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THE BOOK OF MORMON 
A NEW MUSICAL COMEDY
FROM THE CREATORS OF “SOUTH PARK,” WILL OPEN MARCH 24, 2011
ON BROADWAY AT THE EUGENE O’NEILL THEATRE

BOOK, MUSIC AND LYRICS BY
TREY PARKER, ROBERT LOPEZ and MATT STONE

CHOREOGRAPHED BY
CASEY NICHOLAW

DIRECTED BY
CASEY NICHOLAW and TREY PARKER

PREVIEWS BEGIN FEBRUARY 24, 2011


THE BOOK OF MORMON, a new original musical comedy from “South Park” creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone and Avenue Q composer and co-creator Robert Lopez, will open on Broadway on Thursday, March 24, 2011 at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre (230 West 49th Street). The world premiere will be choreographed by three-time Tony Award-nominee Casey Nicholaw (Monty Python’s Spamalot, The Drowsy Chaperone) and co-directed by Nicholaw and Trey Parker.  Previews will begin on February 24, 2011.

Parker and Stone make their Broadway musical writing debut with THE BOOK OF MORMON. Parker and Stone have won four Emmy Awards and a Peabody Award for “South Park,” the team’s controversial, critically acclaimed series, which airs on Comedy Central. “South Park” recently aired its 200th episode and begins its 15th season in April, 2011.

Parker and Stone’s credits also include the critically acclaimed films, South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut and Team America: World Police.  

Parker co-wrote the musical numbers for South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut. The film’s accomplished and outrageous score surprised and delighted critics and audiences. Parker shared an Academy Award nomination for Best Song for the music and lyrics for “Blame Canada” from the film’s score. The New York Film Critics Circle also honored South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut with the organization’s first award ever presented for Best Animated Film.

Robert Lopez is co-creator, composer and lyricist for Avenue Q, which won 2004 Tony Awards for Best Musical, Best Score and received a Grammy nomination for its Original Cast Album.   Avenue Q played for six years on Broadway and is currently running Off-Broadway and in London.

Casey Nicholaw received 2006 Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle nominations for Best Direction and Choreography for The Drowsy Chaperone and 2005 Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle nominations for Best Choreography for Monty Python’s Spamalot, directed by Mike Nichols. His additional New York credits include the Encores! stagings for Follies (direction/choreography), Bye Bye Birdie (choreography) and Can-Can (musical staging); Candide starring Patti LuPone and Kristin Chenoweth at tne New York Philharmonic and South Pacific at Carnegie Hall with Reba McIntyre and Brian Stokes Mitchell (also PBS “Great Performances”).
 
THE BOOK OF MORMON will be produced by Scott Rudin and Anne Garefino.

Cast and additional creative team will be announced at a later date.
 


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"What?!"

I'm soooooooooo looking forward to this! Can't wait!

great news!!! gretings from Poland people

Looks like I might be going to see a play. My wife will be surprised.

May I suggest casting Hotz?

Between SP and KvS I'm thinking of moving to Canada with all the cool people. Really, how bad could it suck?

Kudos from a hardcore fan who appreciates your balls.

you guys are all freakin fags/losers. how can you not believe the truth when its in front of your face...... the lds church is the only true church so suck on that jerks actally wait you know what no pray about and if your scared... go to church.

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I am a lighting designer in Seattle and I wish I were lighting this!!!

..REALLY???????? (:

I love how they love musicals as well <3 you guys rock tits!

You all are so creative and fun, and your musical numbers are so awesome.

We don't care what the only true church is, we only care to laugh at them all. Stay in church.

Oh good. The book of mormon. How original. Like you've never done that before. Glad your working on an original idea instead of maybe a Book of Islam. I know comedy central f*ckin sucks and if it weren't for c*cksucker scumbag corporate f*cks like them you two would probably be suckin dick for beer money. But really grow sum f*ckin ballz will ya! f*ck Islam. f*ck middle eastern neanderthals. AND f*ck ALL YOU STUPID f*cks WHO ARE TOO STUPID TO THINK FOR YOURSELFVES, THAT YOU LET OTHERS AND THEIR IDEAS THINK FOR YOU!

...awlrite.

One week ban.

All this mention of their other work, and not one single mention of "Cannibal the musical"? You would think that their Musical that they wrote, and is being played off Broadway would have some sort of Blurb in here.I'm happy that they are finally doing a real Broadway show. Much more deserved than Green day and that stupid "American idiot" Show. And they are working with the Choreographer for "Spamalot"? I can't wait to see it. I know that Matt and Trey are big fans of Monty Python. They must be really excited.

Kick ass! Looks like I'm going to New York!