OR JOSH GAD, THE PATH TO RETURNING TO BROADWAY FOLLOWING HIS star-making performance in wasn’t easy. “ is a once in a generation thing...you’re not going to replicate that. So why are you trying?” But one part Gad is willing to replicate days in his new musical, (currently on Broadway) is his co-star, Andrew Rannells, who “literally makes me better every time I’m on stage next to him.” The musical follows Bud (Gad), the “naive one,” and Doug (Rannells) as they workshop a musical about the less-than-factual story of Johannes Gutenberg, the inventor of the printing press. “ gives us a chance to come back and flex our muscles comedically in a way that is both familiar, but different.” Gad calls the physicality of “20 times harder” than because “we don’t leave the stage once except for intermission.” Gad is aware there will be comparisons to and that’s okay. “I am forever grateful for that experience and that unbelievable roller coaster ride.”
