GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL!
Previews: June 3 and 4
June 5—28
Thursday—Saturday at 8 p.m.
Matinee performances Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m.
Runtime: approx. 90 minutes with a 15-minute intermission.
Dad’s Garage oldheads will remember when we performed this vibrant musical in 2014 to the delight of critics and laypeople alike. Well, we’re doing it again, only bigger and better!
Karen Cassady and Travis Sharp of the Dad’s Garage ensemble bring Bud, Doug, and their disastrously beautiful musical creation to life onstage with the authentic, infectious, and spontaneous charm and charisma of our improv performances, but with all the pizazz, panache, and delusions of production value found only in modern spectacle theatre!
The Plot
GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL! is a two-person show within a show—this comedically conceived, choreographed, scored, and written theatrical romp brings to life the (allegedly) improvised two-man version of best pals Bud and Doug’s magnum opus, GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL!, as they dazzle an audience of potential producers and investors at the most outrageous, bombastic, and melodically catchy backers’ audition ever conceived on The Great White Way.
On its face, this explosively funny and ingenious spectacle is about Johann Gutenberg and the creation of the printing press (or, at the very least, it’s about what Bud and Doug retained after a five-minute scroll of Google search results about the topic), but it’s really about the hilarious heights achieved by the love two best buds have for one another in the pursuit of a crazy, off-the-wall dream.
What the Critics are Saying
“This uproarious show delivers big laughs!”
Entertainment Weekly“You’ll head into the night smiling widely, thankful for musical theatre!”
Daily Beast“★★★★★ a master class in musical comedy.”
New York Stage Review
…at least, that’s what the critics said about the 2024 Tony Award Nominee - Best Revival of a Musical production in New York City, and we’re sure you’ll say the same of this smash-hit Broadway musical comedy produced at Dad’s Garage!
GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL! is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals.
