{"id":62883,"date":"2021-07-11T23:58:40","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T06:58:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/?p=62883"},"modified":"2021-07-11T23:58:40","modified_gmt":"2021-07-12T06:58:40","slug":"provincetown-shows-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/blog\/2021\/07\/11\/provincetown-shows-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Provincetown Shows"},"content":{"rendered":"

There\u2019s only so much I can take \u2013 and I say that for those of you who think I am insatiable.  Let\u2019s face it, we\u2019ve all been through a lot this past year.  But, frankly, a cold and rainy July Fourth in Provincetown was more than I could bear (and especially days before Bear Week<\/em>).  Despite the inclemency, I managed to amuse myself with a number of shows \u2013 to say nothing of some less presentational activities which will go unmentioned.<\/p>\n

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Any opportunity you get to see Judy Gold<\/strong>, grab it.  You would be hard-pressed to find anyone funnier, smarter, quicker, and as engaging (modesty prevents me from placing myself in her category).  Even with a monsoon raging outside and some drunken straight people babbling inside, Judy made us feel as if we could get through anything.  She\u2019s at the Art House <\/em>all summer \u2013 PtownArtHouse.com<\/u><\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Varla Jean Merman <\/strong>is a national treasure.  Whenever I think she can\u2019t top herself \u2013 a feat I\u2019ve only seen a handful of times on various international editions of the Got Talent<\/em><\/strong> franchise \u2013 Varla does it.  This year\u2019s show, Varla Jean Merman\u2019s Little Prick<\/em><\/strong>, is a fast-paced, uproarious romp through the (hopefully) post-pandemic world.  The comedy is crisp, the songs are catchy, and the costumes defy the laws of gravity \u2013 to say nothing of good taste.  She\u2019s at The Crown & Anchor <\/em>\u2013 OnlyAtTheCrown.com<\/u><\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

There are new operators of the venerable Post Office Caf\u00e9 and Cabaret<\/em>, and they\u2019ve refurbished that spiffy little room with sound and lights and paint and curtains.  The season kicked off with Del Shores <\/strong>and Debby Holiday<\/strong>.  I hope there\u2019s no need for me to extol the virtues of these artists to you, my dear readers.  Del, of Sordid Lives<\/em><\/strong> fame, has endless anecdotes from his prolific career.  And Debby\u2019s powerhouse vocals are surpassed only by her formidable personality.  Her tribute to Tina Turner <\/strong>killed on every level, and she made each song her own.  The venue has great acts all summer, so check out PostOfficeCafe.net<\/u><\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

I will be in and out of Ptown with alarming regularity, and plan to see Thirsty Burlington <\/strong>and Edmund Bagnell <\/strong>(at The Crown<\/em>), Simply Barbra <\/strong>and Marilyn Maye <\/strong>(at The Provincetown Art House<\/em>), Jason Dottley <\/strong>and Seth Sikes <\/strong>(at The Post Office<\/em>), Miss Richfield <\/strong>and Steve Grand <\/strong>(at The Pilgrim House<\/em>), and numerous others, I\u2019m sure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There\u2019s only so much I can take \u2013 and I say that for those of you who think I am insatiable.  Let\u2019s face it, we\u2019ve all been through a lot this past year.  But, frankly, a cold and rainy July Fourth in Provincetown was more than I could bear (and especially days before Bear Week). <\/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-62883","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\/62883","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=62883"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62883\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62892,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62883\/revisions\/62892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}