{"id":3669,"date":"2015-11-23T15:14:27","date_gmt":"2015-11-23T20:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/?p=3669"},"modified":"2016-06-20T16:41:25","modified_gmt":"2016-06-20T21:41:25","slug":"the-book-of-mormon-is-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/the-book-of-mormon-is-back\/","title":{"rendered":"The Book of Mormon is Back!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Back By Popular Demand
\nAfter Record-Breaking, Sold-Out Runs<\/h4>\n

Performances Begin June 29<\/h6>\n

Public On Sale Monday, November 30<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>CHICAGO (Nov. 23, 2015)<\/b> \u2014 Back by popular demand, The Book of Mormon<\/b>\u00a0returns for a seven-week limited engagement, June 29 \u2013 August 14, 2016, at the Bank of America Theatre<\/b> (18 West Monroe).\u00a0 Single tickets will go on sale Monday, November 30<\/b>.\u00a0 Tickets are available at all Broadway In Chicago Box Offices (24 W. Randolph St., 151 W. Randolph St., 18 W. Monroe St. and 175 E. Chestnut), the Broadway In Chicago Ticket Line at (800) 775-2000, all Ticketmaster retail locations and online at www.BroadwayInChicago.com<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 Tickets are available now for groups of 15 or more by calling Broadway In Chicago Group Sales at (312) 977-1710.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Book of Mormon\u00a0<\/b>holds the record for the largest weekly gross in history of the Bank of America Theatre.\u00a0 The national tours of\u00a0The Book of Mormon<\/b> have broken 90 house records in 47 venues across the country.\u00a0 At Broadway\u2019s Eugene O\u2019Neill Theatre,The Book of Mormon<\/b> has broken the house record 50 times.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Book of Mormon<\/b> features book, music and lyrics by Trey Parker<\/b>, Robert Lopez<\/b> and Matt Stone.<\/b> Parker and Stone are the four-time Emmy Award-winning creators of the landmark animated series, \u201cSouth Park.\u201d Tony Award-winner Lopez is co-creator of the long-running hit musical comedy, Avenue Q<\/i>.\u00a0 The musical is choreographed by Tony Award-winner Casey Nicholaw<\/b> (Monty Python\u2019s Spamalot, The Drowsy Chaperone<\/i>) and is directed by Nicholaw<\/b> and Parker<\/b>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>The Book of Mormon<\/b> is the winner of nine Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Best Score (Trey Parker, Robert Lopez, Matt Stone<\/b>), Best Book (Trey Parker, Robert Lopez, Matt Stone<\/b>), Best Direction (Casey Nicholaw, Trey Parker<\/b>), Best Featured Actress (Nikki M. James<\/b>), Best Scenic Design (Scott Pask<\/b>), Best Lighting Design (Brian MacDevitt<\/b>), Best Sound Design (Brian Ronan<\/b>) and Best Orchestrations (Larry Hochman, Stephen Oremus<\/b>); the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Musical; five Drama Desk Awards including Best Musical, the 2011 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album; four Outer Critics Circle Awards, including Best Musical, and the Drama League Award for Best Musical.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Book of Mormon<\/b> features set design by Scott Pask<\/b>, costume design by Ann Roth,<\/b> lighting design by Brian MacDevitt<\/b> and sound design by Brian Ronan<\/b>.\u00a0 Orchestrations are by Larry Hochman<\/b> and Stephen Oremus<\/b>.\u00a0 Music direction and vocal arrangements are by Stephen Oremus<\/b>. \u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Original Broadway Cast Recording for\u00a0The Book of Mormon<\/b><\/b>, winner of the 2011 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, is available on Ghostlight Records.<\/span><\/p>\n

For more information, visit www.BookofMormonTheMusical.com<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Follow <\/b>The Book of Mormon<\/b> on Twitter<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/span> and on Facebook<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/span>.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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