GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL! Reviews — Page 2

I was there tonight too. It was very funny and kinda stupid in a SPAMALOT kind of way. Does it triumph their previous outing? No. Does it keep your attention for 2 hours? Not always. Will you definitely find yourself cackling at how these two play off each other? Absolutely!!!

Betty Who as the guest was kind of cool and I was curious as to how they got her since HADESTOWN normally has a Sunday night show. I was actually sitting a few rows behind her and there is a stagehand who runs up to them with the props just before the end - they were sitting in F or G114. Granted, it took a minute for me to realize who it actually was because I couldn’t hear her name said and the only tip off I had was the Australian accent. (She had hair like Hannah Waddingham and was dressed like Jane Lynch so I was thrown).

FYI, they're teasing on social media that Patti LuPone is tonight's guest.

Posting this a second time so people can easily see it. Mods, get your act together and fix this problem.

Updated On: 11/15/23 at 11:31 AM

This is a little random, but has there been any discussion about filming this show? It feels like the sort of thing that could play well on Netflix in the same way something like Oh, Hello did.

BETTY22 said: "How do they book "surprise" guest?

Are cast making calls to friends or is this something the PR office is doing?

Would love to know the logistics"



All of the above. Broadway is a small community and everybody knows everybody.

KevinKlawitter said: "This is a little random, but has there been any discussion about filming this show? It feels like the sort of thing that could play well on Netflix in the same way something likeOh, Hello did."

As much as I would love this, I think Kroll and Mulaney's names are what convinced Netflix to pick the show up. Not sure Gad and Rannells have the same draw

As an update to my previous post - I've now seen the show and found it hilarious. The comments about the songs being bad or forgettable...that's...sort of the point? They have not written a good show. They were very funny terrible songs.

An aside - there was a family of 4-5 (mom/dad and at least 3 teen girls) in the 3rd row who made a lot of commotion the entire show, repeatedly getting up and sprinting up the aisle to presumably the bathroom or concessions, and at one point their extremely tall dad was up and crouched over looking for something and Andrew finally interrupted the show to ask what they lost and if it wasn't a child to settle the f*ck down, to which the audience laughed for quite a good while.

Idina was in fact the producer tonight - she sang her big Defying Gravity riff (which Josh had sung earlier in the show - not sure if that's always in one of his songs or if he did it because she was there (also curious if his reference to "songs sung terribly by teen girls in the shower" is always there, too, or if it was added given Idina's history with such songs), made sure everyone knew she's a Tony winner and a Disney Queen, and offered them a Broadway Contract from Adele Dazeem Productions.

veronicamae said:

"Idina was in fact the producer tonight - she sang her big Defying Gravity riff (which Josh had sung earlier in the show - not sure if that's always in one of his songs or if he did it because she was there (also curious if his reference to "songs sung terribly by teen girls in the shower" is always there, too, or if it was added given Idina's history with such songs), made sure everyone knew she's a Tony winner and a Disney Queen, and offered them a Broadway Contract from Adele Dazeem Productions."

Both of those things are always in the show.

Hey all! Does anyone know where lotto seats have been located for Gutenberg lately?

I'm glad they finally got Idina. I was surprised she didn't do it around the time of Wicked20. And now they've had the entire Frozen cast except Santino. I truly hope someone does a detailed story about this casting process and how it all comes together. I was fortunate to be seated behind the guest producer when I went so I saw them hand him the hat and contract and then tell him when to get up.

Also, good for Andrew!

Huey Lewis would actually be the perfect closing night producer. Love that idea!

veronicamae said: "As an update to my previous post - I've now seen the show and found it hilarious. The comments about the songs being bad or forgettable...that's...sort of the point? They have not written a good show. They were very funny terrible songs.

An aside - there was a family of 4-5 (mom/dad and at least 3 teen girls) in the 3rd row who made a lot of commotion the entire show, repeatedly getting up and sprinting up the aisle to presumably the bathroom or concessions, and at one point their extremely tall dad was up and crouched over looking for something and Andrew finally interrupted the show to ask what they lost and if it wasn't a child to settle the f*ck down, to which the audience laughed for quite a good while.

Idina was in fact the producer tonight - she sang her big Defying Gravity riff (which Josh had sung earlier in the show - not sure if that's always in one of his songs or if he did it because she was there (also curious if his reference to "songs sung terribly by teen girls in the shower" is always there, too, or if it was added given Idina's history with such songs), made sure everyone knew she's a Tony winner and a Disney Queen, and offered them a Broadway Contract from Adele Dazeem Productions."

I was there too! Just a wild experience, Josh handled it well with the joke about his "personal secret".

As for the special producer, I think it'd be hilarious to get Tony Shalhoub and his comment be about the evil Monk or something.

TamzBway said: "Hey all! Does anyone know where lotto seats have been located for Gutenberg lately?"

Got lottery this past weekend. They were row A orch on the far ends

Having a guest star every night can be gimmicky and logistically challenging, but like we saw with OH HELLO and their "tuna" recipient, it can be an unending source of social media content (and occasional press content too) for a comedy like this & helps keep people engaged. They've done a great job with this.

Updated On: 11/28/23 at 04:39 PM