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71-682: Created in 1984, the Jujamcyn Theaters Award has been given over 20+ years to honor a resident theater organization that has made an outstanding contribution to the development of creative talent for the theatre. The award has been sponsored by Jujamcyn Amusement Corporation , one of the three principal organizations involved in Broadway theatre in New York . The award has included a cash prize that has varied from $ 50,000 to $ 100,000. The former owner of Jujamcyn, James H. Binger ,

142-451: A frog to cure their AIDS ("Joseph Smith American Moses"). The mission president is appalled, orders all the missionaries to go home, and tells Nabulungi that she and her fellow villagers are not members. Nabulungi, heartbroken at the thought that she will never reach paradise, curses God for forsaking her ("Hasa Diga Eebowai [Reprise]"). Price has had an epiphany and realizes Cunningham was right all along: though scriptures are important, what

213-473: A gala performance of the new musical on March 13, 2013, raising £200,000 for the British charity Comic Relief 's Red Nose Day . A typical London performance runs two hours and 30 minutes, including an interval of 15 minutes. In March 2014, The Book of Mormon was voted Funniest West End Show as part of the 2014 West End Frame Awards . On July 28, 2014, both Creel and Gertner left the production. Creel left

284-406: A major rewrite to become "All-American Prophet". The earlier version was based around how the third movie in movie trilogies is always the best one and sums up everything, which led to a recurring Matrix joke where a Ugandan man said, "I thought the third Matrix was the worst one," which later changed to "I have maggots in my scrotum" in the rewritten version. The song "Spooky Mormon Hell Dream"

355-430: A pair ("Two by Two"). Price is sure he is destined to do something incredible, while Cunningham is just happy to follow ("You and Me (But Mostly Me)"). Upon arrival in northern Uganda , the two are robbed by soldiers of a local warlord, General Butt Fucking Naked . They are welcomed to the village by Mafala Hatimbi, where a group of villagers share their daily reality of living in appalling conditions while being ruled by

426-789: A result of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the performing arts . The tour reopened on 12 October 2021 at the Donald Gordon Theatre , Cardiff and played its final performance on 26 November 2022 at the Theatre Royal, Glasgow . A non-equity tour kicked off on September 23, 2022, at the Stanley Theatre in Utica, New York , starring Sam McLellan as Elder Price and Sam Nackman as Elder Cunningham. A second UK and Ireland tour started on September 11, 2024 at

497-489: A settlement with the United States Department of Justice in 2021, Jujamcyn agreed to improve disabled access at its five Broadway theaters. The same year, Roth hired SeatGeek to manage ticket sales for all five of Jujamcyn's theaters; previously, Ticketmaster had been in charge of ticket sales. In February 2023, it was announced that Jujamcyn would merge with Ambassador Theatre Group , although it

568-536: A standby for Elder Cunningham in all three North American companies before becoming the Broadway Elder Cunningham. On February 17, 2016, Nic Rouleau announced via Twitter that he would be taking over the role of Elder Price starting on February 23, 2016. This was Rouleau's third time playing the role on Broadway; he previously played the role in Chicago, the second national tour, and most recently,

639-522: A tender moment as they do ("Baptize Me"). The missionaries feel oneness with the people of Uganda and celebrate ("I Am Africa"). Meanwhile, Price is seen in the village doctor's office, having the Book of Mormon removed from his rectum . The General hears of the villagers' conversion and resolves to kill them all. Having lost his faith, Price drowns his sorrows in coffee . Cunningham finds Price and tells him they need to at least act like mission companions, as

710-502: A tribute by Price to himself ("All-American Prophet"). The General arrives and announces his demand for the genital mutilation of all female villagers. After a villager protests, the General murders him. Taking every last measure to protect her, Mafala commands Nabulungi to stay in their house with all the doors locked and windows closed. She protests, insisting that the women of the village will not have to stay in hiding if they listen to

781-529: Is more important is getting the message across ("You and Me (But Mostly Me) [Reprise]"). The General arrives, and Nabulungi is ready to submit to him, telling the villagers that Cunningham's stories are untrue. She also explains that they will never see him again, but protects his reputation in their eyes by saying a lion ate him. To Nabulungi's shock, they respond that they have always known that Cunningham's stories were metaphors rather than literal truth. Price and Cunningham arrive, and, believing Cunningham to be

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852-670: Is the 12th longest-running Broadway show , having played more than 5,000 performances. The Book of Mormon was conceived by Trey Parker , Matt Stone and Robert Lopez . Parker and Stone grew up in Colorado and were familiar with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and its members. They became friends at the University of Colorado Boulder and collaborated on a musical film, Cannibal! The Musical (1993), their first experience with movie musicals. In 1997, they created

923-707: The Angel Moroni , Hobbits , Lt. Uhura , Darth Vader , and Yoda ) admonishes him, but he rationalizes that if it helps people, it surely cannot be wrong ("Making Things Up Again"). Meanwhile, Price joyfully arrives in Orlando, but then realizes that he is dreaming his childhood nightmares of Hell and sees Jesus , Satan , Genghis Khan , Jeffrey Dahmer , Adolf Hitler , and Johnnie Cochran , who all call him out on abandoning Cunningham ("Spooky Mormon Hell Dream"). Price wakes up and decides to re-commit to his mission. Cunningham announces several Ugandans are interested in

994-811: The COVID-19 pandemic , and on June 16, 2021, the show announced it would be returning to Broadway on November 5. The first North American tour began previews on August 14, 2012, at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts in Denver , Colorado, before moving to the Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles, beginning September 5, with the official opening night for the tour on September 12. Originally planned to begin in December 2012, production

1065-602: The COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom . It reopened on 15 November 2021 at the Prince of Wales Theatre, following a performance at West End LIVE in Trafalgar Square on 18 September 2021, with Simpson and Xander still leading. On 26 November 2022, Tom Xander left the production with Conner Peirson taking over the role of Elder Cunningham, with his first performance on 29 November 2022. Dom Simpson left

1136-567: The Lyric Theatre and the Hudson Theatre . Notes The Book of Mormon (musical) The Book of Mormon is a 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. The earnest young men are challenged by

1207-728: The New York Theatre Workshop in summer 2010, but opted to premiere it directly on Broadway , "[s]ince the guys [Parker and Stone] work best when the stakes are highest." Rudin and Garefino booked the Eugene O'Neill Theatre and hired key players while sets were designed and built. The producers expected the production to cost $ 11 million, but it came in under budget at $ 9 million. Hundreds of actors auditioned and 28 were cast. The crew did four weeks of rehearsals, with an additional two weeks of technical rehearsals, and then went directly into previews. The producers first watched

1278-639: The New York Times that he had a long-standing understanding with Binger that he would buy Jujamcyn's five playhouses. The theatres had an estimated net asset value of about $ 30 million. Landesman closed the deal in February 2005 for $ 30M, but then tried to sell a 50% stake in the group for $ 50M to enable investment in the Cincinnati Reds baseball team – his group lost out to Robert Castellini . In 2009 after 22 years with Jujamcyn, Landesman

1349-714: The Shubert Organization and the Nederlander Organization , Jujamcyn owns five of the 41 Broadway theaters. William L. McKnight , former chairman of 3M , owned several theatres, two in New York and one in Boston. McKnight's daughter, Virginia McKnight Binger and her husband, James H. Binger , a top executive at Honeywell , shared a love of theatre. In 1976 when William McKnight wanted to sell his theatres, Binger stepped in to assist. He found

1420-529: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . "There was a lot of hopping back and forth between L.A. and New York," Parker recalled. Numerous changes were disclosed between the original script and the final production. A song named " Family Home Evening ", which was in early workshops of the show, was cut. The warlord in Uganda was called General Kony in previews but this was changed to General Butt Fucking Naked . The song "The Bible Is A Trilogy" went through

1491-602: The First National Tour. Two days after Gad left (June 2012), original star Rannells was replaced by his standby Nic Rouleau. The same day, Samantha Marie Ware played Nabulungi on Broadway as the start of a six-week engagement (James was shooting a film) in preparation for her tour performance. Following Rouleau's departure in November 2012 (to originate the role of Elder Price in Chicago), the role of Elder Price

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1562-466: The General. To help them feel better in times of trouble, the villagers repeat a phrase that translates as "Fuck you, God!" ("Hasa Diga Eebowai"). Price and Cunningham are led to their living quarters by Nabulungi, Mafala's daughter. They meet their fellow missionaries stationed in the area, who have been unable to convert anyone to the Church. Elder McKinley, the district leader, teaches Price and Cunningham to suppress upsetting ideas ("Turn It Off"). By

1633-680: The NEA. From his first year, Roth began identifying a new era of shows for the company’s theaters with his first hits including, Spring Awakening , with eight Tony Awards , Grey Gardens , with three, and his 2009 revival of Hair . In 2013, Roth bought the majority stake of Jujamcyn, making him the youngest principal owner of a Broadway theatre chain. Since Roth took over, Jujamcyn theaters have been home to notable shows including Tony-award winners The Book of Mormon , Springsteen on Broadway , Kinky Boots , A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder , and Clybourne Park among many others. As part of

1704-1210: The Palace Theatre in Manchester. Over 20 million people have seen The Book of Mormon around the world. The first non-English version opened at the Chinateatern in Stockholm , Sweden , in January 2017. A Norwegian production opened at Det Norske Teatret in Oslo, Norway September 2017 to favorable reviews with demand crashing the ticketing website. The musical opened in Denmark at Copenhagen's Det Ny Teater in January 2018, as well as in Amsterdam , Netherlands on September 26, 2019. The Show opened in Cologne , Germany on November 7, 2019, and played in Zurich , Switzerland in December 2019. In Aarhus , Denmark

1775-828: The Sydney season at the Sydney Lyric theatre on February 28, 2018, before the show toured to Brisbane , Adelaide , and Perth in 2019. The Show was scheduled to open in Auckland , New Zealand at The Civic from 6 March to 26 April 2020. However, due to the impact of COVID-19 , all performances from 17 March 2020 were cancelled. A UK and Ireland tour started on 6 June 2019 at the Palace Theatre, Manchester , with Kevin Clay as Elder Price and Conner Peirson as Elder Cunningham, but performances were cancelled from 16 March as

1846-585: The West End Company to rejoin the Broadway production. J.Michael Finley and Dom Simpson succeeded Strand and Hippensteel the following year, having both been standbys for their roles in the Broadway company, previously. Tom Xander took over the role of Elder Cunningham in 2019 making Simpson and Xander the first British pair to lead the show worldwide. The show suspended production in March 2020 due to

1917-769: The West End Production. Billy Harrigan Tighe and A.J. Holmes moved over from the West End production to reprise their roles as Elders Price and Cunningham, respectively. Bondy and Burris then returned to the second national tour as stand-bys for Elder Price and Elder Cunningham. As part of the tour, the musical was performed in Salt Lake City for the first time at the end of July and early August 2015. The tour closed on May 1, 2016, in Honolulu, Hawaii. The first replica sit-down production, separate from

1988-574: The West End production to return to the first national tour and was replaced by his stand-by, Billy Harrigan Tighe. Gertner was replaced by one of his stand-bys, A. J. Holmes , who had previously played Cunningham on both the national tour and Broadway. After February 2, 2015, Broadway actor Nic Rouleau was cast in the role of Elder Kevin Price, replacing Billy Harrigan Tighe; Brian Sears, who also starred on Broadway (as an ensemble member), replaced A.J. Holmes as Elder Cunningham. Tighe and Holmes then joined

2059-433: The West End. O'Neill and Rouleau's first performance together was on February 23, 2016. August 21, 2016, was Grey Henson's last performance as Elder McKinley. On August 23, 2016, Henson was replaced by Stephen Ashfield, who came over from the West End Production. On November 7, 2016, Nikki Rene Daniels announced that she was pregnant with her second child and would be going on maternity leave. Later that week, Kim Exum took over

2130-540: The animated television series South Park for Comedy Central and in 1999, the musical film South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut . The two had first thought of a fictionalized Joseph Smith , religious leader and founder of the Latter Day Saint movement , while working on an aborted Fox series about historical characters. Their 1997 film, Orgazmo , and a 2003 episode of South Park , " All About Mormons ", both gave comic treatment to Mormonism . Smith

2201-714: The business fascinating, and after paying the gift tax and selling the Colonial Theatre in Boston, he and Virginia agreed to own and later expand the operation on Broadway. Jujamcyn derives its name from the names of McKnight's grandchildren, the Bingers' children: Ju[dith], Jam[es], and Cyn[thia]. Over time Binger expanded Jujamcyn to five theatres to create the third-largest theatre-owning company on Broadway. The five Jujamcyn theatres are: In 1987 Binger brought in Rocco Landesman to run Jujamcyn. Landesman

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2272-480: The cast of the first national tour, filling the void left when Creel and O'Neill left the tour to play the leads on Broadway. On January 25, 2016, Rouleau announced via Twitter that January 30, 2016 would be his last performance as Elder Price in the West End. On February 1, 2016, longtime Broadway stand-by K.J. Hippensteel officially took over the role as Elder Price in the West End cast. On August 6, 2016, Stephen Ashfield had his last performance as Elder McKinley, as he

2343-449: The church, but McKinley points out that unless the General is dealt with, no one will convert. Price, seeing this as his chance to prove his worth, sets off on the "mission he was born to do." After re-affirming his faith, he confronts the General, determined to convert him ("I Believe"). The General is unimpressed and drags Price away. Cunningham concludes his preaching, and the villagers are baptized , with Nabulungi and Cunningham sharing

2414-568: The creation of Avenue Q . The quartet went for drinks afterwards and soon found that each camp wanted to write something involving Joseph Smith. The four began working out details nearly immediately, with the idea to create a modern story formulated early on. For research purposes, the quartet took a road trip to Salt Lake City , where they "interviewed a bunch of missionaries—or ex-missionaries." They had to work around Parker and Stone's South Park schedule. In 2006, Parker and Stone flew to London , where they spent three weeks with Lopez, who

2485-479: The duo to see the musical Avenue Q on Broadway, finding the cast of marionettes in Team America similar to the puppets of Avenue Q . Parker and Stone went to see the production during that summer and the writer-composers of Avenue Q , Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx , noticed them in the audience and introduced themselves. Lopez revealed that South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut was highly influential in

2556-479: The execution and the reality of Africa, Price decides to abandon his mission and requests a transfer to Orlando. At the same time, Cunningham, ever loyal, assures Price he will follow him anywhere. However, Price unceremoniously dumps him as mission companion ("I Am Here for You [Reprise]"). Cunningham is crushed and alone, but when Nabulungi comes to him, wanting to learn more about the Book of Mormon and having convinced

2627-489: The finished production six days before the first paying audience. In 2020, in the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd , black actors from the original and current casts stated in a letter to the creative team that changes would be needed to reflect modern day perceptions and avoid tropes that were commonplace in the past. ( The Book of Mormon was not alone in this; similar discussions affected several other musicals which touched on African and Black representation at

2698-487: The lack of interest from the locals, who are distracted by more pressing issues such as HIV/AIDS , famine , female genital mutilation , child molestation , and oppression by the local warlord. The show premiered on Broadway at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre in March 2011, starring Andrew Rannells and Josh Gad . It garnered critical acclaim and set records in ticket sales for the Eugene O'Neill Theatre. The Book of Mormon

2769-532: The mission president is coming to visit the Ugandan mission. Price reflects on all the broken promises the church, his parents, his friends, and life in general made to him ("Orlando"). Nabulungi and the villagers perform a pageant for the mission president to "honor [him] with the story of Joseph Smith , the American Moses ", which reflects the distortions put forth by Cunningham, such as having sex with

2840-429: The missionaries, as they hold the secrets to liberation, protection, and eternal happiness. Though her protests to go out and talk to them fail, she calms down after remembering how she was moved by Price's promise of an earthly paradise and dreams of going to live in that new land with all of her fellow villagers ("Sal Tlay Ka Siti"). The mission president has requested a progress report on their mission. Shocked by

2911-417: The next four years, ranging from 30-minute mini-performances for family and friends to much larger-scale renderings of the embryonic show. They spent hundreds of thousands of dollars of their own money, still unconvinced they would take it any further. In February 2008, a fully staged reading starred Walker and Josh Gad as Elders Price and Cunningham, respectively. Moore was originally set to direct, but left

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2982-422: The ones used in the airline and hotel industries. The producers charged as much as $ 477 for the best seats for performances with particularly high demand. The strategy paid off handsomely. During its first year, the show was consistently one of the top five best-selling shows on Broadway and set 22 new weekly sales records for the Eugene O'Neill Theater. For the week of Thanksgiving 2011, the average paid admission

3053-1052: The original Broadway production in English began on November 20, 2019, and ran until December 6. A Spanish non-replica production premiered at the Teatro Calderón in Madrid on October 10, 2023. At the Missionary Training Center of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Provo , Utah , devout missionary-to-be Elder Kevin Price leads his classmates in a demonstration of the door-to-door method to convert people to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints ("Hello!"). Price believes if he prays enough, he will be sent to Orlando, Florida for his two-year mission. However, he and Elder Arnold Cunningham, an insecure, pop culture-obsessed compulsive liar, find out that they will instead be sent to Uganda as

3124-504: The production in June 2010. Other directors, including James Lapine , were optioned to join the creative team, but the producers recruited Casey Nicholaw . A final five-week workshop took place in August 2010, when Nicholaw came on board as choreographer and co-director with Parker. Producers Scott Rudin and Anne Garefino originally planned to stage The Book of Mormon off-Broadway at

3195-742: The production on 26 August 2023 to take up the role of Christian in the London production of Moulin Rouge, and was replaced by Blair Gibson. Gibson and Peirson currently lead the production. The original Australian production of Book of Mormon opened at Melbourne 's Princess Theatre on January 18, 2017, where it broke box-office records before it had even opened, and despite some controversy, won several Helpmann awards. The cast starred Ryan Bondy and A.J. Holmes as Elder Price and Elder Cunningham, Rowan Witt as Elder McKinley, Zahra Newman as Nabulungi, and Bert Labonté as Mafala. This same cast then opened

3266-409: The production that day. Rouleau was replaced by Dave Thomas Brown. Sears was replaced by longtime Elder Cunningham (on both Broadway and the second national tour) Cody Jamison Strand. Other Broadway cast members include original Broadway cast member Lewis Cleale as Joseph Smith/Mission President and other roles, and Derrick Williams as the General. On March 12, 2020, the show suspended production due to

3337-463: The role of Elder Cunningham while in Chicago with Rouleau) joined the Broadway cast to reprise their roles as Elder Price and Elder Cunningham. On August 26, 2014, Grey Henson took over for Loehr as Elder McKinley. Henson had previously played the role on the first national tour. Rouleau and Platt left Broadway in January 2015. They were replaced by Gavin Creel and Christopher John O'Neill , who played

3408-731: The role of Elder Price in the Melbourne production. Other cast members include Kayla Pecchioni as Nabulungi, PJ Adzima as Elder McKinley, and Sterling Jarvis as Mafala Hatimbi. The tour played its final performance on March 11, 2020, in Los Angeles , closing earlier than planned due to the COVID-19 pandemic . A West End production officially opened on March 21, 2013, at the Prince of Wales Theatre , with previews beginning February 25. Gavin Creel and Jared Gertner reprised their North American tour performances. The London cast members hosted

3479-456: The role of Nabalungi. On February 20, 2017, Chris O'Neill and Daniel Breaker had their final performances as Elder Cunningham and Mafala Hatimbi. O'Neill was replaced by Brian Sears, who came over from the London production. Breaker was replaced by Billy Eugene Jones. On February 18, 2018, after six and a half years with the show, original cast member Nic Rouleau played his final performance as Elder Price. Original cast member Brian Sears also left

3550-546: The role. December 14, 2014 was Pierce Cassedy's last performance as Elder McKinley. He was replaced by former Broadway swing Daxton Bloomquist. On January 3, 2016, Larsen completed his final show as Elder Price. Larsen was replaced by his stand-by, Ryan Bondy. Gabe Gibbs replaced Bondy as Elder Price in October 2016. Oge Agulué replaced David Aron Damane as the General in December 2016. On January 1, 2017, Cody Jamison Strand had his last performance as Elder Cunningham. Strand left

3621-441: The roles of Price and Cunningham (respectively) on the first national tour. On January 3, 2016, Creel left the show after three and a half years. He was replaced by Kyle Selig , former Broadway and second national tour Elder Price standby, who was scheduled to play the role through February 21, 2016. On January 25, 2016, Christopher John O'Neill was temporarily replaced by longtime Elder Cunningham standby Nyk Bielak. Bielak had been

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3692-422: The same production began touring North America. Platt never went on tour with the production and Rouleau performed in only a few cities on the tour before they both moved to New York and started rehearsals in preparation for joining the Broadway production. David Larsen succeeded Nic Rouleau as Elder Price, A.J. Holmes succeeded Ben Platt as Elder Cunningham, and Cody Jamison Strand then succeeded A.J. Holmes in

3763-404: The show to join the West End production. Strand was replaced by Conner Pierson on January 3, 2017. On October 24, 2017, long-time ensemble member Kevin Clay assumed the role of Elder Price. Clay had been with the tour since November 2015, and worked his way up from ensemble, to Elder Price understudy, to Elder Price stand-by, before finally assuming the role. Bondy left the touring cast to take over

3834-407: The time they go to bed that night, Price is riddled with anxiety, but Cunningham reassures him that he will succeed and that, as his companion, Cunningham will be by his side no matter what ("I Am Here for You"). Price is confident he can succeed where the other elders have failed, teaching the villagers about Joseph Smith through a song that begins as a tribute to Smith but eventually descends into

3905-443: The time, such as The Lion King .) Script revisions were instigated to center the villagers rather than the missionaries and to show them as having more agency than the original script had suggested. The Book of Mormon premiered on Broadway at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre on March 24, 2011, following previews since February 24. The production was choreographed by Casey Nicholaw and co-directed by Nicholaw and Parker. Set design

3976-531: The tour, began previews on December 11, 2012, and officially opened on December 19 of that year, at the Bank of America Theatre in Chicago, Illinois as part of Broadway in Chicago . The limited engagement closed October 6, 2013 and became the second U.S. national tour. The cast included Nic Rouleau in the role of Price, along with Ben Platt as Cunningham. After the Chicago production closed on October 6, 2013,

4047-418: The villagers to listen to him, Cunningham finds the courage to take control of the situation ("Man Up"). Cunningham attempts to teach the Book of Mormon to the villagers, but when they begin to get frustrated and leave, Cunningham quickly makes up stories by combining what he knows of LDS Church doctrine with pieces of science fiction and fantasy. Cunningham's conscience (personified by his father, Joseph Smith,

4118-668: Was a primary sponsor of the award up to his death in 2004. Since his death the award has been given once, rather than the prior pattern of annual awards. Several recipients of the Jujamcyn Award have also been recognized with the Regional Theatre Tony Award . The Jujamcyn Theatres Award recipients have been the following: Note: this is a sortable table, click on the column heading arrow icon to sort by that column. Jujamcyn Amusement Corporation The third-largest theatre owner on Broadway , behind

4189-621: Was a successful theatrical producer and was friendly with Binger from previous theatrical productions and a shared interest in racehorses. Over the next 17 years, Landesman, Binger and the Jujamcyn organization would produce and house a successful string of Broadway hits. Including box office juggernaut The Producers , which won a record 12 Tony Awards in 2001. Virginia Binger died in 2002, and James Binger died in 2004. Rocco Landesman , producer and President of Jujamcyn since 1987, announced that he planned to buy Jujamcyn Theatres, telling

4260-424: Was also included as one of South Park ' s " Super Best Friends ", a Justice League parody team of religious figures like Jesus , Buddha , and Muhammad . During the summer of 2003, Parker and Stone flew to New York City to discuss the script of their new film, Team America: World Police , with friend and producer Scott Rudin (who also produced South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut ). Rudin advised

4331-401: Was awarded nine Tony Awards , including Best Musical , and a Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album . The success of the Broadway production has spawned many stagings worldwide, including a long-running West End replica and several US national tours. The Book of Mormon has grossed over $ 800 million, making it one of the most successful musicals of all time. As of November 2024, it

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4402-431: Was by Scott Pask , with costumes by Ann Roth , lighting by Brian MacDevitt , and sound by Brian Ronan. Orchestrations were co-created by Larry Hochman and the show's musical director and vocal arranger Stephen Oremus . The production was originally headlined by Josh Gad and Andrew Rannells in the two leading roles. The New York production of The Book of Mormon employed an innovative pricing strategy, similar to

4473-543: Was covering for Hippensteel as the Broadway Elder Price stand-by) took over the role of Elder Price. Bondy continued on as Elder Price until Creel returned from London later in the summer of 2014. When Creel and O'Neill left the touring production to join the Broadway production, Bondy again took over the role of Elder Price while Chad Burris took over for O'Neill as Elder Cunningham. The two were only leads for six weeks as they waited for replacements to come from

4544-466: Was originally called "H-E Double Hockey Sticks". Lopez pushed to workshop the project, which confused Parker and Stone who were not familiar with the practice. Developmental workshops were directed by Jason Moore and starred Cheyenne Jackson . Other actors in readings included Benjamin Walker and Daniel Reichard. The crew embarked on the first of a half-dozen workshops that would take place during

4615-429: Was over $ 170, even though the highest-priced regular seat was listed at $ 155. High attendance coupled with aggressive pricing allowed the financial backers to recoup their investment of $ 11.4 million after just nine months of performances. After Gad's departure in June 2012, standby Jared Gertner played the role until June 26, when Cale Krise permanently took over the role, as Gertner left to play Elder Cunningham in

4686-474: Was pushed forward four months. Gavin Creel (Price) and Jared Gertner (Cunningham) led the cast until late December, when West End performer Mark Evans and Christopher John O'Neill took over, allowing time for Creel and Gertner to begin rehearsals for their move to the West End production. After Evans left the show on June 30, 2014, Broadway Elder Price stand-by K.J. Hippensteel temporarily covered as Elder Price. Hippensteel returned to Broadway and Ryan Bondy (who

4757-452: Was taken over by Matt Doyle . In December 2012, Jon Bass joined as Elder Cunningham. Original cast member Rory O'Malley was replaced by Matt Loehr in January 2013. In April 2013, Stanley Wayne Mathis joined the cast as Mafala Hatimbi. In May 2013, Jon Bass left the role of Elder Cunningham and was replaced by Cody Jamison Strand. After Doyle and Strand's contracts finished in January 2014, Rouleau and Ben Platt (who had previously played

4828-628: Was tapped by the Obama administration to take a position in Washington as chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts . That year, Landesman sold a half interest in Jujamcyn to Jordan Roth , a successful 33-year-old theatrical producer who had joined the company in 2005 as resident producer and vice president. Roth, as president, assumed full control of Jujamcyn as Landesman departed for

4899-421: Was transferring over to the Broadway production. On August 9, 2016 Steven Webb took over for Ashfield as Elder McKinley. On January 14, 2017, Brian Sears performed his last performance in the West End. Sears left London to join the Broadway company on February 20. Sears was replaced by longtime second national tour Elder Cunningham, Cody Jamison Strand. Strand's first performance was on January 30, 2017, as he left

4970-406: Was unclear what the combined company would be called. The agreement would give the combined company seven Broadway theaters, and Jordan Roth was to be appointed as the creative director for the company. In July 2023, Jordan Roth sold a 93 percent stake in Jujamcyn's five theaters to ATG and Providence Equity . In exchange, Roth bought a 7 percent ownership stake in ATG's two other Broadway theaters,

5041-411: Was working on the West End production of Avenue Q . There, the three wrote "four or five songs" and came up with the basic idea of the story. After an argument between Parker and Marx, who felt he was not getting enough creative control, Marx was separated from the project. For the next few years, the remaining trio met frequently to develop what they initially called The Book of Mormon: The Musical of

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