50 Shades! The Musical Parody NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (82)
See it if You know even a little about the book trilogy Like dirty humor Not a stick-in-the-mud
Don't see it if Are a stick-in-the-mud
See it if You read the book. Very funny and silly.
Don't see it if You don't like a Parody. Very out there. Ether you will like it or hate it kind of show.
See it if you want to have a good, raunchy time brought to you by some musical improv geniuses. You don't need to read the book to appreciate it.
Don't see it if you can't take a big irreverent dose of sexual humor.
See it if If you enjoy a brilliant and hysterical parody. I couldn't stop laughing.
Don't see it if If you didn't enjoy the book or don't like inappropriate jokes.
See it if You enjoy dirty humor, enjoy sex jokes and like to laugh alot.
Don't see it if If you're a prude.... or can't handle dirty humor stay home
See it if You like the fifty shades series
Don't see it if You do not enjoy sexual shows
See it if you enjoy parodies
Don't see it if you find 50shades banal
See it if You thought the books were silly, fluffy, fun. The songs were funny, the casting was inventive. Had a good, light time.
Don't see it if You hated the books, don't like profanity or vulgar sex jokes.
Critic Reviews (9)
"50 Shades! The Musical, an exuberant takeoff, handily delivers the goods. The opportunities for humor are rife, and this show’s script takes full advantage. It is a musical parody, and a very entertaining one."
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"Assembled by an orgy of bi-coastal comedy writers, the show is more stimulating than you’d expect, tickling Fifty Shades virgins and detractors alike, although sincere fans may leave frustrated. Bad sex writing is an easy target, and though there are inspired moments, around the one-hour mark you start to wonder if the X-rated goofing is ever going to climax."
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"The tune-filled send-up of E.L. James' sex trilogy: 50 Shades! The Musical, comes in only two basic tones, filthy and funny. In other words, win-win. Its not high art, or even middlebrow, and it’s not trying to be. Given that E.L. James’ prose already reads like a self-parody, dirty-minded humor perfectly fits this send-up of “50 Shades of Grey.”
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"The minds behind 50 Shades! The Musical: The Original Parody apparently decided to make the mega-selling erotic trilogy louder, tackier, and cruder. That’s fine in theory, but the humor goes limp early on. Although there's some fun, you feel a little too much pain and not enough pleasure."
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"As S and M musicals go, 50 Shades! is a mixed leather bag of metal-spiked hits and misses. While some of the lyrics are sassy and smart, others seem cheap and obvious. But you'd have to be a humorless curmudgeon not to laugh out loud at all this silliness."
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"50 Shades! The Musical, a parody of something that's basically a parody itself, doesn't overstay its own welcome or overstate its case; it's done within less than 100 minutes, and almost all of those minutes contain genuine humor. None of the songs is likely to become a standard, but it's a surprisingly diverse bunch that never gets tiresome."
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"Who knew bondage and discipline could be so much fun!!"
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"50 Shades! The Musical, a cleverly orchestrated sex romp, played for laughs in ways you cannot begin to imagine...What really puts 50 Shades! in the upper class of farce, though, is the quality of the songs and the actors, who stop the show belting double-entendres with voices that would put TV pop-idol contestants to shame."
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