The Book of Mormon Marks 5,000th Performance

The Book of Mormon, winner of nine 2011 Tony Awards including Best Musical and the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, will celebrate its 5,000th performance on Broadway tonight, November 4, at 7:00 PM at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre.

The Book of Mormon is the longest-running musical in the 99-year history of the Eugene O’Neill Theatre, and the twelfth longest-running Broadway show of all time. Since opening on March 24, 2011, The Book of Mormon has broken the O’Neill house record more than 50 times.

The Book of Mormon on Broadway currently stars 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 cast also features Lewis Cleale, Derrick Williams, Randy Aaron, J. Casey Barrett, Graham Bowen, Isaiah Tyrelle Boyd, Thomas Doegler, Rosharra Francis, Garfield Hammonds, Arica Jackson, Kristen Jeter, Joshua Keen, John K. Kramer, Ben Laxton, Terrie Lynne, Matthew Marks, Noah Marlowe, Henry McGinniss, Tony Moreno, Jevares Myrick, Andrew Nelin, Darius Nichols, John Eric Parker, John Pinto Jr., Christian Probst, Andrew Stevens Purdy, Destinee Ree, Jamard Richardson, Jasmin Richardson, Paul Schwensen, Leonard Sullivan, and Racquel Williams.

Featuring book, music, and lyrics by Trey Parker (South Park), Robert Lopez (Frozen), and Matt Stone (South Park), The Book of Mormon is choreographed by Casey Nicholaw (Some Like It Hot) and directed by Nicholaw and Parker.