This Paper Assigned is concerned with a famous new Broadway musical. The full title for the musical is The Book of Mormon. The musical is primarily responsible for satirizing organized religion and commenting on the credibility of the Latter Day Saints Church as depicted in the real Book of Mormon and Mormon religion. The Book of Mormon is conceived and was created by the creators of the famous and controversial animated television show, South Park. The book, lyrics and music for the musical were written by Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone. The music was co-created with Trey Parker, Matt Stone and George Lopez. Parker and Stone have mentioned that they grew up in Colorado. Since they were introduced to The Church of Jesus Christ …show more content…
In 2006, Parker and Stone met Lopez in London where they wrote a few songs for the musical and came up with the basic plot for the musical. After a few years of staging workshops and making changes to the production, the musical started with developmental workshops in 2008. In August 2010, a final workshop took place that lasted for five weeks. The producer for the play – Scott Rudin – wished for the musical to not travel outside of New York City and to open up on Broadway. He pushed everyone by booking the Eugene O’Neill Theatre in New York City. After the key players for the production were cast and construction on the design elements began.
The production is co-directed by Casey Nicholaw and Parker. Nicholaw also did the choreography for the production. The following designers were involved with the production: Scott Pask (Set Design), Anna Roth (Costume Design), Brian MacDevitt (Lighting Design) and Brian Ronan (Sound Design). Stephen Oremus was the musical director and vocal arranger for the production. He co-created the orchestrations with Larry Hochman.
The Book of Mormon premiered on Broadway on March 24, 2011 at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre in New York City. The production opened right after it opened for previews on February 24. The musical won nine Tony Awards, including the Tony Award for Best Musical. The musical started its first United States National Tour in 2012. Previews for the North American tour began on August 14,
The director and choreographer Matthew Peters did an excellent job in keeping the show fast paced and
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The designers’ availability allows the play to provide admirable performance. Whatever differed in their jobs, their performance in these design worthy to admire. Also, The director was the one how encourages them to determine the precise time in the
The musical opened to previews on Broadway at the Nederlander Theatre with a limited engagement from March 15th , 2012 to march 28 2012. They performed “King of New York “ in the thanksgiving parade for that year. The show has earned Eight Tony awards, and won 3 which were , Best Musical , Best Choreography and Best original
Amazed by the props and decorations in the proscenium stage I could see the theme because of the lockers and therefore I concluded that the central location of the musical was a school, there was an upbeat atmosphere that arose in the theater from everyone being excited to watch the musical. Before the musical began the DJ played old school music to match the theme. Underneath the amazing
The most interesting and useful thing that was learned from watching the episode was the beliefs that the Mormons shared, while the most relevant thing was how Mormons don’t quite fit in with other religions, as they are excessive with generosity. This story of Mormonism can be explained with historical circumstances by watching the scenes where the story of Joseph Smith was told, in which it is similar with the facts told, however different with the humor used to dictate the
The foul-mouthed musical The Book of Mormon opened in Spring 2011 to stellar reviews including The New York Times claiming the musical as "a newborn, old-fashioned, pleasure giving musical" by Ben Brantley (2011). As a story about two Mormon missionaries who got sent to northern part of Uganda for their mission, the musical tells a brief explanation of the real "Book of Mormon" -the sacred text of the Latter Day Saint church founded in 1820s by Joseph Smith, but instead providing satirical view and perception of contemporary musical theater writers (in this case, Trey Parker and Matt Stone of the television series South Park and Robert Lopez) towards the Mormons and a rather stereotypical portrayal of Uganda as a barren land of extreme poverty and savages.
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