Jhanelle Benton talks the unflinching rock musical Jagged Little Pill.

Highlights: Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again, being overly attached to the cast, interpretative dance, fluid movement, Elizabeth Stanley, gushing about the ensemble, Christmas letters, jukebox musicals.

Content warning: discussion of sexual assault and drug abuse.

"Jagged Little Pill"

Quinn Rose with Jhanelle Benton

Emily Lewis talks the warm-hearted and delicious She Loves Me.

Highlights: Alabama, Hungarian writers, theater with teenagers, lack of communication, interesting dances, uninteresting dances, ice cream, lonely hearts.

"She Loves Me"

Quinn Rose with Emily Lewis

Jason Snell talks the deceptively complex The King and I.

Highlights: childhood, Yul Brynner, dresses, orientalism, they fixed some of the orientalism, complex characters, too-long songs, b-sides from The Sound of Music, etc, etc, etc.

"The King and I"

Quinn Rose with Jason Snell

Allison Truj talks the alternately nihilistic and uplifting Company.

Highlights: Little Women (2019), Marriage Story (2019), cautionary tales, fish pants, aging poorly, Patti LuPone, getting broken up with at the intermission of Phantom of the Opera.

"Company"

Quinn Rose with Allison Truj

Lisa Schmeiser talks the flamboyant and doomed world of Cabaret.

Highlights: Schitt’s Creek, Chicago, Berlin as a character, the rise of fascism, acting like you’re bad at acting, stunt casting, ambiguity.

"Cabaret"

Quinn Rose with Lisa Schmeiser

Javier Matusevich talks Starkid and Twisted.

Highlights: Wicked, Cruella de Vil, Aladdin sucks, 1001 Nights, college students, in-jokes, making fun of what you love.

"Twisted"

Quinn Rose with Javier Matusevich

Annette Wierstra talks international sensation Six.

Highlights: young writers, short shows, Edmonton, tours, rewriting the narrative, amazing dancers, big Eliza Hamilton energy.

"Six"

Quinn Rose with Annette Wierstra

Lauren Pokedoff talks the optimistic classic Hello Dolly.

Highlights: watching a whole Tony season, Bette Midler, sleeping on the street for tickets, strong women, Barbra Streisand, spectacle.

"Hello Dolly"

Quinn Rose with Lauren Pokedoff

Brian Hamilton talks the fever dream that is Cats (both the stage and film versions).

Highlights: Personally victimized by Cats (2019), fully filmed Broadway performances, breaking the fourth wall, dance musicals, poetry, T.S. Eliot, JaSOn DEruloooo, offensive horniness.

"Cats"

Quinn Rose with Brian Hamilton

Highlights: dream casting, hope to theater kids, low budget costumes, Disney cleans up New York, it’s a metaphor, Susan Egan, gushing about Belle, toxic masculinity, 4D movies, drunk composer promises.

"Beauty and the Beast"

Quinn Rose with Felicia Fitzpatrick