Before there was Patrick Bateman, before there was Jordan Belfort, and certainly before there was Jeff Bezos, there was J. Pierrepont Finch. What do a musical theatre demigod and his lonely friend know about a corporate workplace? Let's find out! 

cw: typical sexist 60s workplace nonsense

Ladies and gentlemen, whether you like it or not...Hedwig!—the late-90s rock musical all about gender identity, the Berlin Wall, and finding your other half.

cw: body dysmorphia, involuntary transition surgery, queerphobia, brief mention of implied child abuse (physical and sexual) 

Slap on those legwarmers and roller skates for for the 1980 so-bad-it's-good cult classic, Xanadu! Did we find our own Xanadu in this episode? We'll let you be the judge. 

There's a war going on out there somewhere, and Elizabeth and Wes are curled up by the fire reading War and Peace. Spoiler alert: this electropop opera based on Leo Tolstoy's most famous novel is a favorite of ours, and Elizabeth is about to expose herself as true Tolstoy trash.

We're sprinkling some Cole Porter on this podcast with the 1949 (and much-revived) classic "Kiss Me, Kate"—the musical about a musical based on a play that famously does not hold up.

cw: violence against women

Wes and Elizabeth are welcoming the 60's to pick apart the 10-foot beehive that is "Hairspray", featuring future Republican congressman Sonny Bono making a bomb. 

cw: discussions of racism and fat phobia 

What do you get when you cross Sesame Street, a lot of sex, and the peppy nihilism of the early 2000s? That's right, Avenue Q!—our official Millennial Musical. Rated R for Raunchy Puppets. 

cw: racism, homophobia

This week we're looking at the 1974 beloved super soul musical, "The Wiz" and, more importantly, jumping on board the Quincy Jones fan bandwagon. 

Elizabeth and Wes kneel at the Holy Church of Baseball to talk a little bit about sports and a lot about femme fatales. 

Strap in for a church van full of nun puns as we take a look at Sister Act: The Musical! Spoiler alert: we *#$%ing loved it. 

CW: we briefly talk about a song in the show that's about an ex-boyfriend stalking and planning the homicide of the main character.