{"id":6724,"date":"2013-07-25T09:11:13","date_gmt":"2013-07-25T16:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forallevents.com\/reviews\/?p=6724"},"modified":"2013-08-19T23:40:50","modified_gmt":"2013-08-20T06:40:50","slug":"50-shades-the-musical-redefines-the-three-rs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forallevents.com\/reviews\/50-shades-the-musical-redefines-the-three-rs\/","title":{"rendered":"50 SHADES! The Musical redefines the three Rs."},"content":{"rendered":"

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ADDED NOTE:\u00a0 Kendell Hinds replaces Victor Sho for this performance and the following week.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

50 SHADES! THE MUSICAL<\/em><\/strong> (The Original Parody of the \u201c50 Shades of Grey\u201d phenomenon). Marines\u2019 Memorial Theatre, 609 Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA. For tickets visit www.shnsf.com<\/a> or call SHN Audience Services at 888-746-1799.<\/p>\n

Plays through July 28,2013 with ADDED PERFORMANCES<\/strong> due to popular demand Saturdays at 3 p.m. and Sundays at 6:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

50 SHADES! The Musical<\/em><\/strong> redefines the three Rs.<\/p>\n

In the days of one room school houses (meaning gentler times) the three Rs refer to Reading, (w)Righting and (a)Rithmatic.\u00a0 For the three Rs to describe the musical 50 Shades! The Musical <\/em>you must use Raunchy, Risqu\u00e9 and Ribald and for good measure you could add Trashy and Tacky. The dialog, songs and dances fit all those adjectives but the uproarious response of the opening night audience suggests it is wonderful. All the seats remained filled after the intermission.<\/p>\n

The show is a parody of the novel \u201c50 Shades of Grey\u201d written by E. L. James that describes in explicit detail BDSM (Bondage, Dominance, Sadism and Masochism) practices through the exploits of Christian Grey (Chris Grace), a rich, handsome well hung tycoon, and Anastasia Steele (Amber Nicole Petty), an innocent virginal college student. Whips, chains and handcuffs play a prominent role in their dominant-submissive relationship.<\/p>\n

In this parody the whips, chains and handcuffs are all there but Christian in this show a rotund, short Asian with a wicked sense of timing, a great singing voice but the red spandex wrestling outfit reveals less than gigantic private parts. A cod piece would have helped but that would have diluted the parody?<\/p>\n

It all begins with a trio of women (Jessica Kemock, Emily Eden and Spencer Rose) at their book club meeting finally deciding ton review \u201c50 Shades of Grey.\u201d As they discuss passages from the book the characters come to life in song and dance. The nine member cast, with the exception of Christian and Anastasia double in other roles. One of the funniest is Nick Semar as Jose the sexy and persistent Mexican who is hot for Anastasia\u2019s body.\u00a0 The dance group of Matthew Nolan, Caroline Reade and Victor Sho do not have much to do but they do it with energy. They are the \u2018eye candy\u2019 with beautiful bodies especially Reade as the \u201cInner Goddess\u201d dominatrix, bare chested Kendell Hinds (replacing Nigerian Victor Sho for one week)\u00a0with six-pack abs and tall handsome ladies\u2019 man Mathew Nolan.<\/p>\n

The lyrics are bawdy and delicious with the music being played by an onstage three piece band of electric-piano, guitar and drums. The song titles are only partially suggestive of their \u201cmommy porn\u201d but you will get the idea what they convey especially \u201cThere is a Hole in Me\u201d (that has to be filled), \u201cRed Room of Pain\u201d and \u201cHow Much Can I Take?\u201d Not content with parody of \u2018the\u2019 book, the authors also take swipes at \u201cPhantom of the Opera\u201d (\u201cFollow Me Into the Night) and \u201cLe Miz\u201d (\u201c50 Shades\u201d).<\/p>\n

The finale combining \u201cHow Much Can I Take\u201d and \u201cHole Inside of Me\u201d and riotous curtain call led to an uproar of appreciation from the audience. All this compressed into \u00a090 minutes including the 15 minute intermission to allow the audience to visit the refreshment bar and point out to each other this point or that just in case they missed the innuendos. Actually innuendos were few and far between with in-your-face dialog and lyrics.<\/p>\n

It may not be for the couple from Des Moines or the residents of San Francisco Retirement Home but the denizens of San Francisco will flock to the show.Kedar K. Adour, MD<\/p>\n

Courtesy of www.theatreworldinternetmagazine.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ADDED NOTE:\u00a0 Kendell Hinds replaces Victor Sho for this performance and the following week. 50 SHADES! THE MUSICAL (The Original Parody of the \u201c50 Shades of Grey\u201d phenomenon). Marines\u2019 Memorial…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"yasr_overall_rating":0,"yasr_post_is_review":"","yasr_auto_insert_disabled":"","yasr_review_type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6724","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-kedar-k-adour"},"yasr_visitor_votes":{"stars_attributes":{"read_only":true,"span_bottom":"