- New York Magazine
Shanghai Moon
"Scandal rocks 1931 Shanghai in this contrived movie parody by Charles Busch (Vampire Lesbians of Sodom), who also stars as the impressionable young American, Lady Sylvia Allington. (Simon; 2/10/03) $35-$45. Tues.-Fri. at 8, Sat. at 7 and 10, Sun. at 7. Through 3/9.
Greenwich House Theatre, 27 Barrow St. (212-633-9632)."
- The New York Times
"SHANGHAI MOON."
Lady Sylvia Allington, the heroine of Charles Busch's happy, cockeyed new melodrama, may have an aristocratic title, but what makes her so appealing is that the lady is unmistakably a broad. This highly perfumed tale of East-meets-West romance, directed by Carl Andress, distills the essence of the broads who roamed the silver screen in the early talkies: scrappy, straight-talking dames like Barbara Stanwyck and Jean Harlow. That in "Shanghai Moon" the broad is embodied by a man is almost beside the point. Mr. Busch, who achieved mainstream fame as the author of "The Tale of the Allergist's Wife," shapes his Hollywood spoofs with a sweet fizziness that transcends camp. And this production — which also stars Becky Ann Baker, Daniel Gerroll and the silky B. D. Wong as Sylvia's forbidden lover — suggests a smart but affectionate fan's notes, written in bright crayon with lots of exclamation points (1:30). Greenwich House, 27 Barrow Street, Greenwich Village, (212) 633-9632. Tonight at 8 ; tomorrow at 7 and 10 p.m.; Sunday at 3 p.m. Tickets: $45 (Brantley).
- Time Out New York
Drag icon and recent Broadway playwright Charles Busch (The Tale of the Allergist's Wife) returns to his (dyed) roots with this new campy spoof set in 1931 China. Busch plays Lady Sylvia Allington, the American-born wife of a diplomat for whom all things Oriental become irrestible. Presumably, that includes Busch's co-star B D Wong.
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