Mr. Charles, Currently of Palm Beach is the first of three one-act plays that make up the ever delightful and surprising Paul Rudnick’s Rude Entertainment, which the Drama Dept. is presenting at the Greenwich House Theater under the direction of Christopher Ashley. It posits an old-fashioned homosexual (Peter Bartlett) of the white-wine-and-wallpaper school, whose militant refusal to relinquish mannerisms now regarded as stereotypical has resulted in permanent exile. Since his banishment from New York, he has begun calling himself “Mr. Charles,” under which sobriquet he broadcasts a late-night cable-access show from Palm Beach where he now resides, his sole guest Continue reading

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