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| THE BOOK OF MORMON |
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| Bass Hall |
Most of you will probably know the main story of this musical. It centers on 2 young Mormon Elders, who have just finished missionary school and are ready for their first assignment. Elder Price (Billy Harrigan Tighe) is anxious to be placed in Orlando as he sees himself as a version of Donny Osmand. But alas he is partnered with Elder Cunningham and they are assigned to a Ugandan village. There the two discover that the villagers have many problems, including poverty, AIDS, and a very mean war lord, called General Butt Naked. And ever though he wears an eye patch, he still wears sun glasses for a menacing glare. Price tries to convert the Villagers but decides he can't take it there any longer and leaves. The Villagers come looking for him and find Cunningham instead. Well come to find out, Cunningham had never read The Book of Mormon so he had to wing it using "Star Trek" and "Star Wars" characters to help tell the story of the early Mormon's. Who would have thought that Darth Vader was part of that story line????
It was with trepidation that The Travelling Toe and Dear Friend attended the performance and had made a pinky swear that if it got too rough then we would high tale it out at intermission. But we did stay for the entire play. Yes, it is a tad rough with the F word being used a lot and other mature themes woven into the story as well. But the acting, singing and tap dancing was exceptional. It had the feel of the old 40's musical in a way.
This show was created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone of "South Park" fame and Robert Lopez,who was part of "Avenue Q' and "Frozen". "The Book of Mormon" is way far away from "Frozen" as you can get! The musical had it's Broadway premier in March, 2011 and subsequently won 9 Tony awards.
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