Charles Busch's
directorial debut to premiere at Tribeca

A Very Serious Person, cowritten and directed by playwright and performer Charles Busch, will premiere at the fifth annual Tribeca Film Festival, which runs April 25 to May 7. Busch's debut as a director, the film tells the story of a young boy obsessed with show tunes and Old Hollywood, and it also explores his relationship with his effete Swedish mentor. The festival will also feature several documentaries of queer interest, including Follow My Voice: The Music of Hedwig, about the recording of a benefit tribute album featuring music from Hedwig and the Angry Inch, starring Sleater-Kinney and Rufus Wainwright; Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis, about the legendary gay performance artist; and Saint of 9/11, a tribute to New York Fire Department chaplain Father Mychal Judge, a gay priest who died at Ground Zero. (The Advocate)