The inimitable Charles Busch, two-time MAC Award winner, Tony nominee, and drag legend, returns to Feinstein’s/54 Below with an anniversary celebration of both his four year collaboration with his dashing musical director, Tom Judson, and their Feinstein’s/54 Below debut. They will be offering a wildly eclectic program of their favorite songs from their past shows, everything from Jerome Kern’s “Bill” to “The Rainbow Connection.” They will also be premiering some marvelous new additions to their repertoire. The New York Times critic Stephen Holden wrote, “He has the gift of comic gab like few other entertainers. Innately funny, endearing and acutely intelligent, he also has claws. For an audience, the possibility of being scratched, although remote, lends his humor a bracing edge.” Charles combines hilarious personal reminiscence and superb storytelling through song into one glittering and glamorous evening in cabaret.
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, Provincetown, Palm Springs, New Orleans, Atlanta, Philadelphia, London, Paris and in New York at 54 Below. In winter of 2016, his show The Lady at the Mic premiered at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s American Songbook series. Visit Charlesbusch.com for additional information.