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CHARLES BUSCH (1954 - ) |
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Nationality: USA Email: n/a Website: Click here to visit |
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Literary Agent: Creative Artists Agency CA |
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Plays by Charles Busch |
After You've Gone | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1982 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #120360 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - | ||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Ankles Aweigh | ||
| 1st Produced: | Mark Helliger Theater, New York | 18 Apr1955 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: Decca (DL-9025) 1955 | doollee no | #5507 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Music by Sammy Fain; Lyrics by Dan Shapiro; Book by Guy Bolton and Eddie Davis | |||||
| A Hollywood movie company are filming in Sicily. Their star Wynne violates a clause in her contract and marries a sailor Bill. To escape the wrath of her employers Wynne disguises herself as a sailor and gets on board Bill's ship. It sails to Morocco where Bill is accused of being a spy | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Apres Moi, Le Deluge | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in Tough Acts To Follow, Alamo Square, | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0962475160 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #46859 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written by Charles Busch and Kenneth Elliot | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Before Our Mother's Eyes | ||
| 1st Produced: | Theater for the New City | 1982 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #5508 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Twin brothers Andreas and David are very, very close | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Charles Busch Revue, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | The Ballroom | 1993 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #120361 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Charles Busch, Alone With A Cast Of Thousands | ||
| 1st Produced: | U.S. Tours | 1978 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #5509 | |||
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Notes: | includes Hollywood Confidential, 1978, A Theatrical Party, 1980, After You've Gone, 1982, Phantom Lovers, 1983. | |||||
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Chile Pepper | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1982 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #120362 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Die! Mommie! Die! | ||
| 1st Produced: | Coast Playhouse, LA | 1999 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | - | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #73502 | |||
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Genre: | Comic melodrama. | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | music by Jeremy Grody | |||||
Synopsis: | This comic melodrama evokes the 1960's movie thrillers that featured such aging cinematic icons as Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Lana Turner and Susan Hayward. Faded pop singer, Angela Andrews, is trapped in a corrosive marriage to film producer, Sol Sussman. In her attempt to find happiness with her younger lover, an out of work TV star, Angela murders her husband with the aid of a poisoned suppository. In a plot that reflects both Greek tragedy as well as Hollywood folklore, Angela's resentful daughter, Edith, convinces Angela's emotionally disturbed son, Lance, to avenge their father's death by killing their mother. Lance, demanding proof of Angela's crime, slips some LSD into her after-dinner coffee, triggering a wild acid trip that exposes all of Angela's dark secrets. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Divine Sister, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Theater for the New City, 155 First Avenue, New York, NY 10009 >>> | 06 Feb 2010 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0-573-69886-6 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #108838 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 5 | ||
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| The Divine Sister is an outrageous comic homage to nearly every Hollywood film involving nuns. Evoking such films as The Song of Bernadette, The Bells of St. Mary's, The Singing Nun and Agnes of God, The Divine Sister tells the story of St. Veronica's indomitable Mother Superior who is determined to build a new school for her Pittsburgh convent. Along the way, she has to deal with a young postulant who is experiencing visions, sexual hysteria among her nuns, a sensitive schoolboy in need of mentoring, a mysterious nun visiting from the Mother House in Berlin, and a former suitor intent on luring her away from her vows. This madcap trip through Hollywood religiosity evokes the wildly comic but affectionately observed theatrical style of the creator of Die, Mommie, Die! and Psycho Beach Party | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Dream, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1983 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #120363 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - | ||
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Flipping My Wig | ||
| 1st Produced: | WPA Theatre | 1996 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #120364 | |||
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Gidget Goes Psychotic | ||
| 1st Produced: | Limbo Loungs, New York | 1986 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY, 1986 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #5510 | |||
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Green Heart, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | - | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #89822 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Music by Rusty Magee; lyrics by Rusty Magee; book by Charles Busch. Based on the short story by Jack Ritchie | |||||
Synopsis: | This camp comedy thriller of greed and romance is about an Ivy League playboy who has squandered his fortune. Assisted by his girlfriend, he schemes to restore his wealth by wedding a botany crazed spinster heiress. He discovers that her conniving lawyer and sinister housekeeper are already robbing her blind and know that he plans to bump her off to become a merry widower. Soon, murder is clumsily afoot, alliances are formed and reformed, and plans that do not come to fruition bare unexpected fruit. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Hollywood Confidential | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1978 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #120365 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - | ||
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House Of Flowers | ||
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1991 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY, 1991 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #5511 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | libretto by Truman Capote | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Lady In Question, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1989 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | - | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #5512 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 4 | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | This hilarious spoof of trashy damsel in distress vs. Nazis movies packed them in Off Broadway, where the irrepressible author starred as Gertrude Garnet, renowned pianist and world class hedonist. On tour in Bavaria, Gertrude finds her Nazi hosts charming until she joins Professor Maxwell in plotting to free his mother from the Fuhrer's minions. They fall in love and, of course, there is a desperate dash on skis to the Swiss border. This send up is so witty and well constructed that it is equally entertaining when Gertrude is played by a woman. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Myrtle Pope, The Story of A Woman Possessed | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1977 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #90112 | |||
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Synopsis: | Myrtle having killed her twin sister lives in exile but becomes a cabaret singer. She murders her agent and dies in the arms of her son - who does not know she is his mother | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Old Coozies | ||
| 1st Produced: | La Mere Vipere | 1976 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #90113 | |||
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Genre: | One act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Two novelists remain friends through thirty years despite rivalry over their work and love lives | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Olive and the Bitter Herbs | ||
| 1st Produced: | 59E59 Theaters | 16 Aug 2011 | ||||
Company: | Primary Stages | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY, 1991 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0-573-70007-1 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #71324 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
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| Olive Fisher is an elderly character actress whose claim to fame were the iconic Gimme the Sausage commercials of the 1980's. She's a classic New York curmudgeon, at war with the world and in particular her next door neighbors. Her closed-off life is shaken by the appearance of a spectral male figure viewed through her living room mirror. A series of strange and outrageous coincidences reveals that the man in the mirror has intimate links to everyone in Olive's world and most revealingly to Olive, encouraging her that it's never too late to change one's life. | |||||
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Our Leading Lady | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2007 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | - | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #62532 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 5 | ||
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Synopsis: | Set in Washington, DC, in 1865, the play is about Laura Keene, the British-born stage actress whose company was performing Tom Taylor's Our American Cousinat Ford's Theatre the night Abraham Lincoln was shot and killed by John Wilkes Booth. In classic Charles Busch fashion, Our Leading Lady is a backstage comedy in which a presidential assassination is not merely a national tragedy but also a vexing interruption in a powerful woman's quest for fame and glory. Imagine the collision of the Civil War era with Noises Off, | |||||
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Out-Takes Of A B-Movie | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1975 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #47274 | |||
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Synopsis: | Max runs a memorabilia shop in Greenwich Village which is a hang out for various misfits | |||||
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Pardon My Inquisition; Or, Kiss The Blood Off My Castanets | ||
| 1st Produced: | Limbo Lounge, New York | 1986 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Three Plays", Fireside Theatre, New York, 1992 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #5513 | |||
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Genre: | One act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 9 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | Maria a prostitute is in love with Don Arturo. He is having an affair with a married woman, the Marquesa Del Drago. The Marquesa looks just like Maria. To get Don Arturo for herself Maria informs the Inquisition that the Marquesa is unfaithful. | |||||
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Phantom Lovers | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1984 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #120366 | |||
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Psycho Beach Party | ||
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1987 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | - | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #5514 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 6 | ||
Parts other: | 2 f. roles may be played by m | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Imagine 'Gidget' crossed with 'The Three Faces of Eve' and 'Mommie Dearest'. Chicklet, a perky teenager in Malibu Beach circa 1962, wants to learn to surf and join a group of beach bums led by the great Kanaka. Unfortunately, she suffers from a multiple personality disorder. Seeing red causes her to transform into various other selves, including a sinister vamp out to conquer the world. Complications arise when a movie starlet flees the set of her latest rotten movie to hide among the surfers. The climax is a wild luau scene where hypnosis reveals the shocking root of Chicklet's psychosis. | |||||
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Queen Amarantha | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY, 1998 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #5515 | |||
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Genre: | Romantic Adventure | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | cross dressing classic about sexual ambiguity with a lonely Garboesque queen who dresses as a man | |||||
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Red Scare On Sunset | ||
| 1st Produced: | WPA Theater, New York | 1991 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY, 1991 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #5516 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | 1950s Hollywood film star Mary Dale discovers that her husband has joined the Communist Party and that his group plan to scrap the star system | |||||
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Reed | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1983 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #120367 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - | ||
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Return To Camp Kitchiwamee | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1982 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #120368 | |||
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Shanghai Moon | ||
| 1st Produced: | Theater for the New City, 155 First Avenue, New York, NY 10009 >>> | 1999 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | - | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #47313 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 9 m and f | |||||
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Synopsis: | A spoof of 1930's oriental movie melodramas, this wild concoction by the author of Vampire Lesbians of Sodom, Psycho Beach Party and The Tale of the Allergist's Wife, recounts the outrageous story of a notorious young beauty who visits Shanghai in 1931 with her elderly husband, a British diplomat. Soon Lady Sylvia (who can be played by a woman or a man as in the New York production) is involved in a steamy affair with a mysterious warlord. She incurs the wrath of his jealous mistress and his most trusted advisor while becoming ensnared in an exotic world of opium addiction, drug smuggling and white slavery where even branding her derriere with a red hot poker is not forbidden. | |||||
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Sister Act | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1976 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #90114 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | Two showgirls are Siamese twins and they must now decide whether to have the operation to separate | |||||
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Sleeping Beauty Or Coma | ||
| 1st Produced: | Limbo Lounge, New York | 1984 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Four Plays", Fireside Theatre, New York, 1990 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #5517 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | Swinging London in the 1960s. Sebastian Lore discovers Enid and plans to make her a superstar model. But she escapes his clutches and with two friends helping her she does in fact become a supermodel and the "face of the Sixties". In revenge Sebastian spikes her drink and she falls into a twenty year coma. | |||||
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Swingtime Canteen | ||
| 1st Produced: | Blu Angel Theatre, New York | 1995 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | - | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #89823 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Book by Linda Thorsen Bond, William Repicci and Charles Busch | |||||
Synopsis: | This star spangled hit enjoyed long runs Off Broadway and in London. MGM is putting glamorous movie legend Marian Ames out to pasture, but this is 1944 and no time for self pity. Marian gathers her instrument playing gal pals from the Hollywood Canteen to entertain the troops in London. Her show is a rip roaring canteen extravaganza that features five archetypal film characters from the 1940s singing over 30 vintage classics. Laughs, emotional fireworks and air raids punctuate this hilarious and heart warming musical celebration. | |||||
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Taboo | ||
| 1st Produced: | Plymouth Theater, New York | 2003 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | Original Broadway recording: DRG (94773) 2004 | doollee no | #66543 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Music by Boy George; Lyrics by Boy George; Co-Composer: Kevan Frost; Music Co-Writer: John Themis and Richie Stevens; Book by Charles Busch; Adapted from the original book by Mark Davies. Written with Mark Davies (Busch rewrote for an American audience) | |||||
Synopsis: | Setting: An abandoned London warehouse, which formerly was the location of the hottest club of the '80s, Taboo, and a great variety of places in and about London. | |||||
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Tale Of The Allergist's Wife, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York | 2000 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | - | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #5518 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | An award winning hit at the Manhattan Theatre Club and on Broadway, The Tale of the Allergist's Wife is a radical departure for the well known author of extravagant spoofs like Vampire Lesbians of Sodom and Psycho Beach Party. Marjorie Taub, the wife of a philanthropic allergist, is engulfed in a life crisis of Medea like proportions. Her children are grown, her beloved therapist died recently and her mother, obesessed with bowel movements grates on her nerves. She tries to lose herself in a world of art galleries, foreign films and avant guard theatre, but finds she is barely able to rouse herself from her sofa. Her spirits suddenly soar when a fascinating and incredibly worldly friend from her childhood appears on her doorstep. Lee the savior that infuses Marjorie with life becomes Lee the unwelcome and sinister guest in short order. | |||||
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Theatrical Party, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1980 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #120369 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
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Theodora, She-Bitch Of Byzantium | ||
| 1st Produced: | Limbo Lounge, New York | 1984 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Three Plays", Fireside Theatre, New York, 1992 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #5519 | |||
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Genre: | One act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | The Empress Theodora is in a loveless marriage with the Emperor Justinian as he prefers boys. A friend gives her a love potion to give to her husband but the Empress accidentally takes it herself and instantly falls in love with Andreas a revolutionary intent of murdering the Emperor | |||||
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Third Story, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Sep 2008 | |||||
Company: | MCC Theater | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0-573-69730-2 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #94042 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
| A mother and son screenwriting team hunker down in Omaha after fleeing Commie-obsessed 1940s Hollywood. A romantically-inclined but socially-inept princess makes a deal with an ancient witch. And tommy guns meet test tubes as a way-too-well-dressed first lady of the mob forms a desperate alliance with a cloning scientist whose experiments have had, um, less-than-consistent results. Gangster flicks, fairy tales and B-movie sci-fi collide in this epic comic fable from the sick and silly imagination of Charles Busch. | |||||
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Times Square Angel | ||
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1984 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | - | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #5520 | |||
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Genre: | Farce | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | From An Idea by Charles Busch and Andy Halliday | |||||
Synopsis: | Irish O'Flanagan, hilariously played Off Broadway by the author, is quite a dame. A product of Depression era Hell's kitchen, she has spunk, talent and fabulous clothes. She lifts herself out of the slums and into a career as a nightclub singer, finally becoming so decadent that only a guardian angel can save her from herself. | |||||
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Vagabond Vignettes | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1979 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #120370 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
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Vampire Lesbians Of Sodom | ||
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1984 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | - | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #5521 | |||
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Genre: | Farce | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | doubling | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Vampire Lesbians of Sodom, written by Charles Busch, is a fantastic send-up of vampiric tales and actress's vanity. The story begins in Sodom, transports us to 1920s Hollywood, and drops us on a modern stage. The rivalry begins in Sodom where a guard is lamenting his social life and a succubus is awaiting a sacrificial virgin. The virgin is turned into a succubus and a 2,000-year battle of feminine wiles, toothy marks, and blackmail ensues. It is a hilarious love-hate relationship that sustains them both | |||||
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Welcome To Corona | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1981 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #120371 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
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You Should Be So Lucky | ||
| 1st Produced: | Primary Stages, New York | 1994 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | - | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #5522 | |||
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Genre: | Screwball Comedy Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Here is a screwball comedy by the author of Vampire Lesbians of Sodom, Psycho Beach Party, and Red Scare on Sunset, among others. A timid young electrologist's act of altruism leads to a ten million dollar inheritance, but only after he accidently shocks his benefactor, the elderly Mr. Rosenberg, causing a fatal heart attack. Rosenberg's fiercely materialistic daughter resents sharing her inheritance with Christopher and they do battle on the Oprah like Wanda Wang Show. The plot becomes even more outrageous when Christopher's flamboyant sister and Mr. Rosenberg's ghost appear. | |||||
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