HARTFORD - The musical spoof, “Gutenberg the Musical," presented by Sea Tea Improv, has a “pair of aspiring playwrights
perform a backers’ audition for their new project - a big, splashy musical
about printing press inventor Johann Gutenberg,” according to a release.
“With an unending supply of
enthusiasm, Bud (Dan Russell) and Doug (Greg Ludovici) sing all the songs and
play all the parts in their crass historical epic, with the hope that one of
the producers in attendance will give them a Broadway contract - fulfilling
their ill-advised dreams.”
Accompanist is Kevin Scott as Charles
and producer is Julia Pistell, director is Casey Grambo, the release said.
Performances are: Nov. 14 at
8p.m.; Nov. 15 at 8p.m. and Nov. 16 at 2 p.m.
Tickets are $15.
Here is the link for purchasing
tickets:
Also in the release (shared here
unedited):
“Original Music Direction and
Arrangements by T.O. Sterrett. "Gutenberg! The Musical!" was produced
Off-Broadway in 2007 by Trevor Brown, Ron Kastner, Terry Allen Kramer, and
Joseph Smith in association with the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. American
Premiere presented at The 2006 New York Musical Theatre Festival. Originally produced
by Trevor Brown at Jermyn Street Theatre, London, January 2006.
Originally developed at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre.
GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL! was the
first Off-Broadway transfer for the acclaimed Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre.
After the developmental run at UCBT, the show enjoyed its critically acclaimed
world premiere at the Jermyn Street Theatre in London in January 2006. These
performances featured authors Scott Brown and Anthony King in the starring
roles of "Bud" and "Doug."
In September 2006, the U.S. premiere
of GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL! was presented as part of the third annual New York
Musical Theatre Festival, where it received three NYMF Awards, including
Excellence in Musical Theatre Writing (Book) for Scott Brown and Anthony King.
A limited Off-Broadway engagement followed at the 59E59 Theater in December
2006, followed by a transfer to The Actors' Playhouse in Greenwich Village in
January of 2007. The Off-Broadway production closed on May 6, 2007.
The show is licensed and published
by Samuel French Inc.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Scott Brown is a writer, critic and
performer. His work has appeared in Wired (for which he is a monthly columnist),
Entertainment Weekly, GQ, New York, and Time, among other outlets. He's
appeared at The Upright Citizens Brigade Theater on several occasions. Also
with Anthony King, he's developed pilots for CBS and A&E. Also with Anthony
King, he was raised in Durham, NC. Scott's "funny" "songs"
sometimes appear suddenly and without warning on the internet, and disappear
almost as fast. He's cool with that.
Anthony King is a writer, director,
and performer currently living in Los Angeles where he performs regularly at
the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. His TV writing credits include Save Me
(NBC), Best Friends Forever (NBC), A Night of Too Many Stars (Comedy Central)
(for which he received an Emmy nomination) and more. Anthony's regional and NYC
theatre directing credits include: 1940s Radio Hour, Joseph And The Amazing
Technicolor Dreamcoat, Mister (starring Anthony Rapp), A Chorus Line and many
others. Other notable directing credits: The Patriots (HBO Aspen Comedy
Festival), Aziz Ansari Punched A Wall, Who's your Daddy? (Edinburgh Fringe
Festival), God's Pottery (Edinburgh Fringe Festival, "Best
Newcomers"), Listen Kid (NY Music Theatre Festival), and others. He was
also the Assistant Director of the Off-Broadway shows Summer of '42 and The Wild
Party (Lippa). And he was the Artistic Director of the UCB Theatre in NYC from
2005-2011. Anthony has written for GQ, Details, and Entertainment Weekly
magazines and he's a regular contibuter to the work of Improv Everywhere. You
can find him online at theanthonyking.com
In addition to GUTENBERG!, Scott and
Anthony have written other music together, including the titular song in the
TheatreworksUSA touring production of If You Give A Pig A Pancake & Other
Story Books, the songs "Can I Get A Napkin Please," "I Love
Lunch," "Let's Squish Our Fruits Together" and "You're
Never Too Old To Sit On Santa" for Improv Everywhere's Spontaneous
Musicals (seen by more than 9 million people on YouTube!), and a series of songs
based on real Craigslist posts for Details Magazine. They are currently at work
on the most amazing new musical ever.?
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