Wines and Dolls

Haven't you heard?! Ratatouille was turned into a musical! But how?! TIKTOK! Join Chels and Em as we dictate the sensational Ratatouille the TikTok Musical. This is the first crowd-sources musical ever produced and tickets were sold virtually through TodayTix with proceeds benefitting the Actor's Fund. They were sure to include all the creators and Broadway favorites like Kevin Chamberlain, Wayne...

With the inauguration of POTUS, Em and Chels are having our own inauguration of our new "series" on Wines and Dolls! Once a month we will have an "Intermission-sode" where we wine with Industry Heroes about recently covered musicals and beyond. Check out Jenna Leigh Green, who developed the role of Ivy in Bare: a Pop Opera (Episode 58) and was the the first Elphaba to have a "no-fly" show in Wicke...

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Chels and Em are so excited for a sparkly, brand new 2021! We hope for new years you were dressed in your finest glamour gloves, fetish fascinators, and KINKY BOOTS! Table of Contents: [5:53-25:58] Background [25:58-1:04:34] Act 1 [1:04:34-1:30:16] Act 2 . . . SEND US WHAT YOU'RE "WINING" ABOUT! If you have a story or a GOOD RANT/CELEBRATION you would like to share with W&D, pl...

Happy New Year! Welcome to 2021 and to the first LISTENERSODE of the year! Chels and Em are excited for what the new year has to come because 2020 can drown in our memories. So pop some champagne and some feels! If you have a story you would like to share with W&D, please submit by clicking here or email winesanddolls@gmail.com and put "LISTENER STORY" in the subject line for our new Listener-...

Happy New Year's Eve! Chels and Em are wining about the last year of the dreaded 2020. But among the craziness of the year, Wines and Dolls looks back on the many triumphs and cheers that 2020 brought to us in its own special way! But we aren't sad to kiss 2020 goodbye and are thrilled for what is in store for 2021! CHEERS! . . . SEND US WHAT YOU'RE "WINING" ABOUT! If you have a story or a GOOD RA...

Season's Greetings from Em and Chels! To celebrate, Wines and Dolls listened back to their third episode of Drunk Elf the Musical (also maybe we needed a little Christmas break). Grab the egg nog and have a sparklejollytwinklejingly day! CHEERS! Table of Contents: [9:00-15:37] Background [15:36-39:25] Act 1 [39:35-54:00] Act 2 . . . SEND US WHAT YOU'RE "WINING" ABOUT! If you have a story or a GOOD...

Chels and Em hook episode one up to the AED machine and revive 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. So grab your juice boxes, mix it with champagne, and hope that take two makes more sense. We really spell it out for you!  Table of Contents:  [5:10-24:00] Background  [24:00-34:00] Character Breakdown  [34:00-1:00:57] Act 1  [1:00:57- 1:20:27] Act 2  . . .  SEN...

Chels and Em cover the revival of Broadway musical for people who love Broadway musicals. Ofcourse the infamous Dontee (Chelsea's cousin) is mentioned because the 42nd Street Revival was her Broadway debut! But no one was pushing people down the offstage stairs...allegedly.   Table of Contents: [6:27-23]  Background [23- 50:47]  Act 1 [50:47-1:08:09]  Act 2 28:23 CORRECTIO...

One family holiday down, the December holidays to go! Chels and Em were in tears with the live performance stories this month- you really "popped the feels"!  If you have a story you would like to share with W&D, please submit by clicking here or email winesanddolls@gmail.com and put "LISTENER STORY" in the subject line for our new Listener-Sode series, to be released every first Monday o...

EPISODE DEDICATION: VICTORIA!! Thank you so much for your support!! <3 Chels and Em have officially unofficially hit 1 year of podcasting!!!! With our 1 year anniversary approaching on Saturday, December 5th, we are reflecting on how grateful we are to all of you! Meanwhile, we are wining this week about what a creepozoid Harold Hill is on paper- but it's the director's fault.  Meredith Wi...

Chels and Em are bloody bloody oblivious to this being the 50th episode! Half way to 100 and so close to Wines and Dolls' 1 year anniversary! We pour one (glass) out for  2020 and settle in to talk about emo Andy, yet another US President who made people angry and changed things for the something. Table of Contents: [5:15-18:43] Background [18:43-46:53]Act 1 [46:53-1:03:31] Act 2 . . . SEND U...

Chels and Em are drunk on hairspray. So we pour a stiff one and cheers to November's theme "Eat, Sweet Democracy". We hope everyone is having a safe week and are wining respectively! Much love to all! <3  Table of Contents: [6:38-26:17] Background [26:17-58:28]Act 1 [58:28-1:17:07] Act 2 . . . SEND US WHAT YOU'RE "WINING" ABOUT! If you have a story or a GOOD RANT/CELEBRATION you would like...

SPOOKY month is over but this SPOOKY WEEK has just begun, with Election Day being Tuesday November 3rd! We survived Halloween's Blue moon and thankfully so did these listeners! If you have a story you would like to share with W&D, please submit by clicking here or email winesanddolls@gmail.com and put "LISTENER STORY" in the subject line for our new Listener-Sode series, to be released every f...

Chels and Em are joined by the loyal guys of Wines and Dolls! Enjoy the full Clink Squad as we toast Beetlejuice Beetlejuice BJ (or is it BG?). You can tell we were having a great Day-o! So jump in the line and take a listen if you too are "strange and unusual". Table of Contents: [11:17-24:07] Background [24:07-58:09]Act 1 [58:09-1:27:40] Act 2 . . . SEND US WHAT YOU'RE "WINING" ABOUT! If you hav...

**CONTAINS MATURE CONTENT** Chels and Em break the Silence! with Chris Gibson and Rachel Landon, aka the world reknown Giblansons! Known to the Houston Theater crowd as favorites from the award-winning Standing Room Only (SRO) Productions! They have taken their brains and heads in jars to Harrisburg, PA. With this spoof on legendary horror film "Silence of the Lambs", you will learn the true meani...

BOOZETACULAR BROADWAY continues with Chels and Em. Joining Wines and Dolls to take a whack at Lizzie the Musical is beloved Houston actress, Raven Justine Troup, recently seen in TUTS Spring Awakening, Seussical, and her one woman Sessions show hosted by Stages Theater. American legend Lizzie Borden is known for her alleged hand in her father's and stepmother's murder, but was ultimately acquitted...

GOODBYE Sober September, HELLO Boozetacular October! It's spooky, spooky, SPOOKY month! Get ready for ghosts, curses, and general performance horrors- these listener stories do not disappoint! If you have a story you would like to share with W&D, please submit by clicking here or email winesanddolls@gmail.com and put "LISTENER STORY" in the subject line for our new Listener-Sode series, to be...

Welcome to spooktacular October where Chels and Em will be covering and BOOZETACULAR BROADWAY! Feeling Wildhorny? Chels and Em dive into Jekyll & Hyde, one of Frank Wildhorn's earliest musicals that premiered right here in Houston, Texas at the Alley Theatre. But you might recognize one of the tunes from your beloved Tik Tok. You might find it will "live inside you forever"...*gulp* Table of C...

Which emoji are you? 💁‍♀️Chels and Em zoom zoom zoom with Sean Ramos to cover the book of Emojiland the Musical, NOT to be confused with Emoji the movie! I think we can all agree 2020 has been a pile of 💩! Sean Ramos is a Sound Designer, Sound Engineer, Writer, Actor, Musician, and Composer with over 20 years of professional industry experience. Ramos was a constant, if not unseen and unsung, fi...

We're over the hill with Episode 40! Chels and Em are channeling their inner youths to talk to writer and composer Elise Marra on her new musical, Frankie! Elise Marra is a composer, writer, director, and actor from Michigan. In May of 2020 the album for her original musical, Frankie! The Musical, was released on Broadway Records, making her the youngest female in history to release a cast concept...

Labor day got us like *CLINK* of our Topo Chico. Chels and Em are wining with an "h" this month. But we raise a glass to everyone who sent in their stories- from fails and disasters to genius covers, these listener stories will not disappoint! THANK YOU! If you have a story you would like to share with W&D, please submit by clicking here or email winesanddolls@gmail.com and put "LISTENER STORY...

This Episode is dedicated to Private Box Patron: Brandon! Chelsea and Emily 's next shot of Quarantini month is The Drowsy Chaperone, one of Chelsea's favorite musicals and the inaugural tech show for Em.  Maybe grab some caffeine to make up for the drowsy. Love. Live. Don't Leave! . . . If you have a story you would like to share with W&D, please submit by clicking here or email winesand...

Marry me Ben Schwartz? Thanks! Chelsea and Emily kick off Quarantini month with Shrek the Musical, the final musical Em's Furman career where she was "diva cast" as Mama Bear (shows up once at the beginning of Act 1 and the end of Act 2). Grab a quarantini and hear how Dreamworks took the cult classic to a whole new musical level. Maybe grab two! . . . If you have a story you would like to share w...

Get ready for some joy to be sparked!! Michael Kushner is one of New York's leading multi - hyphenates. Michael currently has a live talk show every Thursday, produced by Broadway Podcast Network, entitled MY BROADWAY MEMORY. Some favorite performance credits include ON THE TOWN at Barrington Stage (Pre Broadway try out, Directed by John Rando), MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING at Barrington Stage (Directed...

We're back this month with a healthy mix of serious Improv masterpieces and insane general fails! Moral of the story: keep your improv skills sharp and Stage Managers- always assume your actors did something stupid. Thank you! If you have a story you would like to share with W&D, please submit by clicking here or email winesanddolls@gmail.com and put "LISTENER STORY" in the subject line for ou...