Photo Coverage: Theater for the New City Gala Honors Charles Busch
By: Walter McBride Feb. 26, 2013
The Pulitzer Prize and OBIE Award-winning Theatre for the New City (TNC) held its 10th Annual LOVE 'N' COURAGE benefit gala last night, February 25, 2013 at the National Arts Club (15 Gramercy Park South in Manhattan), this year honoring award-winning actor and playwright Charles Busch. Hosts for LOVE 'N' COURAGE were composer and singer Phoebe Legere and playwright/filmmaker Matt Morillo ("Maid of Honor"). The performers at this year's show included Mr. Busch, The Love Show, dancer/choreographer Kitty Lunn and Infinity Dance, juggler supreme John Grimaldi, Carol Freeman, Luba Mason, KT Sullivan, Tammy Grimes, Drew Pulver, Mark Marcante and Crystal Field.
BroadwayWorld was there for the celebration and you can check out full photo coverage below!
Numerous plays by Charles Busch have been presented at TNC through the years, starting with his very first play, BEFORE OUR MOTHER'S EYES. Subsequent Busch plays produced there include DIVINE SISTER, SHANGHAI MOON, JUDITH OF BETHULIA and the annual holiday treat, TIMES SQUARE ANGEL. Mr. Bush is the author and star of such plays as The Divine Sister, The Lady in Question, Red Scare on Sunset and Vampire Lesbians of Sodom, which ran five years and is one of the longest-running plays in Off-Broadway history. His play The Tale of the Allergist's Wife ran for 777 performances on Broadway and won Mr. Busch the Outer Circle Critics John Gassner Award and received a Tony nomination for Best Play. He 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. In 2003, Mr. Busch received a special Drama Desk Award for career achievement as both performer and playwright. Mr. Busch made his directorial debut with the film A Very Serious Person, which premiered at the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival, where it won an honorable mention. He is also the subject of the documentary film The Lady in Question is Charles Busch.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning Theater for the New City is committed to developing and nurturing creative talent in the New York City area. Other programs sponsored by the Theater include the Resident Theater Program, Arts-in-Education Program, Summer Street Theater Tour, the Lower East Side Festival of the Arts and, most recently, the Village Halloween Costume Ball. The Emerging Playwrights Program was founded in 1984 as part of the Resident Theater Program, and seeks to create a space where theater artists have room to develop new visions, free of commercial restraint and pressure. Past productions have included works that include song, dance, music, puppetry, poetry, and epic styles of drama, and have garnered 43 OBIE Awards
Photo Credit: Walter McBride
'Love 'n' Courage'
Artistic Director Crystal Field & Charles Busch
Matthew Broderick & Sarah Jessica Parker
Matthew Broderick & Sarah Jessica Parker
Matthew Broderick & Sarah Jessica Parker
Matthew Broderick & Sarah Jessica Parker
Charles Busch & Sarah Jessica Parker
Matthew Broderick & Charles Busch
Matthew Broderick, Charles Busch & Sarah Jessica Parker
Matthew Broderick, Charles Busch & Sarah Jessica Parker
Matthew Broderick, Charles Busch & Sarah Jessica Parker
Charles Busch & Sarah Jessica Parker
Artistic Director Crystal Field & Charles Busch
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