Showgays: A Movie Musical Podcast

Hail Marys - enjoy this extremely Catholic episode where we pretty much have nothing negative to say about a film! What a nice change of pace! "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 at showgaysmoviemusical@gmail.com Don’t forget...

For this lusty month of May, we are bringing you Camelot. "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 at showgaysmoviemusical@gmail.com Don’t forget to check out the Ampliverse Bookshop for further reading! References

Listeners, this episode was recorded several months ago, before the Will Smith slap and the Roe v Wade leaked decision. Who would have known the world would move at such a pace to make so many of our conversations sound like they are missing essential context? Enjoy our attempts to make meaning out of a meaningless musical and surprising failure to avoid cancellation in the process. "Best Revival...

If only this was the movie that had been lost in the burning of the library of Alexandria. "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 at showgaysmoviemusical@gmail.com Don’t forget to check out the Ampliverse Bookshop for further re...

Join us as we celebrate this musical about the only metropolitan area to ever exist. No references for the rest of April. Take a break while you prep for finals, kids. "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 at showgaysmoviemusic...

We’ve never had a little girl but boy howdy are we going to have a lot of them in our April Annie marathon! "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 at showgaysmoviemusical@gmail.com Don’t forget to check out the Ampliverse Booksh...

One of the highest grossing movie musicals of all time and the only movie musical Adam has ever seriously considered walking out of. "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 at showgaysmoviemusical@gmail.com Don’t forget to check...

A perfect movie. No notes. "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 at showgaysmoviemusical@gmail.com Don’t forget to check out the Ampliverse Bookshop for further reading! References Knapp, Raymond, author. The American Musical a...

What would you do with the reasonable but still substantial sum of $96,000? "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 at showgaysmoviemusical@gmail.com Don’t forget to check out the Ampliverse Bookshop for further reading! Referenc...

The best way to celebrate Black History Month is listening to 3 nonblack people give their opinions on The Wiz. Was Diana Ross too old to play Dorothy? What is the deal with the peddler? What is the best song in this musical? Perhaps it’s RJ’s favorite: “I Am Certainly Not Interested in Engaging with Any News That Isn’t Positive At This Time” "Best Revival of a Podcast: Showgays" is a podcast in T...

Does this film stack up against the many other productions and adaptations of one of the most beloved pieces in the American musical theater canon? Does West Side Story even deserve its venerated place within the canon? Who is the MVP of this movie? Can Rita Moreno be in every movie musical, please? "Best Revival of a Podcast: Showgays" is a podcast in The Ampliverse . Instagram / Twitter and shar...

Listen to us struggle to make sense of this movie for several hours. How is someone's rent deadline related to them dying tragically in a car accident? Where does Christine Baranski live? Are you allowed to sell a whole town? What is the angelic cosmology of this universe? "Best Revival of a Podcast: Showgays" is a podcast in The Ampliverse . Instagram / Twitter and share your thoughts with us abo...

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 wi...

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 ab...

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 thou...

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...

Find out who the winner is on October 15th ...  "Best Revival of a Podcast: Showgays" is a podcast in The Ampliverse .  Instagram / Twitter   #MadeonZencastr

Listen to the best hits of the original podcast cast of Showgays: A Movie Musical Podcast. And stay tuned for new episodes!  "Best Revival of a Podcast: Showgays" is a podcast in The Ampliverse . Instagram / Twitter #MadeonZencastr

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 thi...

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 i...

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. The Magical Miranda 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 dis...

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.  "Best...

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!  "Best Revival of a Podcast: Showgays" is a podcast in The Ampliverse . Instagram / Twitter

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!  "Best Revival of a Podcast: Showgays" is a podcast in The Ampliverse . Instagram...

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!  "Best Revival of a Podcast: Showgays" is a podca...