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Gutenberg, Johann. "German printer born around the year 1400. Detailed records of his life and work are scant." Or so the audience is told by the fictional playwrights Doug Simon and Bud Davenport, based on their internet research. With what little info they do know about the inventor of the printing press, the fictional friends write and compose Gutenberg! The Musical! (through May 17th at ArtsWest, Wed.-Sat., 7:30 p.m., Sun., 3 p.m. [no show on Mother’s Day, May 10] tix $32, $10 under 25), filling in the missing details of his life with what they charitably call "historical fiction." Scott Brown and Anthony King originally developed the show in 2005 at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York City.

Gutenberg! The Musical! runs through September 27 at the Erickson Theatre Off Broadway, and you should "run" to get tickets ($25/$10 students/seniors). Ha ha! No, but seriously. We laughed like a booze-addled hyena for much of the night, with some startled expletives thrown in when things got...strange (we can't remember the precise lyric, but it had something to do with wanting to feel Satan's horns deep inside). After, we traded memorable quotes ("dirty thatch"!) with our companion all the way home.