{"id":323304,"date":"2026-08-17T18:22:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T18:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/323304\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T18:22:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T18:22:08","slug":"troy-iwata-to-join-heated-rivalry-the-unauthorized-musical-parody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/323304\/","title":{"rendered":"Troy Iwata to join &#8216;Heated Rivalry: The Unauthorized Musical Parody&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Troy Iwata will join the company of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorktheatreguide.com\/show\/46638-heated-rivalry-the-unauthorized-musical-parody\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Heated Rivalry: The Unauthorized Musical Parody<\/a> as Shane Hollander. He takes over from Aaron Alcara at Off-Broadway venue The Culture Club from August 31.<\/p>\n<p>Inspired by the hit show about hockey, hot and steamy romp Heated Rivalry: The Unauthorized Musical Parody follows professional hockey players Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov as they begin a forbidden relationship off the rink. The production has been extended twice and is playing Off-Broadway through November 1.<\/p>\n<p>The current cast features Jay Armstrong Johnson as \u2018Ilya Rozanov\u2019 and Aaron Alcaraz as \u2018Shane Hollander,\u2019 with Ryann Redmond, Cherry Torres, and Ryan Duncan rounding out the ensemble, and Shelby Acosta, Daniel Brackett, Dean Cestari and Sujaya Sunkara as standbys.<\/p>\n<p>As previously announced, current company member Shelby Acosta will assume the role of \u2018Shane\u2019s Mom &amp; Others\u2019 beginning September 10, with Cherry Torres taking her final bow on September 9.<\/p>\n<p>Heated Rivalry: The Unauthorized Musical Parody has a book, music, lyrics, and orchestrations by Dylan MarcAurele; direction by Alan Kliffer; choreography by Brooke and Tiffany Engen; scenic design by Sully Ross; costume design by Brendan McCann; lighting design by Devin Cameron; and sound design by Germ\u00e1n Martinez.<\/p>\n<p>Get <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorktheatreguide.com\/show\/46638-heated-rivalry-the-unauthorized-musical-parody\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Heated Rivalry: The Unauthorized Musical Parody tickets<\/a> on New York Theatre Guide.<\/p>\n<p>Photo credit: Troy Iwata. (Photo by Austin Ruffer)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Troy Iwata will join the company of Heated Rivalry: The Unauthorized Musical Parody as Shane Hollander. He takes&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":323305,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[75,84,83,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-323304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=323304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323304\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/323305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=323304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=323304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}