The Book of Mormon
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The Book of Mormon is an American musical comedy with music, lyrics, and book by Trey Parker, Robert Lopez, and Matt Stone. The story follows two missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as they attempt to preach the faith to the inhabitants of a remote Ugandan village.
- Opened
- 2011
- Performances
- 5,000
- Type
- Musical
- Era
- Modern
Won the Tony Award for Best Musical, 2011.
Productions2 on Broadway
| 2011 | Eugene O'Neill Theatre Original. March 24, 2011 · Casey Nicholaw & Trey Parker | 5,000 performances · 9 Tony wins |
| 2013 | Prince of Wales Theatre Original. |
Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. West End runs are not yet held.
Recordings 3 albums held
Licensing not confirmed
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40 passages naming The Book of Mormon, found by keyword across 178 books. It's where this show turns up in the literature, not curated trivia about it.
Collectors of Broadway trivia will remember 2012 as the year when Jesus Christ appeared in three musicals running simultaneously on the Great White Way: in a cameo appearance in The Book of Mormon, and as the central figure in concurrent revivals of Godspell and Jesus Christ Superstar. book:theatre-world-2011-12-season-v-68-willis#p30
The Book of Mormon ($286,725) was the top fundraising Broadway Musical. book:theatre-world-2011-12-season-v-68-willis#p122
2011: The Book of Mormon; The Book of Mormon won Outstanding Musical at the Drama Desk Awards in 2012. book:theatre-world-2011-12-season-v-68-willis#p428
Frederick Loewe Award for Dramatic Composition: John Kander, Fred Ebb, and David Thompson, The Scottsboro Boys; Robert Lopez, Trey Parker & Matt Stone, The Book of Mormon book:theatre-world-2011-12-season-v-68-willis#p440
Shows as recent as Book of Mormon (Elder McKinley), Something Rotten (Brother Jeremiah), and Spamalot (Lancelot) continue the tradition of broad comedy that The Producers showcases at the expense of the gay characters in the show. book:dominic-mchugh-the-oxford-handbook-of-musical-theatre-screen-adaptations-2019-ox#p868
The current crop of planned Hollywood musicals—The Book of Mormon, Spring Awakening, Avenue Q, and Wicked—are all aimed at this younger demographic. book:dominic-mchugh-the-oxford-handbook-of-musical-theatre-screen-adaptations-2019-ox#p882
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