GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL! Previews

Going on Sunday, can't wait!

I'll be seeing this in 2 weeks! Really looking forward to seeing Gad and Rannels LIVE on stage!

Seeing this tonight

Who wants to meet after at glass house tavern to compare notes 

They were selling side orchestra this AM. Started with Row A on House Right and worked their way back. 

Seeing this in a couple of weeks. What is the current run time?

Was anyone at the first preview tonight?

This is an absolute homerun

nonstop hilarious with a surprising bit of heart.

Think Avenue Q, The Book of Mormon, [Title of Show] all slammed together.

I think this will likely end up in the Best Musical conversation with a slew of other TONY nominations.

Smart book and clever songs are elevated into the heavens by a totally dynamic duo that just works every laugh possible out of this. 

Buy tickets now now now the word of mouth is going to be phenomenal on this one

Merch for those that care: Hoodie, shirt with the poster art and the guys on it (which I think is kind of ugly tbh), a beer stein ceramic mug, enamel pin, a tote and few more things that will give some show jokes away so I won't list them here (also they have signed copies of both of Andrews books)

Stagedoor for those who care: Andrew and Josh aren't really stopping and signing, not sure if this is first night thing or a covid precaution but just fyi

Updated On: 9/15/23 at 11:02 PM

Dylan Smith4 said: "Oooh! Now I am really excited to see it in 2 weeks! However, I do not know if anything can be funnier than when I saw Operation Mincemeat in London this summer, but I am ready for anything! Looking forward to it!"

If you liked Operation Mincemeat you will absolutely dig this, same kind of sense of humor 

I loved loved LOVED this! 

It's like a mix of {title of show] and Oh, Hello, two shows which I absolutely adore. Laugh a minute, and not in a disjointed way like Shucked (which I also enjoyed.) The book is hilarious. It rolls so well, there wasn't a second I was bored.

I think the show would hold up with anyone performing, but oh. my. god. do Rannells and Gad really sell it. I'm not a huge fan of Gad's humor, personally, but there wasn't a single moment he was onstage that he didn't have me rolling in my seat. Every choice was perfect, their chemistry is INSANE. 

Such a great feel-good show, imo. Even the jokes that didn't land for me (of which there were very few) I still chuckled at just because they were delivered so earnestly. I smiled literally the entire time, ear to ear. Granted, this is probably because the humor was right up my alley, but god I just had such a great time.

The only thing I didn't love was that the music was a bit lackluster: But that's the point, I'm assuming, since Bud and Doug wrote it themselves it makes sense it's no Sondheim. And the choreo and acting choices within the songs more than made up for some mediocre lyrics.

I was in the balcony, so when I saw the whole hat gimmick I was a bit afriad I would miss some jokes or the plot of the show within the show, but I had no problems with that, even without being able to read the hats. Slightly annoying that everytime htey put on a new hat, half the audience went to whisper to a friend what the hat said, but I digress.

Oh, acutally I don't digress. There was a woman in the first row who kept triyng to "interact" with the show, as it were. Got annoying real fast. But again, not something the show can really help.

It seemed more filled up than I was expecting based on all the talk about how empty the theater seemed this morning, barely any empty seats. The crowd LOVED it, and so did I! 

For anyone who cares, I rushed today at noon and got balcony seats. Cannot reccomend this show enough. I feel so lucky to have seen the first performance@

 

Sat in O9 tonight orchestra left and it seemed pretty solid, but they seem to also be selling the very far orchestra sides as rush seats so who knows

also seems they are selling box seats day of as those were full tonight

Love that Timbers can give us Rocky and Here Lies Love but also Oh Hello and this. Glad it’s getting good word of mouth!

Sales seem slow but I remember the Book of Mormon actually had discount codes before performances started. Maybe lightening can strike twice and word of mouth set the box office alight once more.