- New York
Durata: 2h 30mins
A Tony Award for Best Musical, a Grammy for Best Musical Theater Album, over $500 million in box office sales, and globally sold-out shows – The Book of Mormon is one of the most successful and riotously funny musicals of all time.
Catch it where it first premiered, at the iconic Eugene O'Neill Theatre on Broadway, and laugh your way through this infectiously catchy tale of two young Mormon missionaries who are sent to war-torn Uganda.
Written and directed by South Park and Team America creators, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, alongside musical songwriter Robert Lopez, The Book of Mormon exudes the kind of razor-sharp humor, cutting cultural commentary, and wacky characters you'd expect. It's full of musical earworms you'll keep humming for weeks after the show.
Follow the story of Elder Price and Elder Cunningham, two wide-eyed Mormon boys who are sent on their first mission. But instead of sunny Orlando, they're dropped in a poverty-stricken Ugandan village, whose residents are all-too-familiar with the preachings and promises of foreign missionaries. The boys' faith and courage are tested in ever-escalating escapades that will leave you in stitches!
True to Parker and Stone's unique brand of humor, the show does a masterful job of satirizing the silly parts of religion while having moral underpinnings. It's a feel-good love letter to the Mormon ethos of being nice to everyone, that isn't afraid to throw punches at some of the church's more bombastic claims and tenets.
Hilarious is an understatement.