Full given name: | Charles Louis Busch |
Hometown: | New York City |
Zodiac sign: | The cusp of Leo and Virgo |
Audition song: | When I was 11, I auditioned for the title role in Oliver! in a community theatre production. I slayed 'em with "I'm the Greatest Star" but somehow lost the role. I've been bitter ever since. |
Special skills: | Pastel portrait artist |
First Broadway show ever saw: | Vivien Leigh in Tovarich |
Current show you have been recommending to friends: | I'm still carrying the torch for Grey Gardens. |
Favorite show tune: | "Soliloquy" from Carousel |
Most played song on your iPod: | I don't have an iPod yet. Should I get one? |
One CD you couldn't live without: | Judy at Carnegie Hall |
Last book you read: | "Mrs. Lincoln" by Catherine Clinton |
Must-see TV show: | "Survivor" |
Last good movie you saw: | "Wendy and Lucy" |
Favorite board game: | Rummikub |
Performer you would drop everything to go see: | Julie Halston |
Pop culture guilty pleasure: | "Dancing with the Stars" |
First stage kiss: | Never had a full stage kiss, but my first movie kiss was with Jason Priestley. Not bad. |
Favorite post-show meal: | A dozen raw clams. |
How you got your Equity card: | Doing my first one man show in Chicago in 1978. |
Worst onstage mishap: | My waist length wig got accidentally pulled off in Vampire Lesbians of Sodom. I tried to fix it, got it on backwards and looked like Cousin It. |
Worst costume ever: | Nude. Also my favorite. |
Favorite cereal: | Quaker Instant Oat Meal, Maple and Brown Sugar |
Who would play you in the movie? | Susan Hayward |
Worst job you ever had: | Receptionist in a zipper factory |
TV or commercial gig you most enjoyed: | Playing a death row inmate on "Oz" |
Leading lady/man role you've been dying to play | The title role in The Dresser |