{"id":90998,"date":"2022-12-12T00:40:21","date_gmt":"2022-12-12T08:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/?p=90998"},"modified":"2022-12-12T00:44:19","modified_gmt":"2022-12-12T08:44:19","slug":"billy-and-the-divas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/blog\/2022\/12\/12\/billy-and-the-divas\/","title":{"rendered":"Billy and the Divas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s been a busy few weeks for <strong><em>Billy Masters LIVE<\/em><\/strong>.&nbsp; I previously announced that <strong>Christine Ebersole <\/strong>would appear sometime in December.&nbsp; Sometime unexpectedly came last week!&nbsp; She had a break in her <strong><em>Bob Hearts Abishola<\/em><\/strong> schedule, so she joined me for an in-depth look at her career \u2013 and what a career she\u2019s had.&nbsp; When I asked what her big break was, Christine\u2019s first thought was to say <strong><em>Grey<\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>Gardens<\/em><\/strong>!&nbsp; We went back and learned that shortly after arriving in NYC, she was asked to learn the role of Guinevere in three days and star in a national tour of <strong><em>Camelot<\/em><\/strong> opposite <strong>Richard Burton<\/strong>!&nbsp; Another break was getting cast on <strong><em>Saturday Night Live<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 without an audition!&nbsp; Then there was the time she beat out opera great <strong>Dame Kiri Te Kanawa <\/strong>for <strong><em>Amadeus<\/em><\/strong>.&nbsp; We also talk about her current CD, <strong><em>After the Ball<\/em><\/strong>, and her upcoming New Year\u2019s Eve concert in Provincetown (details at <a href=\"https:\/\/ptown.org\/events\/christine-ebersole-at-town-hall\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>Ptown.org<\/u><\/strong><\/a>).&nbsp; Definitely check it out on our <em>YouTube <\/em>channel, <a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/BillyMastersTV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>Billy Masters TV<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, or on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.BillyMasters.com\/TV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>BillyMasters.com\/TV<\/u><\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W-YY3b6on9k\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/colorbar1.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" 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\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t like to play favorites with my guests, but this week I\u2019ll be joined by a member of my family.&nbsp; <strong>Jenifer Lewis <\/strong>is more than \u201cthe mother of black Hollywood\u201d (also the title of her first memoir).&nbsp; She\u2019s also my <em>Play Mama<\/em>.&nbsp; The life she\u2019s led, the stories she shares, the lessons she\u2019s learned \u2013 well, it\u2019ll all be part of a special <strong><em>Billy Masters LIVE<\/em><\/strong>.&nbsp; Join in the fun with us on Wednesday, December 14<sup>th<\/sup> at 7PM Eastern \/ 4PM Pacific on our <em>YouTube <\/em>channel, <a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/BillyMastersTV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>Billy Masters TV<\/em><\/strong><\/a>.&nbsp; By the way, that\u2019s where you can see all of the episodes from our&nbsp;three seasons.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/colorbar1.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" 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\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And now, time for more of <strong><em>Billy\u2019s Holiday Gift Giving Suggestions<\/em><\/strong>.&nbsp; With Jenifer Lewis on our show, it reminds me that her new book, <strong><em>Walking in My Joy<\/em><\/strong>, would make a fantastic addition to everybody\u2019s library.&nbsp; And you know what\u2019s even better than reading about Jenifer\u2019s life?&nbsp; Hearing her tell the stories herself.&nbsp; Oh, it\u2019s a hoot!&nbsp; You can get the audio book on <em>Amazon<\/em>, on <em>Audible<\/em>, or wherever you buy audio books.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s been a busy few weeks for Billy Masters LIVE.&nbsp; I previously announced that Christine Ebersole would appear sometime in December.&nbsp; Sometime unexpectedly came last week!&nbsp; She had a break in her Bob Hearts Abishola schedule, so she joined me for an in-depth look at her career \u2013 and what a career she\u2019s had.&nbsp; When<\/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,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90998"}],"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=90998"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91002,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90998\/revisions\/91002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}