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Musicals with Cheese is a brand new American Musical Theatre podcast. It involves a Musical Theatre expert (Jesse McAnally) trying to get a self proclaimed Musical Theatre Layman (Andrew DeWolf) to enjoy musicals, one show at a time. The podcast is made to appeal both to fans of Musical Theatre as well as those who have never seen a musical in their entire life.

Guests of the show have included internet personalities Brent Black (aka Brentalfloss), and Christi Esterle (The Diva from Musical Hell) as our guests. On the horizon we will have , Allison Pregler (Movie Nights), Tony Goldmark, (Some Jerk with a Camera), and Elisa Hansen (Maven of the Eventide), BroadwayWorld's Katie Lynch (Backstage Bite), composer Adam Wachter, composer/artist/impressionist Christina Bianco, as well as many more.

The two hosts of the podcast are Jesse McAnally and Andrew DeWolf. Jesse McAnally is the Founder of Fosca Features, Jesse McAnally has a degree in media arts from Wayne State University. He currently serves as Creative Director of Fosca Features, LLC where he has successfully directed and produced eight short films, garnering well over two dozen awards for them. Jesse has a constant and unwavering devotion to creative arts, and strives to embrace artistic innovation it in novel and viable manners. Andrew DeWolf is a New York based musician with a relatively new presence on the internet. He was a Music Student at the SUNY Schenectady County Community College, and currently is a freelance rock instrumentalist.

The website for the Podcast can be found at: www.musicalswithcheesepodcast.simplecast.fm/

The podcast email is: musicaltheatrelives@gmail.com

The show can be listened to directly from the website, as well as subscribed and listened to on most podcast platforms, such as Itunes, Pocketcast, Spotify, and many others. Episodes are also released on Youtube.

New episodes are posted every Friday at 12am (Eastern Standard Time), and runs roughly an hour per episode.

Social Media:
Facebook: www.facebook.com/MusicalTheatreLives/
Twitter: www.twitter.com/CheeseyMusicals
Instagram: www.instagram.com/musicalswithcheese/
Patreon: www.patreon.com/musicalswithcheese

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