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GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL! 
Presented by
Plan-B Theatre Company
at
Egyptian Theatre
June 3-June 19, 2011
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It's the return of Plan-B Theatre Company's wacky spoof of a musical, this time to Park City. With infectious enthusiasm, Bud and Doug, a pair of aspiring playwrights, perform a backers' audition for their new project - a not-so-great, big, splashy musical about the inventor of the printing press, Johann Gutenberg. With an unending supply of hope and passion, Bud and Doug sing all the songs and play all the parts in their crass historical epic, with the hope that there's a producer in attendance that will give them a Broadway contract ? fulfilling their ill-advised dreams! it's satirical, witty, campy, sympathetic, and outrageous all rolled into one!
Named Best Local Theatre Production - City Weekly; Best Comedy - Deseret News; & Best Play - Q Salt Lake
Written by Scott Brown and Anthony King
Featuring Kirt Bateman and Jay Perry
Musically Directed by Sean Sekino
Choreographed by Colleen Lewis
Designed by Jerry Rapier and Randy Rasmussen
Stage Managed by Jennifer Freed
Directed by Jerry Rapier
Park City's Egyptian Theatre presents Plan-B Theatre Company's GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL! as part of the Musicals on Main Series.
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Egyptian Theatre
328 Main Street
Park City, UT 84060
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Tickets: $18-$25
Info Phone: (435) 649-9371
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Dates & Times
Dates:
June 3-June 19, 2011
Times:
Friday and Saturday 8:00pm, Sunday 6:00pm
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Event Name: GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL!
"‘Gutenberg!’ delivers silly fun, lots of energy"
Review
posted by:
Barbara Bannon
from Salt Lake City, UT,
Jun 08, 2011
"Bateman and Perry are veterans of the
earlier production, so it’s interesting
to watch them adapt their performances
from the compressed confines of the
Rose’s Studio Theatre to the much...
Expand
"Bateman and Perry are veterans of the
earlier production, so it’s interesting
to watch them adapt their performances
from the compressed confines of the
Rose’s Studio Theatre to the much
roomier Egyptian stage. Basically
they’ve just made everything bigger and
more outrageous, but what becomes clear
in the transition is that both have very
acceptable singing voices, and an
intimidating energy level. They fling
themselves around the stage, executing
Colleen Lewis’s funky dance steps that
appear to have been lifted from an old
Busby Berkeley film run amok.
A chief source of humor is, of course,
the hats. Merely keeping them in order
is a challenge, but Bateman and Perry do
much more: They dance with them, throw
them, pile them on top of their heads to
change characters fast, hold several in
each hand to create a group, even string
them on a rope to form a chorus line.
Just thinking about it is exhausting..."
read more at http://bit.ly/j5EMMG
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Event Name: GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL!
"'Gutenberg!' comedy returns to Plan-B"
Review
posted by:
Erica Hansen
from Salt Lake City, UT,
Jun 08, 2011
"Every now and then, a musical comes
along that is quirky enough to break
through the clutter, charming enough to
get you talking and memorable enough
that you want to see it — again and...
Expand
"Every now and then, a musical comes
along that is quirky enough to break
through the clutter, charming enough to
get you talking and memorable enough
that you want to see it — again and
again.
Such is the case with "Gutenberg! The
Musical!"
The summer series "Musicals on Main," a
partnership between Plan-B Theatre
Company and The Egyptian Theatre in Park
City, will see the return of this wildly
popular musical comedy, starring Kirt
Bateman and Jay Perry..." read more at
http://bit.ly/mKWpZE
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Event Name: GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL!
""...a supreme romp worthy of the exclamation point.""
Review
posted by:
Les
from Salt Lake City, UT,
Jun 08, 2011
"Gutenberg’s novelty, immensely
appreciated by the audience, relies on
two characters swapping baseball caps
with embroidered and stenciled character
names indicating that should a Broadway...
Expand
"Gutenberg’s novelty, immensely
appreciated by the audience, relies on
two characters swapping baseball caps
with embroidered and stenciled character
names indicating that should a Broadway
producer pick up the show written by
Simon and Davenport, its realization
would feature scores of wenches, drunks,
and Schlimmer townspeople to pull off
the big production numbers. Here, genius
of minimalism abounds as the characters
manage to pull off set pieces including
an heroine with an odd assortment of
rats and feces, a vocal quartet, and an
11-character chorus kickline with just
two legs..." read more at
http://bit.ly/kCicPe
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Event Name: GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL!
"Gutenberg! Darn-tootin-berg!"
Review
posted by:
Erin Walton
from Salt Lake City, UT,
Jun 08, 2011
"The audience is initially greeted by a
reasonably bare stage with simply a
piano, technical engineer and upwards of
30 hats with various names written
across them. As Bud and Doug begin their...
Expand
"The audience is initially greeted by a
reasonably bare stage with simply a
piano, technical engineer and upwards of
30 hats with various names written
across them. As Bud and Doug begin their
presentation, they explain their goals
and also walk the audience through the
process of writing a musical. They
introduce all their characters, and
entertain us with phenomenal music and
unique lyrics. Watching these 2 men
work, is like watching a bizarre circus
of talent..." -continued at
http://www.backstageutah.com/reviews/?
p=150
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Event Name: GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL!
"Gutenberg! The Musical!"
Review
posted by:
Mike Abu
from Salt Lake City, UT,
Jun 08, 2011
"If I had to sum up the play in a single
word, I’d call it delightful. Gutenberg!
The Musical! is a play based loosely on
the life of Johannes Gutenberg, the
enigmatic father of the printing...
Expand
"If I had to sum up the play in a single
word, I’d call it delightful. Gutenberg!
The Musical! is a play based loosely on
the life of Johannes Gutenberg, the
enigmatic father of the printing press,
and the little German town of Schlimmer
where he originally operated his wine
press. I say “loosely” because the
storyline involves not just a
historically fictitious reenactment of
Gutenberg and his invention, but the
story of two the fictional playmakers
who had written the Gutenberg play and
hoped to get the play produced with a
strong opening night pitch that very
evening. Accordingly, the actors treat
the audience as potentially filled with
powerful Broadway producers who could
make their dream a reality with a simple
nod of the head, making the playmakers’
nervous enthusiasm appear completely
genuine. Their chipper, almost naïve
candor with the audience managed to
break the fourth wall in a very natural
manner..." -
www.slugmag.com/exclusive/2863/Gutenberg
-The-Musical.html
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Event Name: GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL!
"Rolling in the aisles with hilarious Gutenberg!"
Review
posted by:
Jenniffer Wardell
from Salt Lake City, UT,
Jun 08, 2011
"You always hear people tell you about
laughing at something so hard they
started crying or rolling in the aisles,
but unless you were there it’s always
just a little hard to believe them....
Expand
"You always hear people tell you about
laughing at something so hard they
started crying or rolling in the aisles,
but unless you were there it’s always
just a little hard to believe them.
Humor is such a subjective thing, and
anyone who’s had to sit through at least
one supposedly hilarious but in reality
painfully dull night of anything is
always going to be just a little
suspicious.
Which is why I’ll understand if you
don’t believe me when I say that
“Gutenberg! The Musical,” currently
playing at the Egyptian Theatre in Park
City, made me laugh so hard I could
barely breathe. The story of two idiots
who are madly in love with what may be
the worst musical of all time,
“Gutenberg!” is so wrong – the opening
scene feels like the greatest extended
dead baby joke of all time – and yet so
innocently enthusiastic that you can’t
stop laughing. It’s like “South Park”
through the eyes of the two sweetest 12-
year-olds you’ll ever meet..." -
www.examiner.com
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Event Name: GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL!
"Gutenberg! is Wow!"
Review
posted by:
Tony Porter
from Salt Lake City, UT,
Jun 08, 2011
"I don’t want to give away any jokes
(and this shows is packed with them) so
here is as brief a synopsis as I can
give without ruining the fun:Two
characters named Bud and Doug, the
fictional...
Expand
"I don’t want to give away any jokes
(and this shows is packed with them) so
here is as brief a synopsis as I can
give without ruining the fun:Two
characters named Bud and Doug, the
fictional authors of a musical about
Johannes Gutenberg, pitch their show to
producers who might put their show up on
Broadway. Because they don’t have a cast
or an orchestra, Bud and Doug wear hats
with the nearly 30 characters’ names on
them and play all of the roles
themselves. In the play-within-a-play,
Johann Gutenberg is a wine presser who
invents the printing press. An evil monk
tries to stop him, and a beautiful girl
named Helvetica loves him.The storyline
is completely fictitious, which of
course makes the earnestness of its
fictional creators even more amusing.
... I laughed until I cried and even on
a couple of bits until I started to see
stars from oxygen deprivation. If you
like musicals, you’ll love this show.
If you don’t like musicals, you’ll still
love this show." -
utahtheaterbloggers.com
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Event Name: GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL!
"‘Gutenberg!’ delivers silly fun, lots of energy"
Review
posted by:
Barbara Bannon
from Salt Lake City, UT,
Jun 08, 2011
"Bateman and Perry are veterans of the
earlier production, so it’s interesting
to watch them adapt their performances
from the compressed confines of the
Rose’s Studio Theatre to the much...
Expand
"Bateman and Perry are veterans of the
earlier production, so it’s interesting
to watch them adapt their performances
from the compressed confines of the
Rose’s Studio Theatre to the much
roomier Egyptian stage. Basically
they’ve just made everything bigger and
more outrageous, but what becomes clear
in the transition is that both have very
acceptable singing voices, and an
intimidating energy level. They fling
themselves around the stage, executing
Colleen Lewis’s funky dance steps that
appear to have been lifted from an old
Busby Berkeley film run amok.
A chief source of humor is, of course,
the hats. Merely keeping them in order
is a challenge, but Bateman and Perry do
much more: They dance with them, throw
them, pile them on top of their heads to
change characters fast, hold several in
each hand to create a group, even string
them on a rope to form a chorus line.
Just thinking about it is exhausting..."
read more at http://bit.ly/j5EMMG
Collapse
-
Event Name: GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL!
"'Gutenberg!' comedy returns to Plan-B"
Review
posted by:
Erica Hansen
from Salt Lake City, UT,
Jun 08, 2011
"Every now and then, a musical comes
along that is quirky enough to break
through the clutter, charming enough to
get you talking and memorable enough
that you want to see it — again and...
Expand
"Every now and then, a musical comes
along that is quirky enough to break
through the clutter, charming enough to
get you talking and memorable enough
that you want to see it — again and
again.
Such is the case with "Gutenberg! The
Musical!"
The summer series "Musicals on Main," a
partnership between Plan-B Theatre
Company and The Egyptian Theatre in Park
City, will see the return of this wildly
popular musical comedy, starring Kirt
Bateman and Jay Perry..." read more at
http://bit.ly/mKWpZE
Collapse
-
Event Name: GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL!
""...a supreme romp worthy of the exclamation point.""
Review
posted by:
Les
from Salt Lake City, UT,
Jun 08, 2011
"Gutenberg’s novelty, immensely
appreciated by the audience, relies on
two characters swapping baseball caps
with embroidered and stenciled character
names indicating that should a Broadway...
Expand
"Gutenberg’s novelty, immensely
appreciated by the audience, relies on
two characters swapping baseball caps
with embroidered and stenciled character
names indicating that should a Broadway
producer pick up the show written by
Simon and Davenport, its realization
would feature scores of wenches, drunks,
and Schlimmer townspeople to pull off
the big production numbers. Here, genius
of minimalism abounds as the characters
manage to pull off set pieces including
an heroine with an odd assortment of
rats and feces, a vocal quartet, and an
11-character chorus kickline with just
two legs..." read more at
http://bit.ly/kCicPe
Collapse
-
Event Name: GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL!
"Gutenberg! Darn-tootin-berg!"
Review
posted by:
Erin Walton
from Salt Lake City, UT,
Jun 08, 2011
"The audience is initially greeted by a
reasonably bare stage with simply a
piano, technical engineer and upwards of
30 hats with various names written
across them. As Bud and Doug begin their...
Expand
"The audience is initially greeted by a
reasonably bare stage with simply a
piano, technical engineer and upwards of
30 hats with various names written
across them. As Bud and Doug begin their
presentation, they explain their goals
and also walk the audience through the
process of writing a musical. They
introduce all their characters, and
entertain us with phenomenal music and
unique lyrics. Watching these 2 men
work, is like watching a bizarre circus
of talent..." -continued at
http://www.backstageutah.com/reviews/?
p=150
Collapse
-
Event Name: GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL!
"Gutenberg! The Musical!"
Review
posted by:
Mike Abu
from Salt Lake City, UT,
Jun 08, 2011
"If I had to sum up the play in a single
word, I’d call it delightful. Gutenberg!
The Musical! is a play based loosely on
the life of Johannes Gutenberg, the
enigmatic father of the printing...
Expand
"If I had to sum up the play in a single
word, I’d call it delightful. Gutenberg!
The Musical! is a play based loosely on
the life of Johannes Gutenberg, the
enigmatic father of the printing press,
and the little German town of Schlimmer
where he originally operated his wine
press. I say “loosely” because the
storyline involves not just a
historically fictitious reenactment of
Gutenberg and his invention, but the
story of two the fictional playmakers
who had written the Gutenberg play and
hoped to get the play produced with a
strong opening night pitch that very
evening. Accordingly, the actors treat
the audience as potentially filled with
powerful Broadway producers who could
make their dream a reality with a simple
nod of the head, making the playmakers’
nervous enthusiasm appear completely
genuine. Their chipper, almost naïve
candor with the audience managed to
break the fourth wall in a very natural
manner..." -
www.slugmag.com/exclusive/2863/Gutenberg
-The-Musical.html
Collapse
-
Event Name: GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL!
"Rolling in the aisles with hilarious Gutenberg!"
Review
posted by:
Jenniffer Wardell
from Salt Lake City, UT,
Jun 08, 2011
"You always hear people tell you about
laughing at something so hard they
started crying or rolling in the aisles,
but unless you were there it’s always
just a little hard to believe them....
Expand
"You always hear people tell you about
laughing at something so hard they
started crying or rolling in the aisles,
but unless you were there it’s always
just a little hard to believe them.
Humor is such a subjective thing, and
anyone who’s had to sit through at least
one supposedly hilarious but in reality
painfully dull night of anything is
always going to be just a little
suspicious.
Which is why I’ll understand if you
don’t believe me when I say that
“Gutenberg! The Musical,” currently
playing at the Egyptian Theatre in Park
City, made me laugh so hard I could
barely breathe. The story of two idiots
who are madly in love with what may be
the worst musical of all time,
“Gutenberg!” is so wrong – the opening
scene feels like the greatest extended
dead baby joke of all time – and yet so
innocently enthusiastic that you can’t
stop laughing. It’s like “South Park”
through the eyes of the two sweetest 12-
year-olds you’ll ever meet..." -
www.examiner.com
Collapse
-
Event Name: GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL!
"Gutenberg! is Wow!"
Review
posted by:
Tony Porter
from Salt Lake City, UT,
Jun 08, 2011
"I don’t want to give away any jokes
(and this shows is packed with them) so
here is as brief a synopsis as I can
give without ruining the fun:Two
characters named Bud and Doug, the
fictional...
Expand
"I don’t want to give away any jokes
(and this shows is packed with them) so
here is as brief a synopsis as I can
give without ruining the fun:Two
characters named Bud and Doug, the
fictional authors of a musical about
Johannes Gutenberg, pitch their show to
producers who might put their show up on
Broadway. Because they don’t have a cast
or an orchestra, Bud and Doug wear hats
with the nearly 30 characters’ names on
them and play all of the roles
themselves. In the play-within-a-play,
Johann Gutenberg is a wine presser who
invents the printing press. An evil monk
tries to stop him, and a beautiful girl
named Helvetica loves him.The storyline
is completely fictitious, which of
course makes the earnestness of its
fictional creators even more amusing.
... I laughed until I cried and even on
a couple of bits until I started to see
stars from oxygen deprivation. If you
like musicals, you’ll love this show.
If you don’t like musicals, you’ll still
love this show." -
utahtheaterbloggers.com
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