The Cheese Wheel Podcast

"This Friday is black for me...." This week Jess & Andrew chat about the incredibly funny and equally poignant youtube musical from Starkid "Black Friday."  Social Media: Our WEBSITE Musicals with Cheese on Twitter Jess on Twitter Andrew on Twitter Musicals W/ Cheese on Instagram Jess on Instagram Email us at musicaltheatrelives@gmail.com Use our Affiliate Link Learn more about your ad choices. Vi...

"It's a show stopping number...." This week Jess & Andrew chat about the incredibly funny youtube musical from Starkid "The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals." It's almost as if our show was MADE for this. Social Media: Our WEBSITE Musicals with Cheese on Twitter Jess on Twitter Andrew on Twitter Musicals W/ Cheese on Instagram Jess on Instagram Email us at musicaltheatrelives@gmail.com Use our Affilia...

"Now I'm where I want to be...." This week Jess & Andrew are once again joined by Brent Black aka brentalfloss to talk about Tim Rice's problematic musical "Chess." A lot is covered and Brent is super knowledgable and wonderful and you don't want to miss this!   Social Media: Our WEBSITE Musicals with Cheese on Twitter Jess on Twitter Andrew on Twitter Musicals W/ Cheese on Instagram Jess on Insta...

"Cheese Nips! THEY WANT CHEESE NIPS!" This week Jess & Andrew are joined by one of the most intelligent content creators on the internet-- Ethan from "Sideways' -- to talk about Alan Menken and Howard Ashman's first collaborative project "God Bless You Mr. Rosewater." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Welcome to the Rock!" This week, Jess & Andrew talk about "Come From Away" -- in our current dark situation, this is the musical we need about bringing us all together. This is the perfect feel good musical, and I think we all need to feel good about now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"I won't let you down..." This week Jess & Andrew take a look at 'Tootsie.' They chat about how the musical is the ULTIMATE boomer experience, how unfunny the content really is, and occasionally some good things. Don't miss out!    Social Media: Our WEBSITE Musicals with Cheese on Twitter Jess on Twitter Andrew on Twitter Musicals W/ Cheese on Instagram Jess on Instagram Email us at musicaltheatre...

"Nothing ever happen underground in Louisiana" This week Jess & Andrew take a look at 'Caroline or Change' They chat about how the proper way to tell a story about specific cultures, and a ton of other stuff.    Don't miss out!   Social Media: Our WEBSITE Musicals with Cheese on Twitter Jess on Twitter Andrew on Twitter Musicals W/ Cheese on Instagram Jess on Instagram Email us at musicaltheatreli...

"I'm waiting for life to begin" This week Jess & Andrew take a look at "Once on this Island" They chat about how these gods affect the island, the incredible revival production of this show, and how we wish more musicals were more like this. Don't miss out on this episode, because it's a ton of fun.   Social Media: Our WEBSITE Musicals with Cheese on Twitter Jess on Twitter Andrew on Twitter Music...

"The lord works in mysterious ways..." This week Jess & Andrew take a look at "The Color Purple" They chat about how dark the content within this musical is, how the story was adapted from the original book, and much more-- don't miss out!   Social Media: Our WEBSITE Musicals with Cheese on Twitter Jess on Twitter Andrew on Twitter Musicals W/ Cheese on Instagram Jess on Instagram Email us at musi...

"Ease on down the road..." This week Jess & Andrew take a look at "The Wiz The Super Soul Musical "Wonderful Wizard of Oz" They chat about Jess' relationship with the show from high school, whether or not the trio of heroes would survive without Dorthy, and of course-- the muppets.   Social Media: Our WEBSITE Musicals with Cheese on Twitter Jess on Twitter Andrew on Twitter Musicals W/ Cheese on I...

"If you can find me I'm here..." This week Jess & Andrew take a look at the forgotten masterpiece "Evening Primrose" by Stephen Sondheim. They chat about Marvel Movies, the shoddy capture of this musical on celluloid, and so much more, don't miss out on the Sondheim-ey goodness!   Social Media: Our WEBSITE Musicals with Cheese on Twitter Jess on Twitter Andrew on Twitter Musicals W/ Cheese on Inst...

"Don't Cry for Me Argentina" This week Jess & Andrew take a look at "Evita" by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice. They chat about politics, whether or not Evita is redeemable, and the bias that the writers went into the show with.   Social Media: Our WEBSITE Musicals with Cheese on Twitter Jess on Twitter Andrew on Twitter Musicals W/ Cheese on Instagram Jess on Instagram Email us at musicaltheatre...

Jess & Andrew answer a few of your questions, check it out! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Pretty Funny..." This week Jess & Andrew take a look at "Dogfight" by Pasek and Paul. They chat about Vietnam, whether or not these characters are redeemable, and eating Brendan Fraser's Fecal discharge. It's a fun time for everyone.   Social Media: Our WEBSITE Musicals with Cheese on Twitter Jess on Twitter Andrew on Twitter Musicals W/ Cheese on Instagram Jess on Instagram Email us at musicalth...

"Let the Memory live again!" This week Jess & Andrew take a look at "Cats" by Andrew Lloyd Webber. A musical about cats in an essay writing contest about who gets permission to die ... But Skimbleshanks is thicc thoo.   This is the fourth longest running broadway show of all time. No wonder this art form doesn't get any dang respect.   Social Media: Our WEBSITE Musicals with Cheese on Twitter Jess...

"The Sun'll come out tomorrow!" This week Jess & Andrew take a look at "Annie" by Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin. Andrew talks about how much he hates orphans and Jess tries to defend a few of the songs. Get ready folks.   This is also our longest episode.   Social Media: Our WEBSITE Musicals with Cheese on Twitter Jess on Twitter Andrew on Twitter Musicals W/ Cheese on Instagram Jess on Insta...

"Look down! LOOK DOWN! You'll always be a slave!" This week Jess & Andrew take a look at"Les Misérables" by Claude-Michel Schönberg, Alain Boublil and Jean-Marc Natel, and Herbert Kretzmer. They gush at this near perfect musical, and of course Muppetize it.   This is also our longest episode.   Social Media: Our WEBSITE Musicals with Cheese on Twitter Jess on Twitter Andrew on Twitter Musicals W/...

"Thank you very much! Thank you VERY much!" This week Jess & Andrew chat about "Scrooge" from Leslie Bricusse. They are joined by the incredible Emily Clark of Stealing Focus, and her wonderful brother Cody to talk about this charming 1970 classic. Don't miss out!   Social Media: Our WEBSITE Musicals with Cheese on Twitter Jess on Twitter Andrew on Twitter Musicals W/ Cheese on Instagram Jess on I...

"RATATATATATA!TAH!" This week Jess & Andrew chat about "A Christmas Carol" from Alan Menken. They defend this ignored masterpiece of cheese and sentiment as every forgotten holiday classic should be defended. Listen and hear the sincerity in their voices!   Social Media: Our WEBSITE Musicals with Cheese on Twitter Jess on Twitter Andrew on Twitter Musicals W/ Cheese on Instagram Jess on Instagram...

"Refresh Refresh Refresh!" This week Jess and Andrew chat about both "Octet" from Dave Malloy. They get into an in depth talk about whether they truly believe technology is a positive or negative thing for modern society, and bring up a lot of personal anecdotes to make their points clear. It's a fun filled episode! Social Media: Our WEBSITE Musicals with Cheese on Twitter Jess on Twitter Andrew o...

"So much for our ever after!" This week Jess and Andrew chat about both "Bare: A Pop Opera" and "Bare the Musical" Honestly, they're pretty critical throughout the entire episode, so be ready for some pedantic whining.. So dive into this episode and learn some stuff about "Bare!" Social Media: Our WEBSITE Musicals with Cheese on Twitter Jess on Twitter Andrew on Twitter Musicals W/ Cheese on Insta...

"This world will remember us!" This week Jess and Andrew chat about the Frank Wildhorn Broadway flop “Bonne & Clyde!” Don’t worry Fanboys and fangirls, they spend the entire episode defending this musical. So dive into this episode and learn some stuff about Bonnie & Clyde! Links: Listen to "Shrek the Musical" Social Media: Our WEBSITE Musicals with Cheese on Twitter Jess on Twitter Andrew on Twit...

"It's a Big Bright Beautiful World!" This week Jess and Andrew chat about the vulgar, cynical, and emotionally engaging musical adaptation of "Shrek" creatively entitled "Shrek The Musical." They chat about Onions, farts, and love-- don't miss out on the fun! Links: Listen to "Shrek the Musical" Social Media: Our WEBSITE Musicals with Cheese on Twitter Jess on Twitter Andrew on Twitter Musicals W/...

"Put on your Sunday Clothes!" This week Jess and Andrew are joined by the absolutely incredible and fantastic Adam Wachter. They chat about the classic golden age musical "Hello Dolly!" Also, they bring up fisting... Things did fall off the rails more than once, but you should listen anyway. Links: Listen to "Hello Dolly!" Social Media: Our WEBSITE Musicals with Cheese on Twitter Jess on Twitter A...

What's your damage Heather!" This week Jess and Andrew dive into the musical adaptation of the 1980's classic "Heathers." Where they mostly talk about why musical theatre is the true art form that content can thrive without fear of being censored, toned down, or compromised. Also, they chat about 7/11, Corn Nuts, and Candy Stores. Links: Listen to "Heathers" Social Media: Our WEBSITE Musicals with...