Aint too proud the life and times of the temptations. On my fourth visit to the book of mormon on a recent night, the show still had me at hello, the first word of the first song in this longrunning musical. Joseph smith taught that the text contains the writings of the ancient biblical patriarch joseph. Auditorium and bar opening times for evening performances a theatre bar will be open from 6. In the book of mormon, broadway gets treated to one of its funniest and most irreverent broadway musicals of all time. Jehovah, immanuel, holy messiah, lamb of god, redeemer of israel, and so on.
The book of mormon, the first broadway musical by matt stone and trey parker the creators of south park. While sometimes the quality of the acting may suffer, the length of. Official site tour schedule the book of mormon on broadway. Due to public health and safety concerns surrounding the coronavirus covid19, all remaining tour dates through august 2020 have been. Since the publication of the book of mormon in 1830, mormon archaeologists have attempted to find archaeological evidence to support it. The lords words will hiss forth unto the ends of the earth, 2 ne. The running time of the book of mormon is 2 hours 20 minutes including a 15 minute interval.
Nine 2011 tony awards say the book of mormon is the best musical of the year. That theatre is slow exiting due to the configuration of the stairs, so youll have to add about 1520 minutes to get. Virginia richmondnorfolk washington seattle washington, dc. Parker and stone were best known for creating the animated comedy south park. The running time of the book of mormon is 2 hours and 35 minutes, with one intermission. Prince of wales theatre for the duration of the year, with tickets on sale now. Find cheap 2020 book of mormon broadway ticket prices and browse national tour dates. The book of mormon is a musical comedy with music, lyrics and book by trey parker, robert lopez, and matt stone first staged in 2011, the play is a satirical examination of the church of jesus christ of latterday saints beliefs and practices that ultimately endorses the positive power of love and service. We are so sorry that in these testing and difficult times you are not able to attend our show. The start time is 7, so plan on being in your seat ready to see the show cellphone off, jacket off, handbag stowed, chit chat over by 7. Winner of 9 tony awards including best musical, the new york times calls it the best musical of the. Both volumes of scripture are a compilation of teachings as recorded by ancient prophets.
The musical is one of the most commercially successful of all time, and won. The book of mormon and the bible will grow together, 2 ne. Written by south park creators trey parker and matt stone with a songwriting assist from robert lopez, of avenue q and frozen fame, this is handsdown the funnest and funniest. Although historians and archaeologists consider the book to be an anachronistic invention of joseph smith, many members of the church of jesus christ of latterday saints lds church and other denominations of the latter day saint movement believe that it. The book of mormon is returning to the hippodrome theatre in 2020, and if you hurry, theres still time to score amazing tickets for any amazing performance. In its more than 6,000 verses, the book of mormon refers to jesus christ almost 4,000 times and by 100 different names. The book of mormon musical official london website tickets. Book of mormon start time new york city forum tripadvisor. Buy the book of mormon touring tickets from the official site. The book of mormon was written for the intent that we may believe the bible, morm. From the same papyri collection, smith produced the first part of the book of abraham, but was killed before any known part of the book of joseph was translated.