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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Oct 5, 2009
Closed Oct 17, 2009

Playing at
TBG Theatre

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FESTIVAL INFORMATION:

This show is part of the NYMF 2009 Festival.

WHAT IS IT ABOUT?

Stevie and Connie seem like the perfect couple until a humiliating search for a wedding dress pushes Connie to leave her chubby would-be-hubby in search of the perfect diet. Connie becomes a fanatical follower of Dr. Dan, diet guru and host of American Weight Loss Idol. Soon Connie is starring on TV as his newest singing weight-loss sensation, leaving love-lorn Stevie to get help from a wacky cast of characters, including a Nutrition Nun who smashes junk food with her Bible, and a Jamaican proud of her plus-size hips and big, beautiful boobies. Can Stevie and friends save her before she becomes the ultimate Skinny B*tch?

THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:

TBG Theatre
312 W 36th St
New York, NY 10018

WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?

[Ed. Note: This is the second in a series of TM review roundups of shows in the sixth annual New York Musical Theatre Festival.]

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The title song that opens the appealing new musical F#@cking Up Everything, now at the 45th Street Theatre, has a raucous chorus that makes you think this is going to be a real indie rock musical. But then the song turns into a litany of the many ways to use the f-word, suddenly sounding less like rock and more like a musical theater patter song -- albeit one firmly grounded in the gleefully foul-mouthed South Park era.

And if you think that Jake (Neil Haskell), the grungy, good-looking guy singing that song is going to be our main character, [...]

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Reviewed by Brooke Pierce, Patrick Lee, Andy Propst on Oct 14, 2009