Anthony King is an Emmy-nominated writer, director and performer currently living in Los Angeles. He co-wrote the off-Broadway show Gutenberg! The Musical!, which also enjoyed a run off-West End in London and is now published by Samuel French and being performed all over the world. The show received Lucille Lortel, Outer Critics Circle and Drama Desk Award nominations, and won a NYMF Award for Excellence in Musical Theatre Writing (Book).
Mr. King has developed television shows for CBS and A&E, and has written for shows on Comedy Central and NBC. He writes frequently for GQ, and he co-created the “Songs In The Key of Craigslist” series for Details.com. He also regularly collaborates with Improv Everywhere. Mr. King was the Artistic Director of the UCB Theatre in NYC from 2005-2011.
In this two-man musical spoof, a pair of aspiring playwrights perform a backers’ audition for their new, hilariously ill-advised project – a big, splashy musical about printing press inventor Johann Gutenberg.
