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Charles Busch on Performing in Drag.

Playwright, female impersonator, and now novelist Charles Busch. His play, the camp classic, "Vampire Lesbians of Sodom," was the longest-running play in Off-Broadway history. His other plays include, "Psycho Beach Party," and "Red Scare on Sunset." His latest show parodies the variety shows of the 60s, "The Charles Busch Revue," in which he makes seven costume changes in an hour and 15 minutes. Busch's first novel, "Whores of Lost Atlantis," (Hyperion) came out in November. (Rebroadcast from 7/29/93) Busch can now be seen in the film, "Addams Family Values," playing Morticia's Countess cousin.

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Fresh Air with Terry Gross, December 10, 1993: Interview with Charles Busch; Review of the television show "Gypsy"; Interview with Paul Rudnick; Review of the film "Geronimo: An American Legend."
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Essayist, Novelist, and Playwright Paul Rudnick.

Paul Rudnick is a essayist, novelist, and playwright. His latest play off-Broadway is a comedy about AIDS, "Jeffrey," about a man who swears off love and sex. Rudnickalso wrote the Broadway play, "I Hate Hamlet," about John Barrymore's ghost. And he writes a column in Premiere, "If You Ask Me," in which he writes in the voice of a quintessential Jewish mother who critiques movie stars' personal lives more than their acting (Rebroadcast from 4/8/93).

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Charles Busch on Performing in Drag.

Playwright, female impersonator, and now novelist Charles Busch. His play, the camp classic, "Vampire Lesbians of Sodom," was the longest-running play in Off-Broadway history. His other plays include, "Psycho Beach Party," and "Red Scare on Sunset." He has a new show which parodies the variety shows of the 60s, "The Charles Busch Revue," in which he makes seven costume changes in an hour and 15 minutes. One reviewer writes, "Among New York's drag performers, he is certainly the most congenial.

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