{"id":90409,"date":"2022-05-22T23:28:55","date_gmt":"2022-05-23T06:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/?p=90409"},"modified":"2022-05-22T23:28:55","modified_gmt":"2022-05-23T06:28:55","slug":"music-man-makes-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/blog\/2022\/05\/22\/music-man-makes-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Music Man Makes News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I did not see <strong><em>The Music Man<\/em><\/strong>, but the show made news by initiating standing room tickets for $76.&nbsp; Yes, that sounds expensive.&nbsp; Why, in my day, $76 would get you dinner, a show, and a blow job from the understudy.&nbsp; Times have changed.&nbsp; Now you\u2019ll have to sneak in some M&amp;M\u2019s, stand, and maybe get a handy from your neighbor!<\/p>\n<p>We hear that <strong><em>The Music Man<\/em><\/strong> producers are scrambling to find someone to take over for <strong>Hugh Jackman <\/strong>when he inevitably leaves the show.&nbsp; I was told that <strong>Neil Patrick Harris <\/strong>was lobbying hard for the role.&nbsp; But rumor has it that the powers that be are casting their sights slightly higher \u2013 they\u2019d like <strong>Justin Timberlake <\/strong>to make his <em>Broadway <\/em>debut in the role!&nbsp; It sounds far-fetched to me, and Timberlake\u2019s people are denying the rumors.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-568\" src=\"http:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/colorbar1.gif\" alt=\"colorbar1\" width=\"500\" height=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile at <strong><em>Dear Evan Hansen<\/em><\/strong>, the latest recast is making history.&nbsp; <strong>Zachary Noah Piser <\/strong>just took over the titular role and will be the first Asian American to play it full-time (he\u2019s been the alternate Evan since March).&nbsp; It\u2019s also historic because he may be the first person to play the role who hasn\u2019t slept with <strong>Ben Platt<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-568\" src=\"http:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/colorbar1.gif\" alt=\"colorbar1\" width=\"500\" height=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p>When anyone is interested in sleeping with Ben Platt, it\u2019s definitely time to end yet another column.&nbsp; Yes, this was very theatre-heavy \u2013 but I promise you\u2019ll find a whole lot more to look at on <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/\">www.BillyMasters.com<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 the site that is a feast for the eyes\u2026and other organs.&nbsp; If you have a question, dash it off to <strong><a href=\"mailto:Billy@BillyMasters.com\">Billy@BillyMasters.com<\/a><\/strong>, and I promise to get back to you before <em>Chicago<\/em> adds a midnight topless show!&nbsp; So, until next time, remember, one man\u2019s filth is another man\u2019s bible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I did not see The Music Man, but the show made news by initiating standing room tickets for $76.&nbsp; Yes, that sounds expensive.&nbsp; Why, in my day, $76 would get you dinner, a show, and a blow job from the understudy.&nbsp; Times have changed.&nbsp; Now you\u2019ll have to sneak in some M&amp;M\u2019s, stand, and maybe<\/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-90409","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\/90409","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=90409"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90410,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90409\/revisions\/90410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}