Lustily Ever After: The Musical

Clever, funny, fast paced musical theater at it’s best!... full review

Excellent writing and production. Rivals Broadway. Stephanie Bentley is extremely talented as well as the entire cast and crew.... full review

This is a playful, skillful, affectionate presentation of the cultural phenomenon of the romance novel. We careened through the flushed arousal, character stereotypes, and plot templates with joy and amusement. So fun! The playwright and actors were in control and we could relax and go for the ride. ... full review

Talent from every direction! The writing, the music, the acting, the overall production. Great fun to see -- laughed a lot, as did the rest of the audience! ... full review

Fun, sexy, and a all around great time filled with great performances, lots of laughs, and great music!... full review

Best Musical at Hollywood Fringe!... full review

Silly, campy, fun! Everything you’d want from a parody musical. Enjoyed all the references to some of my fave romance novels and I thought the actors were particularly fantastic in this. This one is for the booktok romance girlies :) ... full review

Clever and extremely entertaining! A good time from beginning to end. The show was executed well, written well, and performed well. The song lyrics were very clever. The show was a win all the way around. Definitely naughty but in a good way. ... full review

It's a hoot!... full review

Lustily Ever After is exactly the kind of joyful, unapologetic theater that the Fringe exists to champion. A sex-positive parody musical inspired by romance novels and powered by a soundtrack steeped in 90s pop nostalgia, the show dives headfirst into bodice-ripping fantasy and emerges as one of the most entertaining new musicals of the festival. Rather than simply mocking the romance genre, Lustily Ever After lovingly embraces its tropes (brooding heroes, surprises, impossibly sculpted torsos) while examining them through a satirical yet affectionate lens. The result is a show that is bold, self-aware, and delightfully campy.... full review