Coming to our
intimate Speakeasy on
Saturday, February 20
@
6pm
Performer and playwright Charles
Busch has created a
brand-new show, THE LADY AT
THE MIC, for the American
Songbook Series at New York City's
Lincoln Center, and he has agreed to
come to Bridge Street Theatre the
week before its premiere to give us
a sneak preview. He will be
accompanied on the piano by his
musical director,
Catskill's own Tom Judson and by Guy Klucevsek on accordion and Joe
Gallant on bass.
THE
LADY AT THE MIC pays
tribute in song and story to four
cabaret legends (Elaine Stritch,
Polly Bergen, Julie Wilson, and Mary
Cleere Harran) as well as Joan
Rivers, all of whom were close
personal friends of Mr. Busch.
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 777 performances 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 acts in many cities
including San Francisco, Palm
Springs, Provincetown, New Orleans,
Atlanta, London, Paris and in New
York at the Ballroom, Birdland and
54 Below.
Tom Judson
has appeared on Broadway in
the Roundabout Theater production of
CABARET at Studio 54. He toured the
country in that show and in 42ND
STREET. He composed the score to
Whit Stillman's indie film classic
METROPOLITAN and has written songs
for SESAME STREET, Ann Magnuson,
Lisa Kron and many others. Tom is
also an author (LAID BARE), magazine
columnist, and Huffington Post
contributor. |
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