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UPDATED -- July 19, 2008


I will be starring in my new play, The Third Story, which will have it's world premiere at the La Jolla Playhouse on September 16, 2008.

For additional information, click the following link: La Jolla Playhouse


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

 

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

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

 

 


My play Die Mommie Die premiered in New York at New World Stages on October 21, 2007. 

Produced by Daryl Roth and Bob Boyett, directed by Carl Andress, the cast included:  Bob Ari, Charles Busch, Van Hansis, Chris Hoch, Ashley Morris and Kristine Nielson

Die Mommie Die finished its run on January 13th.  It was a wonderful experience all the way around.   Thank you to all of you who saw the play and were so lovely and generous to us.

Ashley Morris, Charles Busch, Van Hansis in Die Mommie Die at the New World StagesRead the Reviews!

New York Times
Variety

(l to r) Ashley Morris, Charles Busch, Van Hansis
photo by: Sara Krulwich, NY Times


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