SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The biting satirical musical that mocks Mormons is finally coming to the heart of Mormonlandia, starting a two-week run at a Salt Lake City theater two blocks from the church’s flagship temple.
The Tony Award-winning “The Book of Mormon” has been playing across the country since it opened in March 2011. But this will mark the first time the show’s gleefully naive missionaries come to Utah, where about two-thirds of the state’s residents are estimated to be Mormon.
The show’s creators, Trey Parker and Matt Stone of “South Park” fame, tell The Associated Press that bringing the show to Salt Lake City feels like validation, and also brings the creative process full circle.
It is not expected to cause much of a stir or any protests.
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