The Book of Mormon
If Broadway musicals are your sect and theater is your religion, you have recently been severely tested in your faith. Works like Spring Awakening, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, and Next to Normal were risky, boundary-pushing, but they closed too soon. The Tony Awards shamefully disregarded American Idiot, and it will be gone in three weeks.
Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, an airborne infection, is dominating headlines and making millions of dollars even before it has even begun to play. Celebrities and corporate brands push subpar products, innovation is pushed aside, and garbage rises to the top. To sing along with the Ugandan villagers in The Book of Mormon, "Fuck you God in the ass, mouth and cunt-a, fuck you in the eye," is enough to convert you to heresy.
Such profoundly insightful lyrics provide just a small taste of the countless scato-theological delights to be found in this viciously hilarious treat created by Trey Parker, Matt Stone, and composer-lyricist Robert Lopez, who also co-wrote Avenue Q.
You'll be taken back ten years to when The Producers and Urinetown revived American musical comedy, injecting time-honored conventions with metatheatrical irreverence and a healthy dose of bad-taste humor. You'll be laughing out loud at perky Mormons tap-dancing while fiercely suppressing gay tendencies deep in the African bush. The Book of Mormon is a sick mystic revelation and the most exuberantly entertaining Broadway musical in recent memory, brimming with cheery obscenity, astute satire, and catchy tunes. Thia is definitely one of the best Broadway shows you need to see.
- Ratings: 5.0/5
- Website: https://bookofmormonbroadway.com/
- Theater: EUGENE O'NEILL THEATRE
- Ticket Price: $59
