Charles Busch News

The Gingold Theatrical Group -- the first company to present every play written by George Bernard Shaw -- begins their fifth year with Shaw's farcical romantic comedy from 1894, ARMS AND THE MAN. The play will be performed on Monday, January 25 at 7pm at The Players Club (16 Gramercy Park South) in Manhattan.

Columbia Stages presents Black Snow by Mikhail Bulgakov, directed byMikhael Tara Garver and produced in association with The New Ensemble. On astormy night, Sergei sits alone with his first great novel in a small room inMoscow. A knock at the door propels him down the rabbit hole into an adventureof ridiculous proportions. This world premiere event melds together thehilarious and stunning adaptation by Keith Reddin with an epic original scoreby Andrew Gerle and Royce Vavrek. From the thunderous sound of the keys, thetrue music of a man's voice battles with your expectations. Performances for 'Black Snow' will be held February 3-6.

On Wednesday, January 13, Daryl Roth was feted by Jordan Roth, Charles Busch and David Hyde Pierce and joined by a slew of celebrity friends and colleagues to celebrate her induction onto the famed wall of Sardi's as her caricature was unveiled and added to their collection. Guests included Kathleen Turner, Bill Irwin, Judith Light, Michael Urie, Bob Balaban, Tovah Feldshuh, David Pittu, Doug Hughes, Edward Hibbert, Nilo Cruz, John Doyle, Karen Ziemba and the current cast of Love, Loss, and What I Wore (Katie Finneran, Michele Lee, Debra Monk, Tracee Ellis Ross and Casey Wilson).

Silver Spring Stage presents Death and the Maiden by Ariel Dorfman, directed by Jacy D'Aiutolo and produced by Matt Berman, an award winning political thriller, drawn from the author's native Chile, where roles are reversed between the torture survivor turns the table on her suspected oppressor. Death and the Maiden will perform weekends January 15 to February 7.

The Gingold Theatrical Group -- the first company to present every play written by George Bernard Shaw -- begins their fifth year with Shaw's farcical romantic comedy from 1894, ARMS AND THE MAN. The play will be performed on Monday, January 25 at 7pm at The Players Club (16 Gramercy Park South) in Manhattan.

Silver Spring Stage presents Death and the Maiden by Ariel Dorfman, directed by Jacy D'Aiutolo and produced by Matt Berman, an award winning political thriller, drawn from the author's native Chile, where roles are reversed between the torture survivor turns the table on her suspected oppressor. Death and the Maiden will perform weekends January 15 to February 7.

Manhattan Theatre Club will present its annual Winter Benefit 'An Intimate Night,' an evening of cocktails and dinner followed by a special one-night-only cabaret-style show on Monday, January 25, 2010 at The Plaza (Fifth Avenue and Central Park South).

'Our Leading Lady' auditions January 4 & 5 at 7 p.m. Centre Stage will hold auditions for Our Leading Lady, by Charles Busch on Monday, Jan. 4 and Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2010.

The Gingold Theatrical Group -- the first company to present every play written by George Bernard Shaw -- begins their fifth year with Shaw's farcical romantic comedy from 1894, ARMS AND THE MAN. The play will be performed on Monday, January 25 at 7pm at The Players Club (16 Gramercy Park South) in Manhattan.

'Our Leading Lady' auditions January 4 & 5 at 7 p.m. Centre Stage will hold auditions for Our Leading Lady, by Charles Busch on Monday, Jan. 4 and Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2010.

'Our Leading Lady' auditions January 4 & 5 at 7 p.m. Centre Stage will hold auditions for Our Leading Lady, by Charles Busch on Monday, Jan. 4 and Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2010.

The Pulitzer Prize and Obie Award-winning Theatre for the New City (TNC) will hold its 7th Annual LOVE 'N' COURAGE Gala on Monday, February 22nd at the National Arts Club, this year honoring the beloved acting couple Eli Wallach and Anne Jackson, as well as Martha Coigney, director of the International Theatre Institute (ITI) in the U.S. for over 35 years, it has been announced by Crystal Field, co-founder and artistic director of Theater for the City. The LOVE 'N' COURAGE celebration will begin with cocktails at 6:30pm, Dinner at 7:00pm, and performances at 8:00pm.

'Our Leading Lady' auditions January 4 & 5 at 7 p.m. Centre Stage will hold auditions for Our Leading Lady, by Charles Busch on Monday, Jan. 4 and Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2010.

The American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) Program congratulates the alumni who have taken the American stage and screen by storm this month.

Swingtime Canteen' Holiday Style! runs December 4 - 20, 2009. 'Swingtime Canteen' by Linda Thorsen Bond, William Repicci, Charles Busch

Theater for the New City is pleased to announce that Charles Busch's new comedy THE DIVINE SISTER will play a limited premiere showcase engagement at Theater for the New City's Cino Theater (155 First Avenue). The developmental production, directed by Busch's longtime collaborator Carl Andress (The Third Story; Die, Mommie, Die!) will play a limited engagement of 24 performances from Saturday, February 6 through Sunday, March 7.

Gingold Theatrical Group makes history as the first company to present every play (including full-length works, one-acts and sketches) written by George Bernard Shaw with its 44th PROJECT SHAW presentation, WHY SHE WOULD NOT -- the author's final and unfinished play -- on Monday, December 14 at 7pm at The Players Club (16 Gramercy Park South) in Manhattan. David Staller, who has produced and directed all of the Project Shaw readings during its initial four-year series, is set to direct.

The Chelsea Symphony has announced its Fourth Annual Winter Concert on Friday, December 11 at 8 PM, at St. Paul's Church. The program will feature actor/playwright and drag legend Charles Busch in Aaron Dai's holiday favorite, the Night Before Christmas, following a tradition of celebrated guest narrators: Ana Gasteyer, David Hyde Pierce and Richard Kind. New York Times lauded flautist Jesse Schiffman will perform Mozart's First Flute Concerto and the program will be rounded out with the overture to the Marriage of Figaro and the Nutcracker Suite. The concert will be performed without intermission and will feature four conductors rotating from positions within the orchestra to the podium and back: Music Director Miguel Campos Neto, Ankush Kumar Bahl, Kyunghun Kim and Mark Seto.

Tony Cacciotti, Chase Mishkin, David Steiner and Leonard Soloway announced today that Valerie Harper will return to Broadway this spring in Matthew Lombardo's new comedy Looped, directed by Rob Ruggiero. It will play the Lyceum Theatre (149 West 45th Street). Previews begin on February 19 and opening night is Sunday March 14.

Charles Bush and Julie Halston will perform together for one performance only at the Victory Gardens Theatre on December 7th at 7:30pm.