50 Shades! The Musical Parody at Broadway Playhouse

Chicago Tribune - Somewhat Recommended

"...For all its strengths, though, this production still feels as if it hasn't negotiated the hard limits of a prime-time offering. (I know they want to sell drinks, but getting rid of the unnecessary intermission would help.) The skimpy production values that wouldn't detract on a late-night sketch stage feel like an insulting afterthought at these prices. More crucially, one wishes that the three ladies who leer in the book club could ultimately register as more than a generic Greek chorus of frustrated females. After all, they are stand-ins for the legions of women whose appetite for Naughty Lite made this whole enterprise possible."

Centerstage - Somewhat Recommended

"...Peppered with eleven double entendre-spiced songs, such as “How Much Can I Take,” “I Don’t Make Love, I F#%k” and the oft-reprised “There’s a Hole Inside of Me,” the liquored-up, mostly female opening night audience screamed with naughty glee; for others, this show filled with feather ticklers, whips and handcuffs was, at best, mildly amusing. A 15-minute intermission provides the audience opportunity to refuel their liquor for Act II. When a show’s funniest line comes when Anastasia blurts out, “This is real life, not a book! If it were a book, it would be terrible!” it says it all."

ShowBizChicago - Highly Recommended

"...50 Shades! The Musical will certainly find their critics, but I for one can look beyond the surface and see the pure fun and enjoyment the audience gets out of the show.  For opening night, there was not one person who didn’t leave the theatre without a smile on their face.  Who could ask for anything more?  Ok, well, enough of writing this review, I have to go an assemble by new sling.  I hope the ceiling hooks hold up!"