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The Divine Absolution Contest
Do you have a “secret confession” detailing an entertaining, entertainingly scandalous, or just plain scandalous true confession?
Enter your sinful story for a fair shake to win 2 tickets to see our
lovely play. Mother Superior will choose 2 of her favorite confessions, weekly through
2010.
Enter your story in person @ The Soho Playhouse or email it to
**All entries will be posted on facebook and our blog**
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THE ONLY RESOLUTION IS A DIVINE ABSOLUTION!
Hidden Habit Contest - Answers Revealed
We just announced the winners of the Hidden Habit Contest on Twitter.com/thedivinesister - Thanks to all those who entered! Here are the answers:
Special Screening of Charles Busch's DIE MOMMIE DIE at the Cinema Arts Centre
Award-winning Star CHARLES BUSCH with
DIE MOMMIE DIE
Monday, November 15 at 6:45pm
Screening – Interview and Q&A - Reception
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Members $15 / Public $20
Active Membership Will Be Checked
Tickets can also be purchased at the box office during theatre hours or
by calling Brown Paper Tickets toll free at 1-800-838-3006. No refunds.
Come meet Charles Busch, direct from the stage of the SoHo Playhouse, where his unanimously acclaimed new play, The Divine Sister, is the comic hit of the season. Subject of the PBS-aired documentary, The Lady in Question is Charles Busch, this award-winning actor and prolific playwright--including the Tony nominated Tale of the Allergist’s Wife and Vampire Lesbians of Sodom--will talk about his multifaceted career. Mr. Busch will also tempt us with inside details about his sophisticated new hit, in which he slyly channels every Hollywood nun from Rosalind Russell’s The Trouble With Angels and Ingrid Bergman’s The Bells of St. Mary’s to The Singing Nun herself!
DIE MOMMIE DIE (2003)
An outrageous post-modern send-up of Douglas Sirk and other plush Hollywood melodramas of the 1950’s, Die Mommie Die won Charles Busch the coveted Sundance Film Festival’s Best Performance Award. Retired hit-parade singer/film star Angela Arden--surviving member of a twin-sister vaudeville act--is married to ailing producer Sol Sussman while pursuing a wild affair with handsome young tennis instructor Tony Parker (Jason Priestly). Impossibly gracious but secretly desperate, Angela plots to poison Sol, who, refusing a divorce, cuts off her allowance instead. Daughter Edith (also Tony’s lover) suspects foul play and wouldn’t mind if Mom got the Chair--but son Lance (also Tony’s lover) will doing anything to protect the mother he adores. Devotees of byzantine movie plots may think they know the outcome--but the surprise ending will knock your socks off! (USA, 2003, 90 min.)
Charles Busch will be interviewed by Dr. Jud Newborn, CAC Special Projects Curator and author, Sophie Scholl and the White Rose.
Curated by Dr. Jud Newborn
Special The Divine Sister $49 ticket offer
(regular $75) through January 2 for CAC
& LI Gay/Lesbian Film Fest Members & Patrons
by using the code CINARTS when booking tickets.
“Get thee to The Divine Sister!” — New York Times
Buy tickets at www.divinesisteronstage.com.
Charles Busch will raffle off free tickets to his play.
ADDITIONAL SUPER-SLASHED “THANK YOU”
THEATER DISCOUNTS FOR BUSCH EVENT ATTENDEES ONLY!
Hidden Habits Contest
Contest ends at 11:59 PM on Tuesday, November 9, 2010.
To enter the contest, complete the 4 steps below:
1. Print out the NYC Marathon photo on paper and draw an arrow to where each of the 10 The Divine Sister characters and/or logos are.
2. Scan and email your entry to: divinesisteronstage@gmail.com
3. Follow us on Twitter.com/thedivinesister
4. Send the following reply as soon as you follow us: “@thedivinesister - #hiddenhabitcontest”
Winners Announced on November 11, 2010 on Twitter.com/thedivinesister!
Click here for the official rules.
Halloween Joke via Sister Walburga
Alison Fraser (Sister Walburga) sent us this hilarious Halloween joke. Trick or treat!
Halloween Tale
A cabbie picks up a Nun. She gets into the cab, and notices that the VERY handsome Cab driver won't stop staring at her.
She asks him why he is staring.
He replies: "I have a question to ask you but I don't want to offend you."
She answers, "My son, you cannot offend me. When you're as old as I am and have been a nun as long as I have, you get a chance to see and hear just about everything. I'm sure that there's nothing you could say or ask that I would find offensive."
"Well, I've always had a fantasy to have a nun kiss me"
She responds, "Well, let's see what we can do about that:
#1, You have to be single, and
#2, You must be Catholic."
The cab driver is very excited and says, "Yes, I'm single and Catholic!"
"OK" the nun says. "Pull over to the side of the road."
The nun fulfills his fantasy and gives him a big kiss.
But when they get back on the road, the cab driver starts crying.
"My dear child," says the nun, "why are you crying?"
"Forgive me but I've sinned.. I lied and I must confess, I'm married and I'm Jewish."
The nun says, "That's OK. My name is Kevin and I'm going to a Halloween party.”
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Flu Shots with Dr. Barry Kohn and the Cast- feat. Lily Tomlin
Dr. Barry Kohn gives the cast flu shots while Charles Busch provides commentary explaining why Dr. Kohn is so special, as well as his connection to Charles' play The Tale of the Allergists Wife. Also, Lily Tomlin squeezes Amy Rutberg's hand to distract her while getting her flu shot.
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Nice Gloves Jimmy McMillan
Anyone notice Jimmy McMillan's black gloves @ the Governor debate? I did & they look very nice~
Win Tickets to Love, Loss, and What I Wore, The Divine Sister, and Through the Night!
The hit Off-Broadway productions of Love, Loss, and What I Wore, The Divine Sister, and Through the Night are offering the opportunity for fans to win a pair of tickets each of these shows, now playing in New York City!
Proving that a great show is always in fashion, Love, Loss, and What I Wore, with its starry rotating cast and compulsively entertaining subject matter, has become the toast of Off-Broadway. This intimate collection of stories by Nora and Delia Ephron, directed by Karen Carpenter, has entered its second smash year at New York’s Westside Theatre.
The Divine Sister is a comic celebration of such Hollywood films as The Song of Bernadette, The Bells of St. Mary's, and The Singing Nun! St. Veronica's indomitable Mother Superior, played by the legendary Charles Busch (Vampire Lesbians of Sodom, The Tale of the Allergist's Wife, and Die, Mommie, Die!), leads us on this madcap trip through Tinseltown's religiosity . . . IT'S MIRACULOUS, ZANY FUN!
Through the Night is a timely and inspiring story full of possibility and hope. Obie Award-winner Daniel Beaty uses his extraordinary talents as an actor, poet, writer, showman and true story-teller to bring to life a kaleidoscope of poignant and heart-breaking characters whose personal journeys are known to us all. Their stories are told with poetry, power, and at times near-evangelical flourishes. Daniel Beaty has an incredibly unique and soulful voice that needs to be heard, not to be missed.
To enter this sweepstakes, follow these two simple steps:
1. Become a Facebook fan of all three shows by clicking the “like” button on Love, Loss, and What I Wore, Through the Night, and The Divine Sister, and/or become a Twitter follower of all three shows by clicking the “follow” button for @lovelossonstage, @nightonstage, and @thedivinesister. You must “like” all three Facebook pages for one entry. You must follow all three Twitter profiles for one entry. Limit up to two (2) entries per person.
2. Send an e-mail to threeshowsweepstakes@gmail.com with the subject line “Three Show Sweepstakes” and in the body of the e-mail include your user name(s) for Facebook and/or Twitter.
The winner will be chosen at random and notified by e-mail on or around November 1, 2010. Good luck!
Click here to read the official rules.
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Amir Blumenfeld with Charles Busch & Amy Rutberg
Amir Blumenfeld from Collegehumor.com shares his thoughts after seeing The Divine Sister.
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Larry Kramer & Charles Bush Discuss The Divine Sister
Award winning playright, Larry Kramer, discusses his thoughts on Charles Busch's, The Divine Sister.
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Buy Tickets Here
Divine Intervention?
Divine Intervention? Roy Halladay pitches no-hitter for the Phillies in 1st post-season game against the Cardinals…
Charles Busch Speaks Out: "It Gets Better"
Actor and playwright Charles Busch speaks out for the It Gets Better Project.
Click here to watch this video on YouTube.
Click here to watch this video on YouTube.
"The Fart Circle" - Daryl Roth & Charles Busch Backstage
Daryl Roth and Charles Busch discuss Daryl's motivation for producing her new play, Through the Night, featuring Daniel Beaty.
Notice the timing of Daryl's hand gestured/pauses with the background sounds. The timing is almost spot on!
Notice the timing of Daryl's hand gestured/pauses with the background sounds. The timing is almost spot on!
Backstage with Mario Cantone
Charles Busch (Mother Superior) and Julie Halston (Sister Acacius) in the dressing room with Mario Cantone.
Opening Night - Cynthia Nixon (Sex and the City)
Cynthia Nixon's (Sex in the City) reaction to seeing The Divine Sister on opening night.
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Buy tickets here.
Opening Night - Julie Halston & Douglas Carter Beane
Interview with Julie Halston (Sister Acacius) at The Divine Sister opening night after party. Also in the shot with Julie is the award winning playwright, Douglas Carter Beane.
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Buy tickets here.
The Divine Celebrity Guests
Bad puns aside, we have enjoyed all of our star guests and look forward to many more to come! As a warning though, prepare to laugh your butts off!!!
Lots of other celebrity fans of the show have come to watch. Here is a list of some of the amazing celebs that have stopped by:
Sarah Jessica Parker, Matthew Broderick, Natasha Lyonne, Joan Rivers, Alec Mapa, Lisa Lampaneli, Olympia Dukakis, Andy Cohen of Bravo, Jamie DeRoy and Glenn Close.
The Divine Sister Opens to Rave Reviews!
The Divine Sister officially opened on Wednesday, September 22, 2010, and the critics are raving over Charles Busch's holy outrageous comedy! Here are some of the reviews:
The New York Times
No Doubt, Not a Typical Singing Nun
"This gleefully twisted tale of the secret lives of nuns — in which the playwright doubles as leading lady — is Mr. Busch’s freshest, funniest work in years, perhaps decades."
Click here to read the full review.
The Record
Satirist's wild comedy is simply divine
"The Divine Sister – which is actually quite respectful of religious faith – provides about as much fun as you can have in a theater. When they talk about a laugh riot, this is it."
Click here to read the full review.
Theatermania.com
The Divine Sister: Review
"Busch knows precisely how to modulate his voice for maximum comic effect, and his timing is impeccable. [Julie] Halston is a stitch in every one of her appearances."
Click here to read the full review.
NewJerseyNewsroom.com
Charles Busch beatifies ‘The Divine Sister’
"The Divine Sister is giddy with such arrant nonsense, played broadly but precisely for laughs by the company under Carl Andress' swift direction."
Click here to read the full review.
The New York Times
No Doubt, Not a Typical Singing Nun
"This gleefully twisted tale of the secret lives of nuns — in which the playwright doubles as leading lady — is Mr. Busch’s freshest, funniest work in years, perhaps decades."
Click here to read the full review.
The Record
Satirist's wild comedy is simply divine
"The Divine Sister – which is actually quite respectful of religious faith – provides about as much fun as you can have in a theater. When they talk about a laugh riot, this is it."
Click here to read the full review.
Theatermania.com
The Divine Sister: Review
"Busch knows precisely how to modulate his voice for maximum comic effect, and his timing is impeccable. [Julie] Halston is a stitch in every one of her appearances."
Click here to read the full review.
NewJerseyNewsroom.com
Charles Busch beatifies ‘The Divine Sister’
"The Divine Sister is giddy with such arrant nonsense, played broadly but precisely for laughs by the company under Carl Andress' swift direction."
Click here to read the full review.
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