The Broadway production of The Book of Mormon—winner of nine 2011 Tony Awards, including Best Musical—will become the 11th longest-running show in Broadway history when it plays the matinee performance February 22 at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre.
With its 5,124th performance, the musical will surpass Jonathan Larson's Pulitzer Prize-winning Rent. Check out Broadway's other longest-running productions by clicking here.
Watch current The Book of Mormon cast members Jacques C. Smith and John Eric Parker, who both made their Broadway debuts in the original production of Rent, celebrate the upcoming milestone in the video below. The hit production is also the longest-running show in the 99-year history
of the O'Neill (a distinction the production has carried since 2019).
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 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 West End production opened in February 2013, winning four Olivier
Awards, including Best New Musical.
Look back at the Broadway opening night in the gallery below:
