With tonight’s performance, the nine-time Tony Award-winning musical surpasses the original 14-year run of Mamma Mia!<\/p>\n
Rejoice! Tonight, September 25, The Book of Mormon<\/a> will become the ninth-longest-running show in Broadway history with its 5,759th performance. It surpasses the original Broadway production of Mamma Mia!, which ran from October 2001 to September 2015.<\/p>\n The Book of Mormon celebrated its 15th anniversary earlier this year, having opened at Broadway’s Eugene O’Neill Theatre<\/a> in March 2011. It has since become the longest-running production in the theatre’s history and broken box office records there more than 50 times.<\/p>\n The R-rated musical satire from Trey Parker and Matt Stone (South Park) and Robert Lopez (Avenue Q) follows a pair of Mormon missionaries who get creative with their preaching to successfully convert skeptical Ugandan villagers. It won nine Tony Awards, including Best Musical, and a Grammy Award for its cast album.<\/p>\n The current cast includes Kevin Clay<\/a> as Elder Price, Diego Enrico<\/a> as Elder Cunningham, Sydney Quildon<\/a> as Nabulungi, Charlie Franklin<\/a> as Elder McKinley, Jacques C. Smith<\/a> as Mafala Hatimbi, Jay Wilkison<\/a> as Missionary Training Center Voice\/Price\u2019s Dad\/Joseph Smith\/Mission President, and Derrick Williams<\/a> as the General.<\/p>\n As previously announced<\/a>, original cast members Nikki M. James<\/a> and Rory O’Malley<\/a> will reprise their roles of Nabulungi and Elder McKinley, respectively, from October 27 to January 17.<\/p>\n