{"id":170987,"date":"2026-03-21T22:37:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T22:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/170987\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T22:37:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T22:37:28","slug":"photos-andrew-rannells-rory-omalley-more-celebrate-the-book-of-mormons-15th-anniversary-on-broadway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/170987\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: Andrew Rannells, Rory O’Malley, More Celebrate The Book of Mormon’s 15th Anniversary on Broadway"},"content":{"rendered":"

Earlier this week, Mormon co-creators Trey Parker<\/a>, Matt Stone<\/a>, and Robert Lopez<\/a> announced on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert<\/a> that
\n the June 9\u201314 performances of the Tony-winning musical will
\nfeature appearances
\nin every show by original cast members, including Tony nominees Josh Gad<\/a>
\n (Elder Cunningham) and Rannells (Elder Price), Tony winner Nikki
\n M. James (Nabulungi), and Tony nominee O\u2019Malley (Elder McKinley).
\nThe original cast members, celebrating the musical’s 15th anniversary,
\nwill perform select scenes
\nand songs at each performance alongside the current cast, with no show
\nexactly the same. The \u201cMagical Mormon Mystery Week\u201d performances will
\nalso feature
\nParker, Stone, and Lopez as well as Broadway\u2019s original Mormon and
\nUgandan ensembles at certain
\nperformances, plus other surprise guests from the Mormon family throughout the week. Tickets for the special performances are now available at ATG Tickets<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Book of Mormon is the longest-running show in the
\n100-year history of the Eugene O\u2019Neill Theatre and the 10th
\nlongest-running show in Broadway history.<\/p>\n

READ: As The Book of Mormon Nears Its 15th Anniversary, Broadway’s Elder Price Is Nearing His 10th<\/a><\/p>\n

The Book of Mormon
\n opened on Broadway March 24, 2011, subsequently winning nine 2011 Tony
\nAwards, including Best Musical, as well as the Grammy for
\nBest Musical Theatre
\nAlbum. The Broadway production also won five Drama Desk Awards,
\nincluding Best Musical; the NY Drama Critics Circle Award for Best
\nMusical; the Drama League Award for Best Musical; and four Outer Critics
\n Circle Awards, including Best Musical.<\/p>\n

The Book of Mormon features
\na book, music, and lyrics by Trey Parker, Robert Lopez, and Matt Stone.
\nThe production is choreographed by Casey Nicholaw<\/a> and directed by
\nNicholaw and Parker.<\/p>\n

Purchase\u00a0The Book of Mormon memorabilia in the Playbill Store.<\/a><\/p>\n

The musical also has set design by Scott
\nPask, costume design by Ann Roth<\/a>, lighting design by Brian MacDevitt<\/a>,
\nsound design by Brian Ronan<\/a>, hair design by Josh Marquette<\/a>,
\norchestrations by Larry Hochman<\/a> and Stephen Oremus<\/a>, music supervision
\nand vocal arrangements by Oremus, dance music arrangements by Glen
\nKelly, musical direction by Justin Mendoza, and casting by Carrie
\nGardner. <\/p>\n

The hit musical will also celebrate its 15th anniversary by reissuing
\n the Grammy-winning Ghostlight Original Broadway Cast Recording June
\n26 on two LP crystal-clear vinyl, two LP black vinyl, and CD.
\nThe commemorative releases will feature booklets that include complete
\nlyrics, production and studio photos, and new commentary by authors
\nParker, Stone, and Lopez, and co-orchestrator, vocal arranger, and music
\n supervisor Oremus, in conversation with CBS Sunday Morning correspondent David Pogue<\/a>. Pre-order the reissue by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n

The West End production opened in February 2013, winning four Olivier
\n Awards, including Best New Musical. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Earlier this week, Mormon co-creators Trey Parker, Matt Stone, and Robert Lopez announced on The Late Show With…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":170988,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[75,84,83,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-170987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170987\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}