Up Against It

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Up Against It is an unproduced script by Joe Orton that he wrote it for The Beatles at the height of their fame. Although they turned it down, many critics have stated that this was a bad move, as it could have repaired the fractures in their relationship. Paul McCartney once said in an interview that "We (The Beatles) didn't do it because it was gay. We weren't gay and really that was all there was to it."^{[citation needed]}

A musical theatre adaptation of Up Against It opened Off Broadway on 14 November 1989 with music by Todd Rundgren. He recorded and released the album in 1997. Several songs from the show, however, appeared on Rundgren's albums "Nearly Human" and "2nd Wind."