I am the exact target audience for the Heated Rivalry parody musical, and it was so stupid in the perfect way 😂🏒🥅
As someone who sees basically everything on and off-Broadway, and has been pathologically obsessed with a Canadian show about queer hockey players, I am very much the demographic for this show 😅
I normally never go to parody musicals, unless Titanique counts, but of course I had to get a ticket as soon as they were released.
First off, Jimin Moon and Jay Armstrong Johnson are so good. After seeing Jimin in Sunset Blvd., I already knew he was great, but Jay was definitely channeling those Tango de Roxanne opt-ups.
The book is simple, campy, and utterly silly, and I found myself laughing throughout the show. The Kip/Scott scene was chef’s kiss.
Not gonna lie, I actually found the songs better and catchier than a lot of shows I’ve seen recently, and everyone on that stage can saaaang.
One thing I found cringey and kind of icky, though, was that they use the audio from Connor’s YouTube video as a kid to basically say that Ilya is gay/bi. Yeah, I wasn’t cool with that.
The theatre is rather annoyingly located by the Zaha Hadid apartment building on the High Line, but holy legroom, Batman. Like, space for daaaays.
Oh, and there was an issue where the seat I purchased no longer existed once I checked in 😅 They have moved the house seats around and removed a few since tickets first went on sale, but they gave me a great seat, so no complaints.
If you are like me and are both a Heated Rivalry and musical theatre fan, definitely go, and if you haven’t seen Heated Rivalry yet… what are you waiting for?! Get to the cottage! 😂