Gavin Creel and Jared Gertner to Reprise National Tour Roles in West End's THE BOOK OF MORMON, Beginning Feb 2013

Gavin Creel and Jared Gertner will play Elder Price and Elder Cunningham in The Book of Mormon, which previews at the Prince of Wales Theatre from 25 February 2013. They are currently leading the company in the Los Angeles production, which has broken all box office records at the Pantages Theatre.

Other cast members, announced today, include: Mark Anderson, Stephen Ashfield, Benjamin Brook, Daniel Buckley, Daniel Clift, Ashley Day, Terry Doe, Candace Furbert, Patrick George, Nadine Higgin, Tyrone Huntley, Evan James, Chris Jarman, Michael Kent, Alexia Khadime, Matt Krzan, Oliver Liddert, Daniel McKinley, Luke Newton, Terel Nugent, Haydn Oakley, Olivia Phillip, Lucy St. Louis, Giles Terera, Kayi Ushe, Tosh Wanogho-Maud and Liam Wrate.

Gavin Creel has previously appeared in the West End as Claude in Hair at the Gielgud Theatre and as Bert in Mary Poppins at the Prince Edward Theatre. Creel received Tony Award® nominations for his roles in the Broadway productions of Hair and Thoroughly Modern Millie.

Jared Gertner will make his West End debut in The Book of Mormon. He was a member of the original Tony Award-winning Broadway company and has previously been seen on stage in Spelling Bee at the Circle in the Square Theatre and in Ordinary Days at the Roundabout Theatre. Gertner has also been seen on TV in Ugly Betty and The Good Wife.

The Book of Mormon comes from South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, and Avenue Q co-creator Robert Lopez. The Book of Mormon, winner of nine Tony Awards, including Best Musical, and the Grammy for Best Musical Theatre album, follows a pair of Mormon boys sent on a mission to a place that’s a long way from Salt Lake City.

Book, Music and Lyrics are by Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone. Directed by Casey Nicholaw and Trey Parker, The Book of Mormon has choreography by Casey Nicholaw, set design by Scott Pask, costume design by Ann Roth, lighting design by Brian MacDevitt, sound design by Brian Ronan, orchestrations by Larry Hochman and Stephen Oremus and music supervision and vocal arrangements by Stephen Oremus.

The Book of Mormon is produced in the West End by Anne Garefino, Scott Rudin, Important Musicals and Sonia Friedman Productions.

The Broadway production of The Book of Mormon continues at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre in New York. In September the first national US tour began at the Denver Center Attractions’ Ellie Caulkins Opera House and in December a new company of The Book of Mormon will begin an engagement at the Bank of America Theatre, Chicago.

The Prince of Wales Theatre is located on Coventry Street, London, W1D 6AS. The show runs 25 February - 1 June 2013 (current booking period). Performance schedule: Monday – Saturday at 7.30pm (except 21 March, 7pm); Wednesday and Saturday matinees at 2.30pm (first Wednesday matinee on 6 March 2013).

Ticket Prices: 25 February – 30 March 2013: £27.50 - £57.50. From 1 April 2013: £37.50 - £67.50. All ticket prices include a £1 theatre restoration levy.

Lottery At each performance lottery tickets will be available at £20 each. Entries to the lottery will be accepted in person at the Box Office two and a half hours prior to each performance. Names will be drawn at random two hours before each performance. Check website for further details. Lottery tickets are subject to availability.

Call the Box Office at 0844 4825110 or visit www.bookofmormonlondon.com for more information.

Matt Stone (book, music, lyrics) and Trey Parker (co-director, book, music, lyrics) met at the University of Colorado, where as students they created the indie film Cannibal! The Musical. Soon after graduation, the pair made an early animation called The Spirit of Christmas. The short featured Stan, Kyle, Cartman and Kenny – four foul-mouthed 4th graders from Colorado – and soon gained the interest of Comedy Central. South Park debuted in 1997 to unprecedented ratings and has since won numerous awards, including four Emmys and the coveted Peabody Award. The same year South Park premiered, they also released their first theatrical feature Orgazmo – which Parker wrote/directed and Stone wrote/produced (a creative balance that continues to this day).

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