Charles Busch is renowned for weaving popular culture, wicked camp humor, and biting social satire into an unusual and uproarious theatrical signature that has earned him the Outer Critics' John Gassner Award for Playwrighting and a Drama Desk Award for Best Play nomination. Of his latest play, The New York Times has written, "Uproarious ... wall-to-wall laughs ... Mr. Busch has swum straight into the mainstream and stays comfortably afloat there." Busch is the author of such plays as Vampire Lesbians of Sodom -- one of the longest-running plays in Off-Broadway history -- and Psycho Beach Party, a cross between Gidget and Spellbound. After a successful Off-Broadway run at New York City's Manhattan Theater Club, Busch moves to Broadway with The Tale of the Allergist's Wife, a hilarious comedy about a self-absorbed Upper West Side doctor's wife whose life is devoted to mornings at the Whitney, afternoons at the Museum of Modern Art, and evenings at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Her world is shaken and transformed when a childhood friend makes an unexpected visit.
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This review is from: Tale of the Allergist's Wife and Other Plays: The Tale of the Allergist's Wife, Vampire Lesbians of Sodom, Psycho Beach Party, The Lady in Question, Red Scare on Sunset (Paperback)
Even though the category is "Gay & Lesbian", these plays do not fit the category all that well...so if you are looking for gay or lesbian plays, this probably isn't the book for you. If you are looking for funny plays, this is the book for you. All of the plays in this book are good, though some can get a wee bit boring at parts. I especially like TALE OF THE ALLERGIST'S WIFE and PSYCHO BEACH PARTY, though all of them are great.
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By cassie handzo (Richmond, VA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Tale of the Allergist's Wife and Other Plays: The Tale of the Allergist's Wife, Vampire Lesbians of Sodom, Psycho Beach Party, The Lady in Question, Red Scare on Sunset (Paperback)
Charles Busch had my attention from the very start and he never let me down. Tale of the Allergests Wife as well as Psycho Beach Party were honestly 2 of the funniest plays i have ever read. his satire is astounding and yet makes perfect sense. anyone. who knew that a cross dresser could provide so much fun!
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Vampire Lesbians of Sodom was originally produced at the Limbo Lounge in New York City in 1984. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Raina Aldric, Pat Pilford, Mary Dale, Ann Bowman, Marta Towers, Lady Godiva, Madame Garnet, Gertrude Garnet, Mitchell Drake, Baron Von Elsner, Bettina Barnes, Charles Busch, Madame Aldric, Miss Pilford, Frank Taggart, Granny Lou, Miss Barnes, Countess de Borgia, Erik Maxwell, King Carlisle, Moishe Nisowitz, Professor Maxwell, Lee Green, Los Angeles New!
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Vampire Lesbians of Sodom was originally produced at the Limbo Lounge in New York City in 1984. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Raina Aldric, Pat Pilford, Mary Dale, Ann Bowman, Marta Towers, Lady Godiva, Madame Garnet, Gertrude Garnet, Mitchell Drake, Baron Von Elsner, Bettina Barnes, Charles Busch, Madame Aldric, Miss Pilford, Frank Taggart, Granny Lou, Miss Barnes, Countess de Borgia, Erik Maxwell, King Carlisle, Moishe Nisowitz, Professor Maxwell, Lee Green, Los Angeles New!
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- The World as Will and Idea (Everyman's Library) by Arthur Schopenhauer on page 311
- My God by Michael Green on page 290
- New York by Allan Tannenbaum on page 279
- The Little Mermaid (Disney/Book and Cassette) by Walt Disney on page 287
- Magister Ludi by Hermann Hesse on page 289
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