Gutenberg! The Musical on Broadway: Show Is Now Closed
Gutenberg! The Musical Summary
- Show Status: Closed
- Genre: Musical
- Gutenberg! The Musical is 135 minutes long, including an intermission of 15 minutes
- 8 Shows per week
- Previews Began: September 15, 2023
- Show Opened : October 12, 2023
- Show Closed: January 28, 2024
A pair of aspiring playwrights, perform a backer’s audition for their new project: a musical about the inventor of the printing press, Johannes Gutenberg.
What's Gutenberg! The Musical Like?
Bud and Doug, are a pair of aspiring playwrights, who perform a financial backer’s audition for their new project: a musical about printing press inventor Johannes Gutenberg.
The duo sing all the songs and play all the parts in the show with the hope that the producers will give them a Broadway contract. The inept show-within-a-show parodies many musical theater conventions and borrows heavily from other shows.
Johann Gutenberg Invents The Printing Press
The show is play-within-a-play and is set in 1436. It's about Johann Gutenberg a wine presser in the medieval German town of Schlimer who unwittingly invents the printing press.
Is Gutenberg! The Musical Good for Kids?
This show is appropriate for children over the age of 14
Gutenberg! The Musical on Broadway Background
Andrew Rannells and Josh Gad Star In Gutenberg! The Musical
Tony Award-nominated actors Andrew Rannells and Josh Gad return to Broadway in Gutenberg! The Musical
The original Book of Mormon costars will headline Gutenberg! The Musical, a two-hander slated for a 20-week limited engagement at the James Earl Jones Theatre in Fall 2023.
Theatre Information
James Earl Jones Theatre
New York, NY 10019
Cast Members
- Bud Davenport
- Andrew Rannells
- Doug Simon
- Josh Gad
Producers
Ambassador Theatre Group Productions
Patrick Catullo
Bad Robot Live
Seth A. Goldstein
Isaac Robert Hurwitz
Kristin Caskey
Mike Isaacson
Production Credits
- Director
- Alex Timbers
Creative Team
- Playwright
- Scott Brown
- Playwright
- Anthony King