Charles Louis Busch was born on August 23,1954 and is an American actor, screenwriter, playwright and drag queen, known for his appearances on stage in his own camp style plays and in film and television.
32 Facts About Charles Busch
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Charles Busch wrote and starred in his early plays Off-off-Broadway beginning in 1978, generally in drag roles, and acted in the works of other playwrights.
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Charles Busch wrote for television and began to act in films and on television in the late 1990s.
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Charles Busch's best known play is The Tale of the Allergist's Wife, which was a success on Broadway.
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Charles Busch is the Jewish son of Gertrude and Benjamin Busch.
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Charles Busch has two older sisters: Meg Busch, who used to be a producer of promotional spots for Showtime, and Betsy Busch, a textile designer.
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Charles Busch was intensely interested in films as a young child, especially those with female leads from the 30s and 40s.
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Charles Busch attended The High School of Music and Art in Manhattan.
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Charles Busch held various odd jobs, such as temporary office assistant, apartment cleaner, portrait artist "at bar mitzvahs", phone salesperson, shop manager, ice cream server, sports handicapper and artists' model.
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Charles Busch thought perhaps that this last piece would be a skit put on in the Limbo Lounge, a performance space and gallery in the East Village in Manhattan.
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Charles Busch called itself "Theatre in Limbo" and attracted a loyal gay following.
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Charles Busch rewrote the book for the musical Ankles Aweigh for a 1988 production staged by the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Connecticut.
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Charles Busch's Charles Busch Revue was produced at the Ballroom Theatre in May 1993 in New York.
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Charles Busch took the male lead in his comedy, You Should Be So Lucky which opened at Primary Stages Company, New York City, in November 1994.
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Charles Busch's one-man show, Flipping My Wig ran at the WPA Theater, New York City, starting in December 1996.
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Charles Busch wrote Queen Amarantha, which played at the WPA Theatre, starting in October 1997.
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Charles Busch co-wrote, starred in and directed the film A Very Serious Person, which starred Polly Bergen and received an honorable mention at the Tribeca Film Festival.
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In 2020, Charles Busch co-wrote, co-directed, and starred in the film, The Sixth Reel.
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Charles Busch sold three pilots to CBS that were not produced.
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Charles Busch's work debuted on Broadway in October 2000, when The Tale of the Allergist's Wife opened, following an Off-Broadway run in February through April 2000.
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Since 2000, Charles Busch has performed an annual one-night staged reading of his 1984 Christmas play Times Square Angel.
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Charles Busch wrote and starred in a play, The Divine Sister, a satirical take on Hollywood films about religion, including Doubt and the Sound of Music.
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In 2013, Charles Busch wrote and starred as Jimmy in the Primary Stages production of The Tribute Artist.
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In March 2019, Charles Busch starred as Lucille Ball in I Loved Lucy by playwright Lee Tannen at the Bridge Street Theatre in Catskill, New York.
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Charles Busch's style is based on movie star acting rather than naturalistic femininity.
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Charles Busch presented his one-man show Hollywood Confidential in a theater owned by The Ridiculous Theatrical Company in July 1978 at One Sheridan Square, New York.
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Charles Busch appeared for several performances in the company's production of Bluebeard as Hecate, in July 1978.
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Charles Busch said that he had difficulty connecting with the audience at one of the performances.
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Charles Busch's memoir, Leading Lady, is set to be published by BenBella Books on September 12,2023.
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Charles Busch has been honored with a star on the Playwright's Walk of Fame outside the Lucille Lortel Theatre in New York City and the Legend Award by the Off-Broadway League of Theatres.
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Charles Busch was awarded the Gingold Theatrical Group Golden Shamrock award in 2014.
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Charles Busch is included in the book 50 Key Figures in Queer US Theatre, with a chapter written by theatre scholar Sean F Edgecomb.