{"id":92786,"date":"2024-07-08T00:34:13","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T07:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/?p=92786"},"modified":"2024-07-08T00:34:13","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T07:34:13","slug":"billy-checks-out-edie-varla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/blog\/2024\/07\/08\/billy-checks-out-edie-varla\/","title":{"rendered":"Billy Checks Out Edie & Varla"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cI didn\u2019t want to make Legally Blonde 2<\/strong>.\u201d <\/em><\/span> <\/em><\/span>
\n\u2013 <\/em>Joel Kim Booster<\/strong>\u2018s response to calls for a sequel to Fire Island<\/em><\/strong>. 
\n\u201cPeople think they want a sequel, and then they\u2019ll be confronted with
\nsomething that will sully the memory of the first one and at best be
\nforgotten about.\u201d   Ultimately, he\u2019s saying he\u2019ll do it \u2013
\nwhen and if he comes up for a good enough premise to do it.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

For months, my proofreaders have chided me for not referring to HBO<\/em> as Max<\/em> \u2013 the network\u2019s newly-christened brand name.  Well, first it was HBO Max<\/em>, slowly segueing into simply Max<\/em>.  I know most of my readers don\u2019t know what the hell Max<\/em> is \u2013 so I stuck with HBO<\/em>.  Apparently the powers-that-be heard my complaints and now are dumping Max<\/em> and returning to HBO<\/em> \u2013 at least in the US.  They are still going to try to push this Max<\/em> crap overseas.  If you ask me, this rebranding is the biggest business bungle since the rollout of New Coke<\/em>!<\/p>\n

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While I typically spend the whole July 4th<\/sup> week in Provincetown, upcoming international travel forced me to make a brief but notable cameo appearance.  Sure, I might have only been in town for a few hours, but that was enough to keep tongues wagging long after they wagged on me.  In between the cavalcade of sex, I managed to catch two shows.  First up with Edie<\/strong> at the Red Room<\/em>.  Her show, Edie:<\/em><\/strong> Queen of the Desert<\/em><\/strong>, not only pays homage to her adopted home of Las Vegas, but also celebrates the 30th<\/sup> anniversary of the classic The Adventures of Priscilla: Queen of the Desert<\/em><\/strong>.  Edie is a true original, and her show is a good mix of well-written material, great interaction with the audience, and her fantastic dance moves \u2013 she truly is the hoofer with a heart of gold.  And she\u2019s at the sumptuous Red Room<\/em> all summer, so get more details and tickets at RedRoom.Club<\/u><\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Then there\u2019s the legend that is Varla Jean Merman<\/strong>.  Calling her show The Errors Tour<\/em><\/strong> is more than a Taylor Swift<\/strong> reference.  Varla truly pays tribute to those errors and mishaps that occur to all of us who work in this business called show.  As is typical, Varla delivers more laughs per minute than any other performer on the planet.  The dazzling costumes, witty lyrics and ridiculous sight gags live alongside an overall theme of self-love, kindness, and being able to laugh at our foibles.  Most touching was a tribute to the late Leslie Jordan<\/strong>, who starred alongside Varla in the off-Broadway<\/em> musical Lucky Guy<\/em><\/strong>.  Even that was wrapped up in a message of endurance has kept Merman on top for 27 consecutive years in Provincetown.  You can catch her at The Crown & Anchor<\/em> Tuesdays through Saturdays at 8:30 \u2013 and plan early, since this show sells out regularly.  Get tix at OnlyAtTheCrown.com<\/u><\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cI didn\u2019t want to make Legally Blonde 2.\u201d   \u2013 Joel Kim Booster\u2018s response to calls for a sequel to Fire Island.  \u201cPeople think they want a sequel, and then they\u2019ll be confronted with something that will sully the memory of the first one and at best be forgotten about.\u201d   Ultimately, he\u2019s saying he\u2019ll do<\/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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92786","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\/92786","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=92786"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92786\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92795,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92786\/revisions\/92795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}