Party and Die Mommie Die, the latter of which won him the Best Performance Award at the Sundance Film Festival. In 2003,

Mr. Busch received a special Drama Desk Award for career achievement as both performer and playwright. He is also the subject of the acclaimed documentary film The Lady in Question is Charles Busch. He is a two-time MAC award winner and has performed his cabaret act in many cities including San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, New Orleans, Atlanta, Philadelphia, London, Paris and New York. In winter of 2016, his show The Lady at the Mic premiered at Jazz at Lincoln Center's American Songbook series. His first CD, Charles Busch Live at Feinstein's 54 Below, has been released by Broadway Records. 

 

 

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Native New Yorker: Actor/playwright/cabaret entertainer, Tony nominee and two-time MAC Award winner Charles Busch appears in a musical entertainment that gets to the essence of this legendary theatrical figure. Through an eclectic songbook from the seventies and early eighties, Busch unfolds an outrageously comic yet also poignant tale of his early years striving to find a place for himself in show business. Songs include the work of Michel Legrand, Rupert Holmes, Stephen Sondheim, Jim Croce among the best of Broadway, film and pop. He will be joined by his longtime musical director Tom Judson.