Synopses & Reviews
The only official companion book to the Tony Award winner for Best Musical from the creators of
South Park and the co-creator of
Avenue Q. Features the complete script and song lyrics, with 4-color spot illustrations throughout, an original introduction by the creators, and a foreword by Mark Harris.
The Book of Mormon, which follows a pair of mismatched Mormon boys sent on a mission to a place that's about as far from Salt Lake City as you can get, features book, music, and lyrics by Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone.
Parker and Stone are the four-time Emmy Award-winning creators of Comedy Central's landmark animated series South Park. Tony Award-winner Lopez is co-creator of the long-running hit musical comedy Avenue Q. The Book of Mormon is choreographed by three-time Tony Award-nominee Casey Nicholaw (Monty Python's Spamalot, The Drowsy Chaperone) and is directed by Nicholaw and Parker.
The book includes • an original foreword by journalist Mark Harris (author of Pictures at a Revolution) • an original introduction by the authors on the genesis of the show • a production history • the complete book and lyrics, with four-color spot illustrations throughout.
Review
Rave reviews for The Book of Mormon:"The best musical of this century. Heaven on Broadway. The Book of Mormon achieves something like a miracle." —Ben Brantley, The New York Times
"A crowning achievement. A huge smash success. So good it makes me angry." —Jon Stewart, The Daily Show
"★ ★ ★ ★ The new gold standard for Broadway. The Book of Mormon is on its march into legend. History is made." —Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
"Matt and Trey: Where have you been all my life? The Book of Mormon deserves worship. Approach the altar of Parker and Stone." —Peter Marks, Washington Post
"The Book of Mormon is not just great theater. [Its] great writing." —Mark Harris, from the Foreword
Synopsis
The only official companion book to the new Broadway musical from the creators of South Park and the co-creator of Avenue Q. Features the complete script and song lyrics, with 4-color spot illustrations throughout, an original introduction by the creators, and a foreword by Mark Harris. About the Author
Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the creators of
South Park, met Bobby Lopez, the co-creator of
Avenue Q, in 2003. That meeting inspired them to create a musical comedy that the
New York Times would one day call "the best musical of this century."
Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the creators of South Park, met Bobby Lopez, the co-creator of Avenue Q, in 2003. That meeting inspired them to create a musical comedy that the New York Times would one day call "the best musical of this century."
Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the creators of South Park, met Bobby Lopez, the co-creator of Avenue Q, in 2003. That meeting inspired them to create a musical comedy that the New York Times would one day call "the best musical of this century."