Description: "Full of humor and heart, and including 16 pages of photographs, Leading Lady is perfect for theatre fans new and old, as well as anyone who knows the joy of finally finding the craft that makes their soul sing"--
Brief description:
Charles Busch is an actor, playwright, and drag legend. He is the author and star of many plays, including Vampire Lesbians of Sodom, one of the longest-running plays in Off-Broadway history. His play The Tale of the Allergist's Wife played 777 performances on Broadway and received a Tony nomination for Best Play. Busch wrote and starred in the film versions of his plays Psycho Beach Party and Die Mommie Die, the latter of which won him the Best Performance Award at the Sundance Film Festival. He has been honored with a special Drama Desk Award for career achievement as both performer and playwright and he also received the Flora Roberts Award for Sustained Achievement in the theater by the Dramatist's Guild.
Review Quotes: """A mosaic of reminiscence and self-analysis.""
--The New York Times
--Midwest Book Review ""Absolutely captivating . . . This joyful, upbeat, and witty memoir will likely capture the hearts of theater and movie buffs.""
--Library Journal, starred review ""A magical tale of how Charles brought drag into the present by celebrating the glamour of the past.""
--Sarah Jessica Parker ""Leading Lady is both a page-turner with name-drops and a book depicting the thrill of creation. If you aren't sure of Charles Busch's influence on your own world, you will be spellbound, and you will also come away with a new mentor for living an unafraid life true to who you are.""
--Jim Parsons ""Fascinating, elegant, frank, and unputdownable. I devoured this book with a glee that could only be surpassed by watching Charles Busch perform live!""
--Alan Cumming ""I have loved Charles Busch since I first clapped eyes on him--he's an actor, an actress, a writer, a director, a peerless raconteur and wit, and a sentimental gentleman from my favorite school, the old school.""
--Bette Midler ""I'll read, watch, and listen to anything Charles does. Drag and Hollywood royalty combined in one Grande Dame. Leading Lady indeed!""
--Jinkx Monsoon ""A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, Turner Classic Movies dated RuPaul's Drag Race and they conceived an adorable little one who grew up to be the lady in question: Charles Busch. Saddle up for a brilliant, hilarity-soaked ride.""
--Bruce Vilanch
""Witty and whimsical, this book is a deep meditation on the divine feminine, a love letter to lovers of movies and memories. It's a stirring, poetic memoir of a life remarkably lived and still living.""
--Margaret Cho ""The artistry of Charles Busch has no equal in the modern theater, with his genuine reverence for the women who inspire him.This memoir left me doubled overwith laughter and choking back tears--sometimes on the same page.""
--Armistead Maupin"