50 SHADES! THE MUSICAL Download Available

By: Aug. 13, 2013
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The raucous and raunchy cast recording for the equally lewd and crude parody musical 50 SHADES! THE MUSICAL - based loosely on the best-selling 50 SHADES OF GREY novel series by E.L. James - is now available for digital download, with a CD release set for next month.

"Enter into the sensual world / Where Ana and Christian will bone," humorously sing the Book Club Ladies as they discuss the racy S&M-tinged romance in a book store byway of the opening number of the comedic adults-only show, currently touring the country.

"They'll get nasty / And sexy / And do what they wanna do!" the bookworms sing as they start to let loose - an ideal metaphor for the liberation afforded to many through the apparent adult magic present in the material and the sway it holds over readers - and, now, theatre patrons.

The official description of 50 SHADES! THE MUSICAL is such: "50 SHADES! THE MUSICAL" opens with a trio of girlfriends setting aside staid book club fare in favor of a sexier sort of page-turner. Interest piqued, they devour the novel while the characters' delicious affair comes to life before their eyes. The musical is an uproarious rollercoaster ride through this unlikely bestseller, performed by a talented cast of nine and a rocking live band."

50 SHADES! THE MUSICAL was written by Al Samuels, Amanda B. Davis, Emily Dorezas, Jody Shelton, Ashley Ward and Dan Wessels, featuring direction by Samuels.

The track-list for the original cast recording of 50 SHADES! THE MUSICAL is as follows:

Open Your Heart (Book Club Ladies)
There Was a Hole Inside of Me (Book Club Ladies and Anastasia Steele)
Could This Be the One (Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey)
Mi Amor (Jose Rodriguez)
Follow Him (Christian Grey, Book Club Ladies, Anastasia Steele)
I Don't Make Love (Christian Grey and Book Club Ladies)
Red Room (Christian Grey)
Any Other Couple (Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey)
50 Shades! (Book Club Ladies)
50 Shades! - Reprise (Book Club Ladies)
How Much Can I Take (Anastasia Steele, Christian Grey and Cast)
There's a Hole Inside of Me - Reprise (Full Cast)
Butthole In Control (Bonus Track)

The new cast album for 50 SHADES! THE MUSICAL was produced by Matt Pierson and Andrew Asnes and features Amber Petty, Chris Grace, Glennis McCarthy, Meghan Murphy, Jessica Joy, Emily Eden, Spencer Rose, Nick Semar, Matthew Nolan, Caroline Reade and Victor Sho.

For the original BroadwayWorld article on the release and more on the show, click here.

50 SHADES! THE MUSICAL is available for download now. The CD will be released September 24.

Even more information on 50 SHADES! THE MUSICAL is available at the official site here.

So, are you titillated by the prospect of a parody musical version of the decade's sexiest best-seller?



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