Charles Osborne
Comedian | Writer | Actor
Comedian.
CHARLES OSBORNE is a queer comedian known for his sketch comedy, musical parodies, and impressions. RESIDENCIES: Club Cumming (Alan Cumming), Triad Theatre (Off-Broadway), Laurie Beechman Theatre (Off-Broadway). STAND-UP: The Comedy Store, Broadway Comedy Club, Greenwich Village Comedy Club, and more. His online comedy presence @AStarOsborne is one of the most viral on the internet, with millions of views every month.
WINNER: International Gong Comedy Competition - The Comedy Store (London).
SEMIFINALIST: New York Queer Comedy Festival – Broadway Comedy Club (New York)
TIKTOK: 560K Followers, 15M Likes
INSTAGRAM: 95K Followers, 1M Monthly Reach
Writer.
As a writer, CHARLES OSBORNE is best known for his opera The Body Politic (Leo Hurley, composer), which made international headlines (Boston Globe, Daily Mail, AP, etc.) when it was performed at the NC legislature in response to the “bathroom bill”. TV/FILM: Agent Christmas, Wicked Queen, various sketch comedy. STAGE: Paris Through the Window, The Body Politic (Boston Center for the Arts, Headliner – NY Musical Festival), Taking Wing (Headliner - NYNW Festival), The Tongues of Kings (NY Theatre Festival), We Are Myth (54 Below).
“This opera has a voice! …Timeless terms that speak to the role of storytelling as a means to understanding.”
"The cast offered a compelling message through song that moves the discussion along about LGBT issues."
Actor.
CHARLES OSBORNE has performed at the Hollywood Bowl, Lincoln Center, the St. Louis MUNY, LA’s Ahmanson Theatre (CTG), Atlanta’s Alliance Theatre; with Dane Cook, Susan Stroman, Carol Channing, Rebecca Romjin, and more. He has starred in six Off-Broadway plays and musicals, from Shakespeare to Spamilton. TELEVISION: The Chambers (pilot, lead), Oklahoma! (PBS national, Will Parker), Much Ado About Nothing (PBS-NC, Friar Francis). Education: UNCSA.
"Charles Osborne is side-splitting... his comic style like that of an overinflated Nathan Lane."
"A natural comedian, Osborne almost runs away with the show."
Press.
ACTING
"Osborne is brilliant in the role and is funnier than the actor in a current revival of the musical on Broadway." - MODESTO BEE
"Osborne wrings this material for all it's worth, devising a scene so vivid, I wanted to give him a rescue inhaler." - THE INTELLIGENCER
"You've never fully experienced Shakespeare until you've seen Love's Labour's Lost in the round with an aggressively flamboyant Don Adriano de Armado [Charles Osborne]." - GOTHAMIST
WRITING
"It’s a beautiful piece and a deeply inspiring story. And, of course, it navigates terrifyingly relevant and urgent waters. It’s a cry for justice in so many forms, yet it’s also a heartwarming human story." - Oskar Eustis, Artistic Director, PUBLIC THEATER
"I knew nothing about people who identified as transgender… Mainly I learned what I know through trial and error and sitting through a performance of The Body Politic... That’s what The Body Politic did for me. I believe it can have the same impact on others." - NC STATE REP. Verla Insko
"[The Body Politic] resonated with my experience both in this skin and in this state." - INDY WEEK, trans critic
COMEDY
"Stealing every scene he appears in, is Charles Osborne, a comedic actor of the highest caliber." - HOLLYWOOD SOAPBOX
"The Dom DeLuise-esk (that’s a good thing) Charles Osborne brought peals of laughter to the whole audience." - FRONT ROW CENTER
"Charles Osborne gives an absolutely hilarious and scene-stealing starring performance" - BROADWAY BOX
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