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You’d probably have a good time. Review by: Tom Bestor, May 1, 2011 |
Charles Busch, if you don’t already know, is one of New York’s top playwrights/performers. I started to write “he’s best known for his drag shows, such as “Vampire Lesbians of Sodom,” “Die, Mommie, Die!” and “Shanghai Moon.” But he’s also well-known as the author of “The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife,” which ran for over a year on Broadway and was nominated for a Tony for best play. Either way, he’s a talent.
“The Divine Sister” is one of the ... read more drag shows. It’s Busch’s send-up of any movie or play ever made about (or including) nuns, from "Song of Bernadette" to “The Trouble With Angels” to “Agnes of God” to “Doubt.” Busch plays the Mother Superior of St. Veronica’s School and Convent, which is on the verge of having to close. Will she be able to persuade the local rich “jewess” to sign over her mansion as a new school building? Does the new postulant really have the power to heal? Will Mother Superior’s life before entering the convent come back to haunt her? And what’s going on with the severe nun visiting from Berlin?
All is revealed, of course, in a very plot heavy, slightly absurd comedy. It’s not a great production, but it’s way off-Broadway and it’s not trying to be something it’s not, so I’ll cut it a lot of slack. It’s a good time, life lessons/politics only intrude once or twice in the show (“We live in a world that’s changing.” Pause. “We’ll have to see what we can do about that!”) the performers are great (so much talent in New York!) and Busch put in some terrific lines – and not just for his character. The one that is sticking with me, though, plays to my inner sixth-grader: Mother Superior is counseling Sister Acacius and says, “What is it you can’t face?” But she pronounces “can’t” with a very British accent and Sister Acacius thinks…well, you can guess what she thinks. “Did you just call me…?” Then it becomes a callback throughout the show and gets a laugh every time.
Campy fun, and if it came to a community theater near you, you’d probably have a good time. |
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Review by: meg, Feb 27, 2011 |
My sister and I saw this play last Sunday matinee and laughed throughout! The cast was fabulous and it was a wonderful afternoon of fun and madcap.
The story is fast-paced and hilarious with all the twists and turns. We saw Driving miss daisy the night beofre so this had a lot to live up to and it did! |
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High School Play very amateurish not the usual Charles Busch Review by: Hamptonsfl, Feb 17, 2011 |
| The show was good for a high school play or for someone who has not seen true comedy. Charles is usually very funny but in this play it is simply amateur night. When the biggest laugh of the play is vomit sounds, you know you are in a very off Broadway play. The only good features were the seats were great and the set look good |
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Review by: NYEVILLAGE, Jan 2, 2011 |
| Amazing night, too funny for words. The cast looks like they are having a blast, and in return, so will you. Even if you don't know a lot of the movies they spoof, its still laugh out loud funny! |
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A Funny Busch Habit and Never a Drag Review by: upthehudson, Nov 21, 2010 |
| It's quintessential Charles Busch. Very broad comedy with a very talented cast hamming it up. I haven't seen this much vaudevillian mugging for the audience since Soupy Sales in his heyday. The plot involves a convent/catholic school on the verge of insolvency and a Sister who may or may not have healing powers and...really, does the plot matter? Think Psycho Beach Party with most of the characters dressed in nun's habits. The Divine Sister is a ... read more lot of non-nutritious fun for the adult audience with the kind of peculiar taste to enjoy it. |
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