Texas-native Billy Stritch is a gay man as comfortable in the limelight as he is in the background. Known for his creative collaborations with Liza Minnelli, Linda Lavin, Christine Ebersole and others, Stritch has been making the most of the pandemic lockdown with his Billy's Place live-streaming performances. On his new album, also titled Billy's Place (Club44 Records/Provident Entertainment), Stritch performs songs from the Great American Songbook, as well as more contemporary fare and even some originals. At a time when travel is restricted, tunes such as Peter Allen and Carole Bayer Sager's "Planes," John Wallowitch's "My Love Went to London" and Stritch's own "Since You Left New York," take on even greater meaning. Billy was kind enough to answer a few questions in January 2021.