UPTOWN — Drag legend Charles Busch will perform his one-man play for a Chicago audience at the end of January.
At 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 29 and 30, Busch will perform "That Girl, That Boy" at the Pride Arts Center, 4139 N. Broadway, according to a news release from Pride Film and Plays.
The program "combines hilarious personal reminiscence, character sketches and superb storytelling through song into one glittering and glamorous evening of cabaret," the release said.
Busch was born in New York, but began his career after graduating from Northwestern University. He spent two years in Chicago with local theater companies before returning to New York City to perform a solo play called "Hollywood Confidential," according to his website.
Busch is an actor, playwright, novelist, screenwriter and "drag legend." He wrote and performed in "The Divine Sister," "The Lady in Question," "Scare on Sunset," "Vampire Lessons of Sodom" and "The Tale of the Allergist's Wife," which ran on Broadway for 777 performances, won him the Outer Critics Circle John Gassner Award and a Tony nomination for Best Play, according to his website.
He also wrote and starred in the films "Psycho Beach Party" and "Die Mommie Die," which won him the Best Performance Award at the Sundance Film Festival in 2003, according to his website.
For the performance, which features contemporary music and songs from the past, Busch will be accompanied by his longtime Music Director Tom Judson, the release said.
A review of the show appears in the New York Times.
The performance will also be the first Pride Arts Center Presents event, quarterly performances at the new space featuring prominent performers in theater, music and film, the release said.
General admission tickets are $40 and reserved seats are $75.
