Times for Reviews

The critics came to the show last night. It was an incredibly tough performance. Almost the entire audience were critics, so they really didn't laugh at all - they just wrote on their notepads. A lot.

It was pretty demoralizing, though Trevor et al. insisted the show went well. Still, Scott and I left the theatre a little down.

Well, the reviews are not out yet, but Clive Davis, the reviewer from the The Times (London) posted this in his blog late last night.

Monday, January 09, 2006
GET YOUR TICKET NOW

Just back from the tiny Jermyn Street Theatre, off Piccadilly Circus, after seeing an utterly brilliant new show, Gutenberg! The Musical! - the funniest and cleverest spoof I've come across in years. (You'll enjoy it even more if you're allergic to Andrew Lloyd Webber and Boublil & Schoenberg, as I most definitely am.) The American co-authors, Anthony King and Scott Brown, play all the parts, from the inventor of the printing press himself to a pair of drunks, an evil monk and an anti-semitic flower-girl. Mel Brooks couldn't have done it better.

Dear Jesus - please let all the reviews be like this.