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Elizabeth Mathis & Weston Scott

My Imaginary Broadway Friend

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My Imaginary Broadway Friend

Elizabeth Mathis & Weston Scott

My Imaginary Broadway Friend

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My Imaginary Broadway Friend

Elizabeth Mathis & Weston Scott

My Imaginary Broadway Friend

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In our season finale, we take apart every musical episode of Riverdale—that is until a certain friend-turned-foe makes a long-awaited appearance.   cw: cults, violence, murder
In an attempt to stay on the cutting edge of relevance, we're reviewing the "In The Heights" movie...two months after it came out. 
Join Charles Dickens on one of his night walks through London as we look into Oliver! The Musical, and its ill-fated Disney adaptation, Oliver & Company.   cw: violence against women, antisemitism
Does the perfect musical exist? We certainly think it does, and it goes by the name of Sweeney Todd. Special shoutout to Beadle Bamford's soaring soprano.  cw: murder, sexual assault, general violence and gore
Let us entertain you with a detailed deep-dive of Gypsy*, the musical based on the life of burlesque entertainer Gypsy Rose Lee and the stage mom to end all stage moms. cw: emotional parental abuse *The word "gypsy" has historically been used a
This week, Wes and Elizabeth dive into the world of "Ghost", the 1990 movie that captured the hearts and clay-stained hands of audiences across America; and its 2011 musical adaptation that only ran for 136 performances.  Guest starring: Evan P
This week, Wes and Elizabeth tumble into the wild world of cheerleading, something they're definitely both experts on. If you grew up watching reruns of the Bring It On movies on the ABC channel, this one's for you. 
To the creative team behind the sequel "Funny Lady", we're so sorry to have to rain on your parade. cw: brief mention of suicide, anti-semitism
Yes, you read that title correctly. This week we are reviewing the 2008 cult classic goth rock opera horror film Repo! The Genetic Opera. Will we make it through with our faces intact? Tune in to find out!   cw: sexual assualt, drug use, gore,
Not long ago, a musical theatre demigod came to Elizabeth's apartment from the realm of the gods. You probably didn't hear about it. It wasn't very important. 
When the stodgy loafers go away, DREAMWORK comes out to play! Join us for this very special episode where DREAMWORK, the demi-demon of waking nightmares, fills in for Wes, who is taking a nap!   cw: transphobia 
Get out your wattpads, because boy oh boy do we have an enemies-to-lovers fanfic for you! (but not really, because Henry and Eliza don't belong together)
Today we're celebrating nine people's favorite thing on our very nine-people's-favorite-thing podcast: [title of show]! Note: if this is actually your favorite show, please let us know! We are desperately trying to find the nine people. 
If the previous 36 episodes didn't do it, this is definitely the one that will turn away our entire Gen Z audience. Spoiler alert: we don't love this musical!   cw: derogatory slurs toward women, underage sexting 
It's 2008, and you're slow dancing with your crush at the roller rink to "Falling Slowly"—the hit song from a little Irish movie that would one day become a Tony-winning Broadway sensation. It's our "Once" episode!
Do you love music from the 1960s and nothing else? Well boy oh boy have we got the musical for you!  (aka Elizabeth and Wes stan Carole King and Jessie Mueller and nothing else)
Okay, so this isn't our Wicked episode. But wouldn't you also love to hear us pick apart an old movie from the 1960s and its accompanying musical adaptation? Content warning: extreme physical and sexual violence against women; suicide
Welcome to the Renaissance, where everything is new and Wes and Elizabeth don't have that much to say about it. What can we say? This musical does its job.    No content warnings for this episode, but Elizabeth's audio is a little funky so apol
We're taking a break from our regularly-ish scheduled Broadway-themed programming to bring you the first episode of "Green Eggs... and Man?"—a new podcast by the (non-demigod) Weston Scott and the (non-demigod) Adam Niemann! When Adam found out
The year is 2004: you've got your Vote for Pedro shirt, you're elbows-deep in Livestrong bracelets, and everyone is singing along to Green Day's "American Idiot". This week, Wes and Elizabeth pick apart this iconic album and the Broadway musica
Yes, you read that right: there IS a Lord of the Rings musical, and it tried to cram not one, not two, but all three movies into one three-hour stage show spectacular. The results are about what you'd expect. 
It's a tale as old as time, so why are Wes and Elizabeth stuck in 1991? Is it because Beauty and the Beast is one of the the best damn movie ever made? Spoiler alert: yes.    cw: suicide
This week Wes and Elizabeth don't really talk about their assigned musical and instead answer the burning question: are musicals funny? Let's find out.    cw: we discuss and condemn an outdated joke in the musical that uses offensive Asian ster
Wes and Elizabeth are joined by the Demigod of Locomotion to dissect STARLIGHT EXPRESS, the 1984 musical about the sex lives of trains—performed completely on roller skates. Guest starring: Laurel Myler as the Demigod of Locomotion
This week, Wes and Elizabeth pick apart the many different versions of Cabaret, the landmark musical that landed in the 60s and has only grown in influence since. cw: Nazis, the Holocaust, fascism, antisemitism, abortion
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