La Cieca's old, old, old friend and role model
Charles Busch returns to the boards this month in the New York stage premiere of one of his
greatest film triumphs, the eponymous matriarch of
Die Mommie Die. Busch (who is of course the author as well) stars as
Angela Arden, a legendary screen chanteuse bedeviled by adultery, incest, blackmail, murder and the servant problem.
The play is a send-up of those 1960s horror films (sorry, "psychological thrillers") like
Dead Ringer and
I Saw What You Did, with the added twist that the plot is "borrowed" from the
Oresteia. In other words, this is the funniest version of
Elektra you're
ever likely to see.
Die Mommie Die opens at
New World Stages for a limited run beginning October 10, and for an even more limited time you can purchase tickets for this not-to-be-missed theatrical event for only $35.00! To take advantage of this near-felonious discount,
Click Here and enter code
DMTMC35. You can also phone 212-239-6200 and mention code DMTMC35.
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