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18 - Charles Busch

Charles Busch is an American actor, screenwriter, playwright and female impersonator, known for his appearances on stage in his own camp style plays and in film and television.

43 mins
5/3/15

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Charles Busch is an American actor, screenwriter, playwright and female impersonator, known for his appearances on stage in his own camp style plays and in film and television. He wrote and starred in his early plays Off-off-Broadway beginning in 1978, generally in drag roles, and also acted in the works of other playwrights. He also wrote for television and began to act in films and on television in the late 1990s. His best known play is The Tale of the Allergist's Wife (2000), which was a success on Broadway.

Listen to hear:

  • How a guy that doesn’t know his own phone number went out and built his incredible award winning career, by sheer willpower and passion
  • Why not getting cast in his college productions was the best thing that ever happened to him
  • What made him start performing in drag
  • Why he hates the word “mainstream”
  • How Vampire Lesbians . . . one of the longest running shows in Off Broadway history, started out as a sketch, and more . . .

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