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Video: On the Red Carpet With Andrew Rannells, Josh Gad & More at GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL!
May 16, 2024
Get an exclusive look at the red carpet interviews with the cast of GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL! Hear what the stars had to say about the show in this behind-the-scenes video.
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Hello, I'm Richard Ridge for Broadway World
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Josh Gad and Andrew Rannells have reunited on Broadway in Gutenberg the Musical
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and we're here to celebrate on opening night. Welcome home, gentlemen. How does it feel
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It's very exciting. Here we are. It's thrilling. Thrilling is what it is
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And look, it's our writers. That's the guy who wrote the words. Scott and Anthony are here
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Here we are. I just came from the show. There's a script. No, there's actually a script
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And these two guys wrote that script and the songs. They'll be coming down shortly. A lot of people think we make it up as we go
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but you don't. No, but we really don't. There's an actual script that was written
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Yeah, it's true. What has made this so special for the two of you
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reuniting right down the street from where it all began? Allowing Andrew to work with me again
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was the most thrilling thing because it was a lot for me to overcome
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And it took therapy, it took time. There were a few restraining orders and a lot of therapy
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Yeah, but here we are. We should probably find a therapist together
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Couple therapy? Yeah. Maybe. Do you have a recommendation? I'll give you one, Andrew
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You guys bring so much joy. I was at the show again the other night. Where do you
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Where do you? Cause I was waving at you, but you didn't look at me. Oh, I'm so embarrassed
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No, but seriously, how much fun are you two having? This is such a joyous show to see
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the joy you're bringing to so many audience members. It's so incredible to see people
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at a time in which I think people really need joy, express that gratitude and that euphoria
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for something that is just full of optimism, full of heart, full of love
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It's exciting. It's exciting. It is, and it feels, I mean, I think we both feel really fortunate
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that we're a part of something that's pretty much like, so far, like two hours of solid laughs
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which has been really, really, really exciting. There's Alex Timbers. What is it like being, get over here, Alex
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Come on, get over here. I love this. You need to listen to what we're gonna say
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Cause we're asking about you, what it's been like having this guy in the room, but just collaborating together with him
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Well, we have described him as like a director and also like nanny
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because we did require a lot of wrangling. But he took such good care of us
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He changed both of our diapers frequently. Emotionally. Emotionally, proverbially. Greatest director I've ever worked with right here
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The man has truly such creative ingenuity, but also such heart and patience
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And led us into a, you know, a unfamiliar territory doing a two person show
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but acting as 20 characters each and being our own crew with 120 hats
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And that was a terrifying proposal that he held our hands through
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and made us feel like it was actually doable at the end of the day and empowering
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And somehow we're doing it. Yep. I can't believe we're doing it. At least through tonight
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Well, yeah, we'll see what happens tonight. This was your first show, how many years ago
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17 years ago, the start of my professional career. Super excited to now be doing it on Broadway
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What a full circle moment for you, my friend. Yeah, it's really thrilling to get to
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I mean, it's one of the things that I first fell in love with in theater
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And so I got my union card on this, everything, you know, everything
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it was the first of everything. So it's so cool to be doing this now. So what has it been like revisiting this now
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with these two goofballs? I mean, they are comedic geniuses, you know
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it's a two-hander. And so if you don't have like a great comedy duo, you're sunk and these guys just know how to
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they have all this years of friendship and collaboration to draw upon
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and their comedy dynamic is just exquisite. I mean, I love working with Alex
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and to be back reunited with Josh and Andrew after doing Book of Mormon 12 years ago
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that was a total thrill. And that's, it's like working with family
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and the best way and so much laughter every day. Unbelievable. This sweater is a little much
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It turns out it's a little hot under here, but this is the actual sweater I wore
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in the version of the show that we did together in the basement under a grocery store. In the original production
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that's the sweater he wore as bud. Yeah. Okay, take me back to the basement
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when you first played these roles. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Let me take a deep inhale
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Ah, I'm back there now. This smells like a basement. Yes, must eat with some beef juice
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dripping down from the ceiling. There really was, this was a theater. It was disgusting
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Beef juice? Yeah, there was a grocery store above the theater and the butcher department would have run off
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and there would be bags caught catching the beef juice above the theater. And now look where you are
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You're at the Jones, a beautiful. No beef juice in the James Earl Jones theater
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The butcher in here is amazing. Yeah, he's very clean. The quality of the beef juice, oh, it's delicious
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It's amazing, yeah. This has to be a full circle moment for you guys. I mean, here you are at opening night
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Like, what's going through your minds? We're just, can't believe that any
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I mean, that this exists, that any of it exists is so surreal and just thrilling
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I mean, that it's a show about two guys who wanna take their show to Broadway
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written by two guys who never thought it would go to Broadway. And so we are literally overwhelmed
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Just completely overwhelmed. Yeah, no, every time I walk close to this theater
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I am pretty sure life is a simulation and this is all just something I'm hallucinating
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So yeah, it's bizarre. It is opening night. How do you guys feel tonight
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Oh my gosh, just over the moon. Could not be more excited. Very excited, very excited
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First of our, both of our first opening nights on Broadway. So, wild stuff
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This has also been a whirlwind week for you because tell our audience
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what happened last Saturday afternoon. Yes, I get to go on stage as Bud
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filling in for Josh on the Saturday matinee. It was an amazing experience
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I had less than two hours notice, so I didn't have time to spiral into a severe panic
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But it was great. Well, Andrew was so amazing. He held my hand through the whole thing
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and so supportive and it was a really magical, special day. And he nailed it. Yes. Yeah
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This brings so much joy to audience members. What that means to you as a director
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sitting in the Jones house and watching how much fun the audience is having
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Yeah, well the Jones is the most beautiful house. I'm now, I'm decreeing it the most beautiful house
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And it's a great house for comedy. And I think at times like this
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really being in a place that's, and seeing a show for two hours is basically like a Pez dispenser of joy
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It's like just joke after joke after joke and big heart. It's just, it's wonderful and a good tonic
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