{"id":95102,"date":"2026-05-24T22:07:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T05:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/?p=95102"},"modified":"2026-05-24T22:07:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T05:07:55","slug":"splish-splash-on-broadway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/blog\/2026\/05\/24\/splish-splash-on-broadway\/","title":{"rendered":"Splish Splash on Broadway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week\u2019s <strong><em>Ask Billy<\/em><\/strong> question is also <em>Broadway <\/em>related.&nbsp; <strong>Peter <\/strong>in New York writes, \u201c<em>I recently went to see <strong>Jeremy Jordan <\/strong>in <\/em><strong>Just In Time <\/strong><em>and was surprised to not see him show off his body in the \u2018Splish Splash\u2019 number.&nbsp; He always looks so hot.&nbsp; So what\u2019s up with that?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I know everybody thinks I have my finger on every actor\u2019s anatomy \u2013 and I suppose that reputation is well founded.&nbsp; So, naturally, I was able to find an answer.&nbsp; First, some backstory.&nbsp; When the character of <strong>Bobby Darin <\/strong>sings \u201cSplish Splash\u201d in the musical, he is in a bathtub.&nbsp; Both <strong>Jonathan Groff <\/strong>and <strong>Matthew Morrison <\/strong>were featured in a tiny swimsuit and no shirt, which not only made some sense, but I\u2019m sure was very much appreciated by the audience.&nbsp; Jeremy Jordan asked to switch things up.&nbsp; \u201cListen, I\u2019m 41, I\u2019m not as cut as I used to be, so I\u2019m a little bit self-conscious about that, and I just didn\u2019t want to add that element into it.&nbsp; My pitch was like, instead of getting sexy and doing a thirst trap on stage in a bathtub, what if I just went comedy?&nbsp; And so, we built one of those old-timey swimsuits.&nbsp; It\u2019s like a tank top into swim trunks.\u201d&nbsp; Normally, this is where I\u2019d tell you to check it out on <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/\">BillyMasters.com<\/a><\/strong>.&nbsp; But, unlike Jeremy, I know my audience.&nbsp; If you wanna see Matt Morrison or Jonathan Groff in their swimmers, you know where to look.<\/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 Jeremy Jordan is self-conscious about his body, it\u2019s time for me to end yet another column.&nbsp; See?&nbsp; Straight guys get it, too.&nbsp; Well, time marches on.&nbsp; And you know what I just realized?&nbsp; Summer is right around the corner.&nbsp; And I know that because last week Boston hit 95 degrees one day, and then plummeted to 45 the next.&nbsp; Because in Boston, we no longer have spring.&nbsp; Thank God for <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/\">BillyMasters.com<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 the site that always keeps things steamy.&nbsp; If you have a question, send it along to <strong><a href=\"mailto:Billy@BillyMasters.com\">Billy@BillyMasters.com<\/a><\/strong> and I promise to get back to you before Lady Bunny is booked to crochet in Montenegro!&nbsp; Until next time, remember, one man\u2019s filth is another man\u2019s&nbsp;bible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week\u2019s Ask Billy question is also Broadway related.&nbsp; Peter in New York writes, \u201cI recently went to see Jeremy Jordan in Just In Time and was surprised to not see him show off his body in the \u2018Splish Splash\u2019 number.&nbsp; He always looks so hot.&nbsp; So what\u2019s up with that?\u201d I know everybody thinks<\/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-95102","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\/95102","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=95102"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95103,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95102\/revisions\/95103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}