Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte News

Following her successful stint in Provincetown this summer, Varla Jean Merman takes her Grand Guignol spoof Shut Up, Sweet Charlotte and not appearing with Susan Lucci on All My Children.

Following her successful stint in Provincetown this summer, Varla Jean Merman takes her Grand Guignol spoof Shut Up, Sweet Charlotte and not appearing with Susan Lucci on All My Children.

Hush, Hush Sweet Varla By Steven Lindsey Following her successful stint in Provincetown this summer, Varla Jean Merman takes her Grand Guignol spoof Shut Up, Sweet Charlotte and not appearing with Susan Lucci on All My Children.

MURDER! MAYHEM! and MAKE UP! abound in SHUT UP SWEET CHARLOTTE, a raucous gender bending send up of the classic 1960a s film HUSH HUSH SWEET CHARLOTTE which starred legendary ladies of the screen BETTE DAVIS, OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND and AGNES MOOREHEAD.

In West Hollywood there are queens, divas and icons; queens abound, divas can be found, but icons are forever.

Details: Presented by the Avenue Theater, 417 East 17th Avenue, through August 29, 303-321-5925, www.avenuetheater.com . Die! Mommy Die! It's been forever since we've had really good, outrageous, dirty-minded, over-the-top camp in Denver -- pretty much since Theatre Group gave up the ghost -- so it's a joy to find it back at the Avenue Theater in ...

When I was little, I hated my name. Charlotte was old fashioned and stuffy to me.

A tall, slender Method-trained actor, Bruce Dern has utilized his good looks and striking blue eyes in both heroic and villainous roles.

Bruno Heller may have been genetically predisposed to writing. Growing up in England, he internalized both the fascination and dread of the craft.