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Playwright and performer Charles Busch will receive the Bistro Award for Creative Artistry March 9 at the Gotham Comedy Club. The Tony nominee for The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife and creator of The Divine Sister and Vampire Lesbians of Sodom currently stars in his The Confessions of Lily Dare, which opened January 29 at Primary Stages.
Busch joins the lifetime achievement honorees, Tony-nominated songwriting duo Richard Maltby, Jr. and David Shire (Baby, Big).
Also receiving honors at the 35th annual ceremony are Lorna Dallas, Michele Brourman, Aisha de Haas, Spencer Day, Gabrielle Stravelli, Nancy McGraw, Gretchen Reinhagen, Elizabeth Ward Land, and Stephanie Trudeau. Previous individual Bistro Award winners Sean Harkness, Lina Koutrakos, and Marcus Simeone will receive the award for Best Musical Group. This year’s Ira Eaker Special Achievement Award—given to an outstanding performer on the rise and named after Back Stage’s co-founder and first cabaret critic—goes to Jack Bartholet.
Joanne Halev will be honored for her debut show Like a Perfumed Woman, while vocalist Sue Matsuki and musical director-pianist Gregory Toroian, who have been working together for 25 years, will receive an award for their longtime collaboration.
This year's ceremony will be directed by League of Professional Theatre Women Co-President Shellen Lubin. Sherry Eaker producer of the event since its inception, heads up the awards committee, which includes critics Gerry Geddes, Roy Sander, Robert Windeler, and Mark Dundas Wood.
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