Broadway's Book of Mormon

[Ben_Hecht]

Saw it last night . . . some moments of true greatness (the female lead is dynamite), but wildly uneven, very slow-starting, and not the be-all and end-all you'd expect if you bought into the consensus generated by the critics, going in . . . more bald scalper activity in front of the theater than for any other hot musical I've seen in recent years . . . happy I saw it -- but also happy I was able to take advantage of the marked discounts available, prior to the opening . . .

 

[YankeeFan]

Coming to Chicago:

"The Book of Mormon," the sweetly satirical and gently profane hit Broadway musical from the creators of "South Park" and the co-composer and the co-lyricist of "Avenue Q," will dedicate a new mission in Chicago in December 2012.

Snagging a point-of-origin-Chicago production of the massive Broadway hit — tickets in New York are pretty much sold out well into 2012, and tickets routinely re-sell for $500 or more — represents a coup for Broadway in Chicago and, by extension, the administration of Mayor Rahm Emanuel, which has placed an early focus on using the arts as a tool for economic growth in the Loop.

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-09-07/entertainment/ct-ent-0907-book-mormon-chicago-20110906_1_mormon-missionaries-chicago-mission-anne-garefino

 

[Mizzougrad96]

I hope they make a movie out of it. Otherwise, I doubt very many of us will get to see it.

I'm not exactly poor, but the days of dropping $100 a ticket to see a show are a thing of the past, especially with two little ones...

 

[Stitch]

YF will love this, as one of my fellow students in grad school whose husband works on Broadway bought me a "Book of Mormon" T-shirt.

 

[YankeeFan]

Just got this in an email: