Gutenberg! The Musical Printed at NYMF, 9/22-9/30

By: Aug. 18, 2006
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The U.S. premiere of Anthony King and Scott Brown's Gutenberg! The Musical! will take place as part of the third annual New York Musical Theatre Festival.  Performances begin on Friday, September 22 at The Sage Theatre (711 Seventh Avenue); it will run through September 30.   

Following its critically acclaimed world premiere production at London's Jermyn Street Theatre in January 2006, Gutenberg! The Musical! returns to The New York Musical Theatre Festival, where an excerpt of the musical was showcased as part of the NYMF Comedy Series last year.  It will be presented by NYMF and Trevor Brown, Ron Kastner and Joseph Smith.

"In the two-man musical spoof, a pair of aspiring playwrights, Bud Davenport and Doug Simon, perform a backers audition for their new project - a great big musical about printing press inventor Johann Gutenberg. They hope that one of the producers in the audience will give them a Broadway contract - fulfilling their ill-advised dreams.  With an unending supply of charm, enthusiasm and idiocy, and accompanied by Larry, their pianist, Bud and Doug sing all the songs and play all the parts in their crass historical epic, using only baseball caps to differentiate between the show's 30 characters," according to press notes.

 

Gutenberg! The Musical! was first developed at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in 2003. Previous presentations were devised and performed by the authors, Anthony King and Scott Brown.

The performance schedule is as follows: Friday, September 22 at 8:00 PM; Monday, September 25 at 4:30 PM; Wednesday, September 27 at 8:00 PM; Thursday, September 28 at 8:00 PM; Saturday, September 30 at 1:00 PM and Saturday, September 30 at 4:30 PM.

Individual tickets for Gutenberg! The Musical! are $20.00 and are available online at www.NYMF.org or by calling www.TheaterMania.com at 212-352-3101 beginning September 1, 2006.  Advance Booking is available to NYMF Members exclusively from August 1, 2006. For more information, visit www.NYMF.org.


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