The Book of Mormon musical

Hi all,

I managed (by some freaky bit of luck) to get myself two tickets for The Book of Mormon this weekend just gone, and I just wanted to pop in and say that I couldn't recommend it highly enough.

If you enjoy South Park, or even just the South Park episode about Mormons, I think you'll absolutely love this musical, and it's well worth going to see. It is exactly as offensive, non-PC, and mocking as you would imagine, and there's no holds barred in terms of the language used. There's plenty of jokes about Mormon beliefs about gay people, the crazy "get your own planet after death" stuff, etc., but also lots of nice little nods to things that you might only know about if you'd read about the Mormon religion (like the magic Mormon underwear, which they hilariously strip off to at one point. It's never explained or explicitly pointed out, just a funny moment made even funnier if you know about the magic underwear).

As a side note, I bought the program (I always do!), and found that the actual Mormon church had several ads for the actual Book of Mormon (e.g. freetext to XXXXX to get a free copy of the Book of Mormon) with captions like "I've read the book" or "You've seen the show, now read the book" and I have to say, my first reaction was "fair play". They could have kicked up a fuss, kept quiet and tried to ignore it, etc. but instead, they've just owned all the free publicity from this multi-award-winning musical (that looks like it's going to stick around for a long time).

I brought a thoroughly non-musical loving friend, and he loved every minute. I even caught him singing some of the songs in the interval, so even if you're not a huge musical fan, I wouldn't let it put you off

For a taster, I've linked the opening to the Tony Awards where the broadway cast sing the opening number. Now, tell me you don't want to see the rest!