Charles Busch

L.A. Theatre Works moves from Skirball to UCLA...

What do you need to be happy? A big life, great art or just a good suppository? These questions haunt “The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife,� Charles Busch’s undemanding comedy now at La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts. Middle-aged......

You don't normally see this many Broadway stars gathered together unless it's the Tony Awards. But the recent series of gay-teen suicides around the country has spurred New York's theater community to create its own "It gets better" video, aimed......

Mount Dora's IceHouse Theatre has announced the lineup for its 64th season, which will run July 14– May 27. The summer production, July 14-17,  will be presented at the Mount Dora Community Building with a six-performance run of Always…Patsy...

By Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel movie critic The campy/vampy “Die! Mommie! Die” started life as a play, a grand showcase for a drag performer with grand ambition. Then Charles Busch took his Joan Crawford by way of Kathleen Turner turn to the...

Theatre Downtown opens Charles Busch's outrageous Vampire Lesbians of Sodom this weekend with two late-night shows, at 11:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Vampire Lesbians of Sodom tells the comedic story of two actresses — who are also vampires —...

I had a theater weekend of extremes: From the in-your-face campiness of Vampire Lesbians of Sodom at Theatre Downtown to the cozy Agatha Christie whodunnit The Unexpected Guest at Sands Theater Center's Athens Theater in DeLand. I guess you could say it...

Theatre Downtown continues its “drinking age” celebration this weekend with the final performances of its 21st Birthday Bash retrospective. In variety, at least, it may be the biggest bang for your theater buck: The show features snippets of...

Need someone to play a potty-mouthed, ex-alcoholic nun? An abusive, alcoholic wife of a college professor? A washed-up, alcoholic writer? Call Kathleen Turner, an actress who has made a career of hard-edged, in-your-face, booze-soaked roles. Now add...

VAMPIRE LESBIANS OF SODOM: Watching this show was like seeing an Orlando Fringe Festival production rise from the dead. At about 75 minutes long, Charles Busch's comedy is suitably Fringe-length. Plus you have the men in drag, the campiness of it all, the...

Tallulah is back and the Bushnell has got her. Valerie Harper, who received a Tony Award nomination playing legendary actress Tallulah Bankhead, returns to the role for the launch of the national tour of “Looped” at the Belding Theater at the...

Theater Steel Magnolias: In the world of Truvy's local-homegrown beauty salon, six very different women come together to share their secrets, fears and love for one another while engaging the audience in hysterical and neighborly gossip. Sat., 8 p.m.,...