Theatre review: Heated Rivalry:The Unauthorized Musical Parody

In recent years quickly churned-out parody musicals based on the latest pop culture hit have become increasingly common and I've largely avoided them as likely to be cheap and easy cash-ins. In the case of Horny Hockey Show there's been multiple competing parodies at the same time, but with actual established musical theatre actor Zheng Xi Yong playing Shane Hollander I figured Dylan MarcAurele's (book, music and lyrics) Heated Rivalry Colon The Unauthorized Musical Parody seemed the most promising. And while I can't comment on the quality of any of its, well, rivals, I can say that Alan Kliffer's production is slick fun. Lots of studios have recently announced knock-off sports romances, invariably with straight couples in the lead, having presumably missed the point entirely and thought the big attraction was the hockey.From the off this show knows exactly what the point was, namely that a lot of straight women, possibly all named Susan, like watching young men with big asses getting…