Review: Charles Busch at Café Istanbul
 

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Playwright/actor Charles Busch (Vampire Lesbians of Sodom, Psycho Beach Party) performed an evening of cabaret material in a one-night show at Café Istanbul as part of the Broadway at NOCCA series. There were some bright spots ? a tribute to the hardboiled dialogue of films noir was amusing, as were a few of Busch?s stories about show business ? but much of the evening was wan, low-key to the point of slowness and creaky in spots, particularly a Bette Davis-Joan Crawford reading, a tired cliché that got chuckles rather than laughs.? [ Read more ]

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