Charles Busch Interview

[Corine2]

Posted: 6/14/05 at 8:31pm

Take a look!
http://www.corinescorner.com

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 6/15/05 at 11:13am

Corine, are these interviews done via email? Are you just submitting questions and then they send you responses to them?

Because you don't ask a single follow-up question when Busch gives you these terrific lead-ins. He tells you of being enthralled by Joan Sutherland, and instead of asking for more details you ask if he has a favorite show.

He talks about loving "Doubt," which gives you the perfect opportunity to talk about current theatrical events, but instead you leap back to "Allergist's Wife."

I dunno, it just seems like there's a chance to interact and at times it feels like you're in a totally separate space than your interviewee and not really connecting and conversing.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 6/15/05 at 12:18pm

I LOVED the Theater-in-Limbo productions.

Particularly the rarely-discussed "The Lady in Question"!

Oh, PS, Corine: Don't ask somebody who should BE a mentor if he has a mentor! It's insulting!

Updated On: 6/15/05 at 12:18 PM

[Corine2]

Posted: 6/15/05 at 12:25pm

I always want to know who inspired them.
My interview was all about Charles. He is a fascinating and busy person Namo.
I always want to know that.
So, Namo. Who inspired you? Because you inspire me to do more!

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 6/15/05 at 12:47pm

Okay, so explain something here. Your interviews are done for different web sites and then on your site you just post a link to them? And shouldn't this thread be named An Old Interview With Charles Bush That You May Have Read a Few Months Ago on TheatreMania?

[MasterLcZ]

Posted: 6/15/05 at 1:02pm

"The Lady In Question" was the great Carol Burnett show parody she never made.

The "going upstairs" bit was one of the funniest bits of stagecraft I've ever seen. And Jay Rogers as Patti McCormack-as-Hitler-Youth-Member was genius.

"F****k me, Karl, F***k me!"

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 6/15/05 at 5:49pm

"And Jay Rogers as Patti McCormack-as-Hitler-Youth-Member was genius."

She's lying. She's LYING.

Oh god, the memory!

And Julie Halston as Kitty. Why, this tunnel's longer than Gary Cooper's -- oh, HELLO there.

I'm looking forward to the documentary, Beav.

Corine, you still didn't say whether these are face to face interviews or if you send people the questions and they send back the answers? It reads more like that, and would explain the lack of interactivity, the missing sense of a dialogue happening.

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 6/15/05 at 5:58pm

Stop it, just stop it, all of you!

You're tearing me APART!!!!!!!!!!

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 6/15/05 at 6:01pm

Why is my tart the only one with powdered sugar on it?

[robbiej]

Posted: 6/15/05 at 6:11pm

I was lucky enough to be friends with a very special person who gave me a framed window-card from the original production of The Lady in Question.

I will entertain offers.

[MasterLcZ]

Posted: 6/15/05 at 10:26pm

The 'ski slope'!

(I had forgotten the powdered sugar bit )

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 6/15/05 at 11:14pm

I'm sure I was just paraphrasing. My memory from the late-'80s ain't what it used to be.

[Caroline-Q-or-TBoo]

Posted: 6/15/05 at 11:22pm

Charles butchered My Conviction on the Hair Benefit Cd... its horrible

[MatureDignity]

Posted: 6/15/05 at 11:28pm

RuPaul butchered it at the concert. "Butchered" is a friendly way to put it, I think.

[Caroline-Q-or-TBoo]

Posted: 6/15/05 at 11:32pm

hmm... it said Charles on barnes and noble.com


THEY LIE!

[MatureDignity]

Posted: 6/15/05 at 11:36pm

Charles is on the recording... RuPaul performed it at the concert.