GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL!
by Scott Brown & Anthony King
GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL!
Written by Scott Brown & Anthony King
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.
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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, most notably in 'Gutenberg! The Musical!' (which he cowrote with Anthony King). 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 writer, director, and performer - and the Artistic Director of the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in NYC. As an actor, Anthony has been featured on MTV's Human Giant, Comedy Central's Tough Crowd With Colin Quinn, and in the upcoming feature film, Mystery Gang. He is also a member of the UCBT Touring Company and tours from time to time with "Horatio Sanz and The Kings of Improv." Anthony's regional and NYC 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 more. He was also the Assistant Director of the Off-Broadway shows Summer of '42 and The Wild Party (Lippa), and is a member of the Lincoln Center Director's Lab. Anthony has written for GQ, Details, and Entertainment Weekly magazines, and he has developed television pilots, with Scott Brown, for A&E and CBS/Paramount.
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 song "Can I Get A Napkin Please" for Improv Everywhere's Food Court Musical (seen by more than 4 million people on YouTube!), and a series of songs based on Craigslist posts for Details Magazine. They are currently at work on the most amazing new musical ever.
