The original Off-Broadway cast album of Heated Rivalry: The Unauthorized Musical Parody is now out on CD, two months after its digital release, and copies are on sale in person at The Culture Club, where the show plays through January 17.
The physical edition comes from Center Stage Records and producer Alan Kliffer, who announced it on November 11. Beyond the venue at 520 W 27th St, the disc can be ordered from the label’s own store at CenterStageRecords.com, and Amazon is now taking pre-orders.
The recording preserves the company that opened the show Off-Broadway: Jay Armstrong Johnson as Ilya Rozanov and Jimin Moon as Shane Hollander, with Ryann Redmond, Cherry Torres, Ryan Duncan, Shelby Acosta and Daniel Brackett completing the ensemble. When the album first appeared digitally on September 18, it entered the iTunes Soundtrack Charts at No. 1.
Lloyd Kikoler produced the album. Dylan MarcAurele, who wrote the show’s book, music and lyrics and handled its orchestrations, co-produced it with music director Mateo Chavez Lewis, and Kliffer, Christian Palomares and Sean Nyberg are the executive producers.
Kliffer also directs the stage production, a comic send-up of the television hockey romance that was first booked for eight weeks. It has since recouped and extended three times, and the current company, now with Troy Iwata as Shane, was due to be filmed for the New York Public Library’s Theatre on Film and Tape Archive on November 10.
Tickets for Heated Rivalry: The Unauthorized Musical Parody are on sale now for performances through Sunday, January 17, 2027.
