{"id":9301,"date":"2020-06-22T01:51:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-22T08:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/?p=9301"},"modified":"2020-06-22T01:51:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-22T08:51:00","slug":"pride-on-billy-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/blog\/2020\/06\/22\/pride-on-billy-live\/","title":{"rendered":"Pride on Billy LIVE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Way back in 2013, an all-star cast assembled in NYC to celebrate the 20<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of <strong>David Drake<\/strong>\u2019s play, <strong><em>The Night Larry Kramer <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>Kissed<\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>Me<\/em><\/strong>.&nbsp; The event served as a benefit for <em>Broadway Cares\/Equity Fights AIDS<\/em>, and starred Drake alongside such performers as <strong>Anthony Rapp<\/strong>, <strong>BD Wong<\/strong>, <strong>Robin de Jes\u00fas<\/strong>, <strong>Andr\u00e9 De Shields<\/strong>, and <strong>Rory O\u2019Malley<\/strong>.&nbsp; An archival video from that night will be live streamed to raise money for the <em>Provincetown Theater <\/em>\u2013 where Drake is artistic director.&nbsp; Check out the company\u2019s website of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ProvincetownTheater.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><u>ProvincetownTheater.org<\/u><\/strong><\/a> on June 28<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>You can get a taste of David Drake when he joins us this week on <strong><em>Billy Masters LIVE<\/em><\/strong>.&nbsp; The multi-hyphenate Drake, a dear friend of yours truly, will appear on Tuesday, June 23<sup>rd<\/sup>.&nbsp; But he won\u2019t be alone \u2013 no, there will be some surprise guests.&nbsp; You\u2019ll just have to tune in to find out who.&nbsp; While we\u2019re tooting our own horn, on Thursday, June 25<sup>th<\/sup>, <strong>Frank DeCaro <\/strong>will return to regale us with stories from his encyclopedic volume, <strong><em>Drag: Combing Through the Big Wigs of Show Business<\/em><\/strong>.&nbsp; And he\u2019ll be joined by two legendary performers \u2013 <strong>Alaska Thunderfuck <\/strong>and <strong>Chad Michaels<\/strong>.&nbsp; Be sure to check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.BillyMasters.com\/TV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><u>BillyMasters.com\/TV<\/u><\/strong><\/a>, or Billy Masters TV on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.YouTube.com\/c\/BillyMastersTV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>YouTube<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/colorbar1.gif\"><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\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W8uLSn0TsWw\" 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><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><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>We just wrapped up another interesting week on <em>Billy Masters LIVE<\/em>.&nbsp; On Tuesday, we featured anchormen <strong>Thomas Roberts <\/strong>and <strong>Steve Kmetko <\/strong>to discuss the changing face of television.&nbsp; It was fascinating when you consider the three of us span three decades in age, and yet our stories were all remarkably similar.&nbsp; On Thursday, we had <strong>Eddie Shapiro <\/strong>discussing his <em>Broadway <\/em>book, <strong><em>Nothing Like a Dame<\/em><\/strong>, alongside <em>Tony Award <\/em>winner <strong>Levi Kreis<\/strong>.&nbsp; We talked about where <em>Broadway <\/em>has been, where it\u2019s going, and what to do with Levi (I dreamt up a few more suggestions the other night).&nbsp; You can see it all on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.BillyMasters.com\/TV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><u>BillyMasters.com\/TV<\/u><\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.YouTube.com\/c\/BillyMastersTV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><u>YouTube.com\/c\/BillyMastersTV<\/u><\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ULaKLBD8iNk\" 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><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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Way back in 2013, an all-star cast assembled in NYC to celebrate the 20th anniversary of David Drake\u2019s play, The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me.&nbsp; 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