WNTMTSUFKO INTERVIEW: GLASGOW LYMAN AND JEFF ROSICK
INTERVIEW: GLASGOW LYMAN & JEFF ROSICK
BY RYAN M. LUÉVANO
Writers and producers Glasgow Lyman and Jeff Rosick are bringing a world premiere musical to the 2018 Hollywood Fringe Festival. This dark comedy musical is called: WNTMTSUFKO: We Need This Musical To Stop Us From Killing Ourselves. In this Tin Pan L.A. exclusive Glasgow Lyman and Jeff Rosick discuss their inspiration for WNTMTSUFKO: We Need This Musical To Stop Us From Killing Ourselves and what audiences can expect from this dark comedy musical about staying alive.
Glasgow LYMAN: As seen on a Sussex Directories Inc site.
What are each of your backgrounds in terms of theater?
Well, we both have been to the theatre once before, and I feel asleep, but Jeff stayed awake the
whole time!
How would you describe your musical in a nutshell?
We Need This Musical To Stop Us From Killing Ourselves: The Musical follows Sarah, a struggling
singer, and Mitchell, a failing actor, as they contemplate suicide. After some bargaining with their
mutual therapist, the two find singular hope in a shared creative outlet in order to stay alive:
putting on an original musical. WNTMTSUFKO: The Musical is a dark comedy that celebrates
friendships, musicals, and the bleakness of it all – and it has a catchy acronym!
What inspired you to write this show? Why tell this story?
Jeff had a witch visit him in a dream and told him that if we didn’t write this show, our families
would be cursed for ten generations. We went to a healer in Silver Lake to get the curse
removed, but instead we walked away with overpriced sage that we smudged our house with. I
think in the end we came out on top.
When writing this piece where did you start?
Well, first we read Stephen King’s book “On Writing.” Then we wrote then middle of our show
and worked backwards. We then wrote the beginning, rewrote the middle, listened to the
audiobook of “On Writing” and finally we paid somebody in Romania to write it for us, but we
got a geology term paper instead.
Jeff Rosick.
How do you work together as composers, lyricist and librettist?
One of us sits around drinking wine while the other does the work. There’s yelling involved.
What influenced the music for this show?
We developed a groundbreaking concept that we call “musical monastery,” where we strictly limit our daily musical intake. For this particular show that meant eliminating all music from our lives except “Gasolina” and “Macho Man.”
What can audiences expect from your show?
I think it’s safe to say that our audience can expect to come to our show as PBR, and leave as the
champagne of beers.
Any final thoughts about the show you’d like to share?
If you come see our show, we can personally guarantee that you’ll have seen the show. Also, no refunds.
MORE INFO:
Music, Book, & Lyrics by Jeff Rosick (Friday Night Lights) & Glasgow Lyman
Performances:
June 1st at 10PM
June 9th at 9:30PM
June 16th at 10:30PM
ADMISSION: $10
LOCATION:Stephanie Feury Studio Theatre, 5636 Melrose Ave
ONLINE TICKETING: http://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/5103
ESTIMATED RUNNING TIME: 35 minutes
CONSUMER ADVISORY: Adult themes!
