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UPDATED -- July 27, 2010

photo by David Rodgers

We've added a Video Section to my website.  Click Here

For my "official" Facebook page, Click Here


 

Charlels Busch's Birthday Event at the LGBT Center in NYCI'm delighted to announce that the NYC LGBT Center is helping me celebrate my birthday on August 23rd.  This event benefits the Center and Ark: the LGBT Stories Project.

Charles Busch - A Birthday Event:
Celebrating 25 years of his fabulous career

For additional information and to order tickets, visit: www.gaycenter.org

 



I'm so thrilled that we'll be reopening my play The Divine Sister in NY September 12th at the Soho Playhouse. We had so much fun trying out this new play last winter. The whole wacky gang will be back. I can't wait.

For additional information and to purchase tickets visit: www.sohoplayhouse.com 
You can also follow us at The Divine Sister on Facebook

 


The fabulous BC/EFA event "Broadway Bares" celebrated its twentieth year on June 20th and I was thrilled to be a part of the celebration.

 

 

 

 

photo by Jenny Anderson

 

 

Sketch of Charles Busch by John Wolfe

 


A wonderful artist named John Wolfe drew this sketch of me while I was performing the Marlene Dietrich song "Boys in the Backroom" at a recent benefit for the Actor's Fund. I love that John was able to capture me "doing Dietrich."

 

click image to enlargeDie, Mommie, Die! and Psycho Beach Party: the screenplays of Charles Busch

 


Die, Mommie, Die! and Psycho Beach Party: the screenplays of Charles Busch

Published by Alyson Books
available in bookstores and online through
barnes and noble.com / amazon.com


 

I made my directorial debut with the film A Very Serious Person, which premiered at the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival, where it won an honorable mention.  It has also been seen at San Francisco and Philadelphia Gay and Lesbian Film Festivals. 

At the 2006 Philadelphia Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, I received the Artistic Achievement Award.

A Very Serious Person

A new film directed by and starring Charles Busch
Written by Charles Busch and Carl Andress
Also featuring
Polly Bergen, Dana Ivey, Julie Halston, Carl Andress
and introducing PJ Verhoest
Produced by Daryl Roth, Richard Guay and Starec Productions

 

Now available on DVD through Wolfe Video
For more information and to order:  www.wolfevideo.com


The Lady in Question is Charles Busch
 a drag-to-riches story

A documentary directed and produced
by John Catania and Charles Ignacio.

“…an affectionate, energetic documentary…Busch
is a New York institution, and The Lady in Question is a worthy and entertaining tribute.”
                                                        —Variety

THE LADY IN QUESTION IS CHARLES BUSCH
named BEST DOCUMENTARY at the
2007 INTERNATIONAL GAY FILM AWARDS
a.k.a THE GLITTER AWARDS  - Click Here to read more...

The documentary has finished it's theatrical release and premiered on the Sundance Channel in June.  It's now available on DVD with over eighty minutes of bonus material.

www.theladyinquestion.com


My 1994 autobiographical novel Whores of Lost Atlantis has been reprinted by Carroll & Graf, including a "lost" chapter and a new afterword.

"One does not become a Charles Busch fan; one is enslaved. Whores of Lost Atlantis displays the full Busch signature: fiendish wit and universal compassion, found in the unlikeliest of places."
   -- Paul Rudnick, author of Jeffrey

For more information or to order click on the following links: Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com
 


Die Mommie Die is available on DVD through Amazon.com.  The Film won Charles  the 2003 Sundance Film Festival award for best performance. 

The Tale of the Allergist's Wife and Other Plays by Charles Busch published by Grove/Atlantic is available in bookstores and online through Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com