The
Black Box Theatre in the Indian Head Center for the Arts welcomes
Gutenberg!
The Musical! May 11, 18, 23, 24 and 25 Fri, Sat 8pm, Sun 3pm Tickets:
$18 / $15 The
Brothers Grimm Excellent Adventure |
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Gutenberg! The Musical! is simply the best musical
ever written***
In this two-man musical spoof, a pair of aspiring playwrights perform a backers’ audition for their new project: A big, splashy musical about printing press inventor Johann Gutenberg (not Steve Guttenberg, who invented Johnny Five from the cinema classic Short Circuit). With an unending supply of enthusiasm, Bud and Doug sing all the songs and play all the parts in their crass historical epic, with the hope that one of the producers in attendance will give them a Broadway contract – fulfilling their ill-advised dreams. “Gutenberg! The Musical! holds a mirror up to humanity and reflects its problems, foibles, shortcomings and, hopefully guides humankind to changes for the better,” said director and Associate Artist John Sadowsky. “ ‘Doug and Bud’ see the Broadway musical as a vehicle for Earth-shaking social and behavioral change.” Gutenberg! The Musical! was recently nominated for the 2007 Lucille Lortel Award for “Outstanding Musical” and for "Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical" by the Outer Critics Circle. The play also won the 2006 New York Musical Theatre Festival “Award for Excellence in Musical Theatre Writing (Book).” “A smashing success!” writes Jason Zinoman of the New York Times. “Scott Brown and Anthony King are superb comic writers. GUTENBERG! proves that two actors and a cloakroom full of hats can stand up to anything choreographed by Susan Stroman.” New York Magazine writes “Scott Brown and Anthony King's book and lyrics deliver laughs so consistently, Gutenberg! is funnier than it has any right to be. Brilliantly realized and side-splitting!" Landless’ production will feature brothers Andrew and Matt Baughman in the roles of “Bud and Doug.” The Baughman brothers are founding artists of Landless Theatre Company, and they last appeared together in critically acclaimed performances as monster brothers “Godzilla” and “Mothra” in the 2006 production of Yasuhiko Ohashi’s Godzilla. “Sure, Gutenberg! is a comedy, but it also resonates on a deeply personal level for the Baughman brothers,” said Matt Baughman. “Most people think this play is about Steve Guttenberg, the actor – they don’t even know who Johann Gutenberg was… well, no one knows who we are, either. And that hurts, man. ” “But all that is about to change!” adds Andrew Baughman. Where:
The Black Box Theatre at The Indian Head Center for the
Arts (location) When: May 8, 9, 10, 11, 23, 24, 25 8pm Thu, Fri, Sat and 3pm Sun Tickets:
$18 / $15 seniors, students, members, groups of ten or more
Tickets available at the door and online at Box
Office Tickets Artistic Bios and Production Staff for Gutenberg! The Musical!: The Cast: Andrew Lloyd Baughman (“Bud”) and Matt Baughman (“Doug”) The Internationally Unknown Baughman Brothers last appeared onstage together in the Landless premiere production of Ohashi's Godzilla, playing "monster brothers" Godzilla and Mothra. Washington Post Critic Nelson Pressley wrote "The Baughmans play their mannerly monsters with refined charm and laughable fits of pique. They are the strongest elements in the show." Many other critics and audience members have similarly found them "laughable." The Baughman Brothers are both founding artists of The Landless Theatre Company, and company members of Frederick's Maryland Ensemble Theatre. Andrew Baughman began his career as a musical theatre actor, but didn't look good enough in a wife-beater to earn a living without supplementary income as a director, playwright and teacher. He most recently directed the DC premiere of A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant, a play so successful for Landless that Andrew is starting to think L Ron might have been on to something. Matt Baughman came VERY CLOSE to being onstage at The Studio Theatre (he worked in the administrative offices), and last appeared in Tracy Letts' Killer Joe at Maryland Ensemble Theatre. In addition to Gutenberg!The Musical!, the Baughman Brothers celebrate their German ancestry in an original two-man children's play entitled The Brothers Grimm Excellent Adventure, which has been playing to standing-room-only houses of third graders from DC to Pittsburgh since 2006. The Baughmans feel that not enough German-Americans celebrate their cultural heritage, and that there's a very good reason for that.
John Sadowsky has been directing plays in and around Baltimore for the past 10 years, for such theaters as the Vagabond Theater, Spotlighters Theater, the Arena Playhouse, Kittamaqundi Theater, the Directors' Choice Theater, and Liberty Showcase. His production of "The Diary of Anne Frank" was recognized as one of the top 10 of the Baltimore in 2002 by the Baltimore City Paper. In addition to directing, he has appeared in numerous plays as actor throughout Washington and Baltimore and is a member of the professional cast of the Maryland Renaissance Festival. He is an artistic associate of the Landless Theatre Company and an artistic associate of the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company. Outside of theater, he holds a Ph.D. in mathematics and is a scientist with Zeta Associates of Fairfax, Virginia.
Charles Johnson was recently music director for Into the Woods at the Orlando Shakespeare Festival in Florida. He also serves as music director and vocal coach at the renowned Stagedoor Manor in New York. Regional music direction credits include Assassins and Rocky Horror Show for the Maryland Ensemble Theatre, and Nunsense and Fiddler on the Roof at Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre. Other music direction credits include Company, Tintypes, Chicago, Do Black Patent Leather Shoes..., and The Secret Garden". Onstage credits include Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors, Bobby Strong in Urinetown, and Jean-Michel in La Cage aux Folles, Jack in Into the Woods, Toby in Sweeney Todd, Sparky in Forever Plaid, Cosmo Brown in Singing in the Rain, and Billy in Anything Goes.
In addition to Gutenberg! The Musical!, the Baughman Brothers celebrate their German ancestry in an original two-man children's play entitled The Brothers Grimm Excellent Adventure, which has been playing to standing-room-only houses of third graders from DC to Pittsburgh since 2006. The Baughmans feel that not enough German-Americans celebrate their cultural heritage, and that there's a very good reason for that. THE
BROTHERS GRIMM EXCELLENT ADVENTURE Jacob
and Wilhelm Grimm are washed up! After centuries of glory
as the distinguished writers of Cinderella, Rumplestilskin
and other fairy tale classics, they are now overshadowed
by Harry Potter, Spongebob Squarepants, and Star Wars! Target Ages: Elementary and Middle School Where:
The Black Box Theatre at The Indian Head Center for the
Arts When: May 10 and 24 at 3 pm Tickets: $12 / $9 seniors, students, members, groups of ten or more Tickets
available at the door and online @ Box
Office Tickets The Internationally Unknown Baughman Brothers last appeared onstage together in the Landless premiere production of Ohashi's Godzilla, playing "monster brothers" Godzilla and Mothra. Washington Post Critic Nelson Pressley wrote "The Baughmans play their mannerly monsters with refined charm and laughable fits of pique. They are the strongest elements in the show." Many other critics and audience members have similarly found them "laughable." The Baughman Brothers are both founding artists of The Landless Theatre Company, and company members of Frederick's Maryland Ensemble Theatre. Andrew Baughman began his career as a musical theatre actor, but didn't look good enough in a wife-beater to earn a living without supplementary income as a director, playwright and teacher. He most recently directed the DC premiere of A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant, a play so successful for Landless that Andrew is starting to think L Ron might have been on to something. Matt Baughman came VERY CLOSE to being onstage at The Studio Theatre (he worked in the administrative offices), and last appeared in Tracy Letts' Killer Joe at Maryland Ensemble Theatre. Tickets
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The Landless Theatre Company is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to infusing vitality into the local arts by producing exciting and accessible alternative theatre to generate new and diverse audiences.
The Black Box Theatre at the Indian Head Center for the Arts, Indian Head, MD. (directions) Tickets: $18 | $15 seniors, students, members, military, groups of ten or more;
The Black Box Theatre at the Indian Head Center for the Arts, Indian Head, MD. (directions) Tickets: $12 | $9 seniors, students, members, military, groups of ten or more;
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Indian Head Center for the Arts, PO Box 1098, Indian Head, MD 20640 301-743-3040 www.indianheadblackbox.org |
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