GUTENBERG THE MUSICAL -- Off-B'way Transfer Announcement

Press Contact:
Bill Coyle / 646-733-5300 / bill@shaffer-coyle.com
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“A smashing success!” - The New York Times
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“Inspired!” - The New Yorker
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“Uproarious!” - The Associated Press
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“Clever...Lots of genuine laughs!” – New York Post
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“Riotously funny!” - Time Out New York
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“Delicious! Hilarious!” - The Village Voice
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“A dead-on musical comedy!” - The New York Sun

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TRANSFERS DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND!
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THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED MUSICAL COMEDY
TO CONTINUE AT THE ACTORS PLAYHOUSE
FOLLOWING A SMASH ENGAGEMENT AT 59E59 THEATERS
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10-WEEK LIMITED ENGAGEMENT BEGINS TUES., JAN. 16
RE-OPENS SUN., JAN. 21, 2007 AT 7:00 P.M.

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Due to critical acclaim and popular demand, Gutenberg! The Musical!, the musical comedy by Scott Brown and Anthony King directed by Obie Award winner Alex Timbers, will transfer to The Actors’ Playhouse (100 Seventh Avenue South in Greenwich Village) for a 10-week limited engagement, following a critically acclaimed limited engagement at 59E59 Theaters, where it played from November 21 – December 31, 2006 (opened on Sunday, December 3). Gutenberg! The Musical!, starring Christopher Fitzgerald and Jeremy Shamos, will begin performances at The Actors’ Playhouse on Tuesday, January 16, 2007. The Opening is Sunday, January 21 at 7:00 P.M.
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In this two-man musical spoof, a pair of aspiring playwrights, Bud Davenport (Mr. Fitzgerald) and Doug Simon (Mr. Shamos), perform a backers’ audition for their new project - a big, splashy musical about printing press inventor Johann Gutenberg. With an unending supply of enthusiasm, Bud and Doug 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.
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Gutenberg! The Musical! is presented Off-Broadway by Trevor Brown, Ron Kastner, Terry Allen Kramer and Joseph Smith in association with the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre.
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Gutenberg! The Musical! marks the first Off-Broadway transfer for the acclaimed Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, where it was originally developed in 2003. UCBT showcased an excerpt of the musical at the 2005 New York Musical Theatre Festival as part of the NYMF Comedy Series.

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Gutenberg! The Musical! had its world premiere in a critically acclaimed production at The Jermyn Street Theatre in London in January 2006. All of these presentations and productions were devised and performed by the authors, Scott Brown and Anthony King.
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The U.S. premiere of Gutenberg! The Musical!, starring Christopher Fitzgerald and Jeremy Shamos, was presented in September 2006 as part of the third annual New York Musical Theatre Festival, where it received three NYMF Awards – one for Excellence in Musical Theatre Writing (Book) for Scott Brown and Anthony King, and two for Outstanding Individual Performances for both Christopher Fitzgerald and Jeremy Shamos.
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The company of Gutenberg! The Musical! also includes Ryan Karels. Gutenberg! The Musical! has musical direction and arrangements by T.O. Sterrett. The musical has lighting design by Tyler Micoleau and costume design by Emily Rebholz.
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The performance schedule for Gutenberg! The Musical! is as follows: Tuesday through Friday at 8:00 P.M., Saturday at 7:00 and 10:00 P.M., and Sunday at 3:00 and 7:00 P.M.
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Tickets for Gutenberg! The Musical! are scaled at $25.00 - $50.00 and are now available via Telecharge.com at (212) 239-6200.
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For Group Sales (20% off for groups of 10 or more) please call: The Splinter Group (General Management) at 212-354-8833.
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For more information, please visit www.gutenbergthemusical.com.
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WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING

ABOUT
GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL!
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“A smashing success! Very funny...

Scott Brown and Anthony King are superb comic writers.

Christopher Fitzgerald and Jeremy Shamos

are an excellent duo.”
- Jason Zinoman, The New York Times
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“There are a lot of genuine laughs in Gutenberg!...

all cleverly executed by the hilarious Fitzgerald and Shamos.”
- Frank Scheck, New York Post
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“Inspired, flawlessly calibrated and smart.

A thoroughly winning, dead-on musical comedy directed

with playfulness and precision by Alex Timbers.

Fitzgerald and Shamos strike the perfect tone.”
- Laura Collins-Hughes, The New York Sun
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“Hysterically funny!

Writers King and Brown produced an uproarious script.

The exquisite comic timing of Fitzgerald and Shamos

leaves the audience howling with laughter.

Timbers’ direction is seamless.”
- Erin McClam, Associated Press
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“Riotously funny, thanks to adorably enthusiastic

performances from Jeremy Shamos and

Christopher Fitzgerald under the tight

direction of Alex Timbers.”
- Raven Snook, Time Out New York
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“An inspired parody of Broadway bombast.”
- Pamela Renner, The New Yorker
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“Brilliant.”
- Jeremy McCarter, New York Magazine (Approval Matrix)
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“Hilarious and immensely satisfying

- a delicious comic success!

Fitzgerald and Shamos give tireless

and endearing performances.”
- Andy Propst, Village Voice
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“Christopher Fitzgerald and Jeremy Shamos are exemplary.

The actors, having been greatly aide by director Alex Timbers,

pull off the yuks with aplomb.”
- Steven Suskin, Variety
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“So bloody good! The funniest jokes in any musical of 2006!

Fresher, more vibrant, and more truthful than most

of what you see on Broadway today.

Fitzgerald and Shamos are brilliant.”
- Matthew Murray, Talkin’ Broadway
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