ABSTRACT

When Charles Pierce played The Ballroom in Manhattan, The New York Post for Wednesday, May 20, 1987, reported:

Guest of honor at The Ballroom the other night, at the performance of female impersonator Charles Pierce, was one of his subjects: Lucille Ball….

Lucille Ball … laughed hysterically and accidentally dumped her mineral water onto Harvey [Fierstein’s] lap, who announced: “Lucy was laughing so loud she wet my pants!” 1