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Charles Busch, Julie Halston, Mimi Hines, Tim Curry, and Gary Beach star in our latest photo feature.

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Vociferous cheers and gales of laughter greeted Charles Busch and Julie Halston: Together on Broadway, a one-night-only benefit for The Actors’ Fund that was held at The Music Box on Monday, March 28. The event consisted of songs and sketches plus a full performance of Busch’s one-act camp classic Vampire Lesbians of Sodom. The festivities continued at an after-party held at the new Bond 45 restaurant on West 45th Street. Pictured here are the one-and-only Charles Busch with longtime collaborator Carl Andress, who directed the show.

Here are Julie Halston and Arnie Kolodner, original cast members of VLOS, both of whom recreated their roles in the benefit performance.

Also partying at Bond 45: Denis Jones, who choreographed the show…

…Rebecca Luker, who sang gorgeously in the revue portion of the event, pictured here with hubby Danny Burstein…

…Brent Barrett (left), who duetted with Luker and also sang solo in addition to appearing in Vampire Lesbians of Sodom, seen here with musical theater maven Ken Bloom (center) and writer-director Barry Kleinbort…

…and Ruth Williamson, one of the stars of the Broadway revival of La Cage aux Folles, who played Oatsie Carew in VLOS.

Among the many notables seen having a high time at the party were two of the stars of Spamalot: Tim Curry, who plays King Arthur in that monster hit…

…and Christopher Sieber, who plays Sir Galahad.

Also on hand: (left to right) David Gursky, Robert Cary, and Benjamin Feldman, authors of the musical Palm Beach, to be presented at the La Jolla Playhouse May 31-July 17 in a production directed by Des McAnuff…

…and Tyler Maynard, one of the totally adorable stars of the Off-Broadway hit Altar Boyz…

Showbiz legend Mimi Hines, rarely seen performing in these parts, triumphantly opened her new club act Mimi Hines: Funny Girl at Feinstein’s at the Regency on Tuesday, March 29. Here’s a solo shot of Hines after the show..

…here she is being congratulated by music man John McDaniel, with whom she worked on the Broadway revisal of Grease!…

…and here she is again with Marilyn Michaels (left) and Georgia Engel.

We leave you with two photos from last night’s unveiling of artist Daniel May’s new portrait of the great composer-lyricist Jerry Herman at Tony’s DiNapoli Restaurant on West 43rd Street. Herman himself could not be present because he had a “dental emergency,” so the portrait was unveiled by Gary Beach, who’s starring in the new Broadway production of Herman’s La Cage aux Folles.

Two more stars of La Cage, Michael Benjamin Washington and Gavin Creel, also attended the unveiling.