The Broadway production of The Book of Mormon—winner of nine 2011 Tony Awards, including Best Musical—will celebrate its 5,000th performance at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre November 4 at 7 PM.
The hit production is the longest-running show in the 99-year history of the O'Neill (a distinction the production has carried since 2019) as well as the 12th longest-running Broadway show of all time.
The Broadway cast is currently headed by Kevin Clay as Elder Price, Cody Jamison Strand as Elder Cunningham, Keziah John-Paul as Nabulungi, PJ Adzima as Elder McKinley, and Jacques C. Smith as Mafala Hatimbi.
The company also features Lewis Cleale, Derrick Williams, Randy Aaron, J. Casey Barrett, Graham Bowen, Isaiah Tyrelle Boyd, Thomas Doegler, Rosharra Francis, Garfield Hammonds, Arica Jackson, Kristen Jeter, Joshua Keen, John K. Kramer, Ben Laxton, Terrie Lynne, Matthew Marks, Noah Marlowe, Henry McGinniss, Tony Moreno, Jevares Myrick, Andrew Nelin, Darius Nichols, John Eric Parker, John Pinto Jr., Christian Probst, Andrew Stevens Purdy, Destinee Ree, Jamard Richardson, Jasmin Richardson, Paul Schwensen, Leonard Sullivan, and Racquel Williams.
The Book of Mormon opened on Broadway March 24, 2011, subsequently winning the Grammy for Best Musical Theatre Album. The Broadway production also won five Drama Desk Awards, including Best Musical; the NY Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Musical; the Drama League Award for Best Musical; and four Outer Critics Circle Awards, including Best Musical.
The Book of Mormon features a book, music, and lyrics by Trey Parker, Robert Lopez, and Matt Stone. The production is choreographed by Casey Nicholaw and is directed by Nicholaw and Parker.
The musical also has set design by Scott
Pask, costume design by Ann Roth, lighting design by Brian MacDevitt,
sound design by Brian Ronan, hair design by Josh Marquette, orchestrations by Larry Hochman and Stephen Oremus, music supervision and vocal arrangements by Oremus, dance music arrangements by Glen Kelly, musical direction by Justin Mendoza, and casting by Carrie Gardner.
The production stage manager is Glynn David Turner with general management by TT Partners' Adam J. Miller.
The West End production opened in February 2013, winning four Olivier Awards, including Best New Musical. The musical is also on tour in the U.K. and opens in Sydney in 2025.
