"The Book of Mormon" knocks on Tulsa’s door
Back by popular demand, The Book of Mormon, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, will return to the Tulsa Performing Arts Center for a limited engagement this January. This presentation of The Book of Mormon is a special add-on production to the Celebrity Attractions' 35th Anniversary 2018-2019 Broadway Season.
The Book of Mormon follows two young missionaries who are sent to Uganda to try to convert citizens to the Mormon religion. One missionary, Elder Price, is an enthusiastic go-getter with a strong dedication to his faith, while his partner, Elder Cunningham, is a socially awkward but well-meaning nerd whose tendency to embroider the truth soon lands him in trouble.
Upon their arrival in Africa, Elders Price and Cunningham learn that in a society plagued by AIDS, poverty and violence, a successful mission may not be as easy as they expected.
The Book of Mormon 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 the landmark animated series, South Park.
Tony Award-winner Lopez is co-creator of the long-running hit musical comedy, Avenue Q. The musical is choreographed by Tony Award-winner Casey Nicholaw (Monty Python’s Spamalot, The Drowsy Chaperone) and is directed by Nicholaw and Parker.
Winner of nine Tony Awards, The Book of Mormon includes many “Bests.” Best Musical, Best Score (Trey Parker, Robert Lopez, Matt Stone), Best Book (Trey Parker, Robert Lopez, Matt Stone) and Best Direction (Casey Nicholaw, Trey Parker).
Additional awards include Best Featured Actress (Nikki M. James), Best Scenic Design (Scott Pask), Best Lighting Design (Brian MacDevitt), Best Sound Design (Brian Ronan) and Best Orchestrations (Larry Hochman, Stephen Oremus) as well as many other accolades
Heaven on Broadway!” said Ben Brantley of The New York Times. “A celebration of the privilege of living inside that improbable paradise called a musical comedy.”
Brantley also said The Book of Mormon was “The best musical of this century.”
The Book of Mormon comes to the Tulsa Performing Arts Center for eight performances only January 8-13. The performance schedule is Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at 7:30 p.m., Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., and Sunday at 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.
Tickets are on sale now and may be purchased by calling (918) 596-7111 or (800) 364-7111, in person at the Tulsa PAC Box Office, or online at www.CelebrityAttractions.com. Call (918) 796-0220 for groups of 10 or more.
The Book of Mormon is a special add-on production to the Celebrity Attractions’ 35th Anniversary 2018-2019 Broadway Season. The season also included Tulsa’s most popular musical, Wicked, and the spellbinding sequel to The Phantom of the Opera, Love Never Dies.
Coming up, we’ll see Broadway’s funniest and longest-running play The Play That Goes Wrong, an irresistible slice of musical theatre heaven with Waitress, the joyous classic to ‘raise a cup to’ with Fiddler On The Roof, and the season concludes with Hamilton, making its Tulsa debut.
For more information, please visit www.CelebrityAttractions.com and www.BookofMormonTheMusical.com.
The Tulsa PAC Ticket Office and Celebrity Attractions are the only official retail ticket outlets and the only way to guarantee you are paying face value for legitimate tickets. Broker or third-party tickets are not guaranteed and cannot be replaced.
Copyright The Gayly – December 4, 2018 @ 12:30 p.m. CST.