Rock musical F#%KING UP EVERYTHING makes its off-Broadway debut this month (photo by Bethany Jacobsen)
F#%KING UP EVERYTHING
Elektra Theatre
669 Eighth Ave. between 42nd & 43rd Sts.
Previews begin March 15, $25-$30
Opens March 24 (through May 18), $25-$79 ($49 tickets available for $39 with code RRM39)
866-811-4111
www.fuckingupeverything.com
The people behind the rock musical F#%King Up Everything clearly have a sense of humor. The show, which was a winner at the 2009 New York Musical Theatre Festival and will be making its off-Broadway debut March 15, has taken flack over its name, which it just changed because of the controversy. “We’ve agonized over this issue since the show first took the stage,” producer Jeremy Handelman said in a statement announcing that the original name, F#@King Up Everything, would be changed to F#%King Up Everything. “But I believe in change, and this opens up a whole new window of opportunity for the marketing of our show.” F#%King Up Everything tells the story of a potential Brooklyn romance between children’s puppeteer Christian Schwartzelberg (Max Crumm) and singer-songwriter Juliana (Katherine Cozumel). The book was written by David Eric Davis and Sam Forman, with music and lyrics by Davis; the show is directed and choreographed by Jen Wineman, with orchestrations and music direction by Matt Hinkley. The cast also includes George Salazar, Lisa Birnbaum, Jason Gotay, Dawn Cantwell, and Douglas Widick.
TICKET GIVEAWAY: F#%King Up Everything begins previews March 15 prior to a March 24 opening at the Elektra Theatre, and twi-ny has four pairs of tickets (good through April 27) to give away for free. Just send your name, daytime phone number, and all-time-favorite curse phrase to contest@twi-ny.com by Thursday, March 7, at 5:00 to be eligible. All entrants must be twenty-one years of age or older; four winners will be selected at random. All responses will be kept confidential.