{"id":59143,"date":"2021-06-13T23:43:07","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T06:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/?p=59143"},"modified":"2021-06-13T23:43:07","modified_gmt":"2021-06-14T06:43:07","slug":"masters-rudnick-mathews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/blog\/2021\/06\/13\/masters-rudnick-mathews\/","title":{"rendered":"Masters, Rudnick &#038; Mathews"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qKCsKEJSRXM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been a while since I did two <strong><em>Billy Masters LIVE<\/em><\/strong> shows in one week.&nbsp; But I love a theme.&nbsp; And when I got books from both <strong>Paul Rudnick <\/strong>and <strong>Dan Mathews<\/strong>, I knew they were perfect for <em>Pride Month<\/em>.&nbsp; Paul Rudnick is fascinating because he\u2019s done SO much \u2013 essays, novels, plays, films.&nbsp; His latest, <strong><em>Playing the Palace<\/em><\/strong>, is a perfect summer book (I read it on a plane).&nbsp; <strong>Dan Mathews <\/strong>may be Senior Vice President of <em>PETA<\/em>, but his writing has always entertained and enlightened.&nbsp; His memoir, <strong><em>Like Crazy: Life with My Mother and Her Invisible Friends<\/em><\/strong>, is heartfelt and hysterical.&nbsp; I had a blast chatting with these witty gents, so be sure to check out <strong><em>Billy Masters LIVE<\/em><\/strong> on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/BillyMastersTV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>YouTube<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;channel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/BillyMastersTV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><em>Billy Masters TV<\/em><\/strong><\/a> or on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.BillyMasters.com\/TV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><u>BillyMasters.com\/TV<\/u><\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZLm0opPL3bg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>One of my favorite events every year is <strong><em>Broadway Bares<\/em><\/strong>.&nbsp; Due to that pesky pandemic, <strong><em>Broadway Bares: Twerk From Home<\/em><\/strong> will be a virtual chance to raise money for <em>Broadway Cares\/Equity Fights AIDS<\/em>.&nbsp; Naturally, I\u2019m gonna have some of the hunkiest performers join me for a special <strong><em>Billy Masters LIVE<\/em><\/strong>.&nbsp; On Thursday, June 17<sup>th<\/sup>, I will host <strong>Jay Armstrong Johnson<\/strong>, <strong>Patrick Boyd<\/strong>, <strong>Sebastian La Cause<\/strong>, <strong>Mark MacKillop<\/strong>, and perhaps a couple others.&nbsp; <em>Bares<\/em> founder <strong>Jerry Mitchell <\/strong>is in London rehearsing <strong><em>Hairspray<\/em><\/strong>, but he\u2019ll also pop in.&nbsp; See you on Thursday.&nbsp; And be sure to check out <em>Broadway Bares<\/em> which takes place on June 20<sup>th<\/sup> at 9PM.&nbsp; Watch it for free on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.BroadwayCares.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><u>BroadwayCares.org<\/u><\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s been a while since I did two Billy Masters LIVE shows in one week.&nbsp; But I love a theme.&nbsp; And when I got books from both Paul Rudnick and Dan Mathews, I knew they were perfect for Pride Month.&nbsp; Paul Rudnick is fascinating because he\u2019s done SO much \u2013 essays, novels, plays, films.&nbsp; His<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breaking"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59143"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59144,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59143\/revisions\/59144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}