Showgays: A Movie Musical Podcast

Did you know that there is a whole movie that takes place before Judy Garland sings “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”? Time for some old Hollywood glamour, WWII nostalgia for the turn of the century, and a startling lack of tension or plot. "Best Revival of a Podcast: Showgays" is a podcast in The Ampliverse. Instagram / Twitter and share your thoughts with us about the movie! Email us any thoughts and takes and we may read it on the next episode! #MadeonZencastr References More analysis of A Christmas Story: A Christmas Story: A Tale of Technological Nostalgia Trolley Song at Disney World Barbara Streisand Singing “The Boy Next Door” Casaregola, Vincent. “Wartime and the Morbid Child Psychology of Meet Me in St. Louis.” Red Feather Journal, vol. 2, no. 2, Red Feather Journal, Fall 2011, pp. 34–46. Knapp, Raymond, author. The American Musical and the Formation of National Identity. Princeton University Press, 2018. The Ampliverse Bookshop Bookstore

Happy Thanksgiving season to Halloween People and Christmas People alike! Enjoy our boundless admiration for people who have the patience to make stop motion animation and poorly informed attempts to understand the connection between Nightmare Before Christmas and scene subculture. "Best Revival of a Podcast: Showgays" is a podcast in The Ampliverse. Instagram / Twitter and share your thoughts with us about the movie! Email showgaysmoviemusical@gmail.com with any thoughts and takes and we may read it on the next episode! #MadeonZencastr References Making of Nightmare Before Christmas Ben’s Claymation on Parks and Rec Scene subculture Wikipedia page SNL Mr. Chicken Legs Pageant Betty Boop spooky animation Fantasia Night on Bald Mountain sequence McMahon, Jennifer L. “Death in Tim Burton’s Corpus.” The Philosophy of Tim Burton, The University Press of Kentucky, 2014, pp. 215–41.

Listen to Molly and RJ trying to convince Adam to like this movie for nearly 3 hours. Deep dive on the stage show versus the movie adaptation, our 30-year-old wisdom on how the world has changed since 2011, and the complexities of gay men’s relationships with their parents. "Best Revival of a Podcast: Showgays" is a podcast in The Ampliverse. Instagram / Twitter and share your thoughts with us about the movie! Email showgaysmoviemusical@gmail.com with any thoughts and takes and we may read it on the next episode! #MadeonZencastr References Jamie: Drag Queen at 16 is available on Amazon Prime YouTube upload of the stage show Korean performance of You Don’t Even Know It The Boy with an Arse as a Face Interview with the real Jamie Campbell and his mom after the musical premiere Lovelock, James. “‘What about Love?’: Claiming and Reclaiming LGBTQ+ Spaces in Twenty-First Century Musical Theatre.” Reframing the Musical: Race, Culture and Identity, edited by Sarah K. Whitfield, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.

It’s spooky season! Time to take on the beloved camp classic Little Shop of Horrors, directed by Frank Oz. Come for the catchy tunes and impeccable comedic choices, stick around for the white flight narrative. "Best Revival of a Podcast: Showgays" is a podcast in The Ampliverse. Instagram / Twitter and share your thoughts with us about the movie! Email showgaysmoviemusical@gmail.com with any thoughts and takes and we may read it on the next episode! #MadeonZencastr References Sontag, “Notes on Camp” Scooby Doo deep dive Director’s cut ending of Little Shop Musicals with Zack, The Complete(ish) History of the Original Ending of Little Shop of Horrors How to make split pea soup Cher playing all the parts in West Side Story Rothstein, Richard. The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America. Liveright, 2017. Redlining map of Saint Paul Jensen, Marc. “‘Feed Me!’: Power Struggles and the Portrayal of Race in Little Shop of Horrors.” Cinema Journal, vol. 48, no. 1, Society of Cinema

Just like Broadway, Showgays is back, baby! To celebrate, we've decided to plus up the podcast - we've brought in a new host, we've got a higher production value, and we're doing the big shows! Adam, RJ, and Molly discuss 2019’s Cats, directed (to our chagrin) by Tom Hooper. What went wrong? How would we fix it? Find out why Molly is beefing with Dame Judi Dench and who RJ & Adam think should have played Grizabella. Also, Molly did mix up Socrates and Aristotle during the name game and she is sorry about that. "Best Revival of a Podcast: Showgays" is a podcast in The Ampliverse. Instagram / Twitter and share your thoughts with us about the movie! Email showgaysmoviemusical@gmail.com with any thoughts and takes and we may read it on the next episode! #MadeonZencastr References Elaine Page’s rendition of Memory Betty Buckley’s rendition of Memory Celine Dion’s rendition of Memory Sideways’ video on the music of Cats Lindsey Ellis’ video on the phenomenon of Cats Peter C. Kunze article on the failed 1990s mo

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We're back with an all-new episode! This month Adam and RJ are joined by Allie from Harry Potter and the Anxious Millennials to discuss the 2010 hit (?) Burlesque starring Cher and Xtina! We go in on the absurdity of walking in Los Angeles, tear apart the costuming decisions for the ballad Bound to You, and finally figure out whether or not Nikki should drive! Plus, as always, we decide where this film ends up on our massive matrix of good:bad::camp:serious, cast a reimagined version for today's audience, and decide what musical is on the docket for next month! Facebook.com/showgays Twitter: @showgays We are a proud member of the Not A Bit Network notabit.net

This month, the boys are back at it again with a sense of patriotism (kind of) and ready to delve deep into the beloved (?) 1972 musical 1776! We dish on the lack of melodies in every song, the spacing of songs throughout the show, and really get into the nonsense that is this whitewashing of Thomas Jefferson as ingenue! The only way to know if they end up signing the Declaration of Independence is if you listen to the episode - NO SPOILERS PLZ Rate! Review! Subscribe! Facebook.com/showgays Twitter: @showgays

Strap on your nicest glass slippers and head to the ball of an episode that is our discussion on Cinderella, the ABC classic from 1997 starring Brandy, Whitney, and Bernadette Peters. Miranda Lee (@themagicalmiranda on instagram) joins Adam and RJ to talk about the Cheesecake Factory cottage they live in, the colorblind casting, and the absolutely iconic use of Whitney Houston flying through the air. Plus, as always, a discussion about the history of the show (including Julie Andrews and Lesley Anne Warren), casting the show today, where this one fits on our graph of bad/good and camp/serious, and a sneak peek into what our next choice is for July! Rate! Review! Subscribe! Facebook.com/showgays Twitter: @showgays

This month the boys are back to discuss a musical that changed the movie musical game in the early 2000s - Chicago! Listen to Adam and RJ discuss the significant amount of celebrities considered to star in this film, whether Renee and Catherine are stars or actresses, and what Chicago and Serial the podcast have in common. Twitter @showgays Facebook.com/showgays Rate, Review, Subscribe!

It's our most serious episode yet! This month we discuss the Disney film adaptation of INTO THE WOODS! Listen as we talk about themes (why this wasn't just called THEMES THE MUSICAL?), how hot Billy Magnussen is, how we compare this to other Meryl performances, and our special guest Nan (Adam's mom!) leads us in an in-depth discussion on just how much Stephen Sondheim hates his mother. Follow us on Facebook.com/Showgays and Twitter.com/Showgays! Next episode? Chicago!

Grab those surreys with the fringe on top, because this month's episode is all about the Rodgers & Hammerstein classic OKLAHOMA! Enjoy our Shirley Jones stanning, our mixed feelings on Ado Annie, and the brand sponsorship of poppers to help you induce your own dream ballet! Facebook.com/showgays Twitter.com/showgays Next month -Into the Woods

Bonsoir mes amis! Bienvenue a la Moulin Rouge! That's the extent of my French, and more than the film actually offers, so we'll leave it there. Enjoy our conversation around the intricacies of Nicole Kidman's comedic career, whether or not Christian is totally blameless (that darn patriarchy) and enjoy us not only miss that the Moulin Rouge is located in Montmartre, but Nicole Kidman played Virginia Woolf, not Sylvia Plath! We were drunk. Don't blame us. Facebook.com/showgays @showgays on Twitter Next month - Oklahoma!

Showgays has made its "practically perfect" revival of a podcast! We are back in 2020 with our 20th episode, and it's the chim chim cheree classic, Mary Poppins! Listen as we struggle to find out how much two pence is, get emotional on how we discover who the nanny is truly for, and sing Julie Andrews' praises! You can join in our conversations on Facebook.com/Showgays and Twitter.com/Showgays! Make sure you listen to our sister podcast, The Disfunctional Podcast! You can find that on Instagram.com/TheDPodcast and Twitter.com/TheDPodcast If you loved our revival, please consider giving us a 5-star rating and review to get the buzz back into our pod!

Bust out your best face masks and tuck in to a brand new Showgays episode on the 2004 classic The Phantom of the Opera! Adam & RJ will get into whether Gerard Butler was a good choice, if Christine's blacks match (hint: they don't), and just how opera-adjacent this piece of movie musical magic really is. Please rate, review, and subscribe! Follow us on Facebook! Facebook.com/Showgays

We've been away from the lights of 14th Street and in our own personal haze - but we're back! And in a stunning new gown! Our very good friend Molly is here to help us pick apart this iconic movie musical - the good, the bad, and the diva. Is "Hello, Dolly!" the perfect song to walk down the aisle to? Why do they not actually listen to the drunk guy in the park? And does the Harmonia Gardens scene promote violence? All will be answered and more in this episode! And don't forget - the word of the day is AGENCY. Like us on Facebook and don't forget to rate, review, and subscribe on iTunes!

Here is the systematic, hydromatic, ultramatic episode you've been waiting for! Yes henny! It's GREASE! It's the word, have you heard? Listen as we read this American treasure for filth. And we make sure nothing is left shaded - from the evident 70s references, the camp-not-camp identity crisis, and how everyone is 30 years old?!? Enjoy the musical shade extravaganza, y'all!

Your favorite gays are back with a really, really, really late episode! Take a listen as we dish on how the stars are too pretty for words, how it's really hard making the most depressing musical imaginable funny, and how our time management skills are garbage! Don't forget to like us on Facebook and rate and review on iTunes!

This week we dish on everyone's favorite cancer causing cosmetic product - Hairspray! We'll talk about how Queen Latifah needs to do more musicals, what the hell kind of accent John Travolta is doing, and how you can't fight PROGRESS! Follow us on Facebook, and don't forget to rate, review and subscribe on iTunes!