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Photo Flash: First Look at Nic Rouleau, Syesha Mercado & Ben Platt in BOOK OF MORMON in Chicago!

By: Dec. 20, 2012
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THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, just launched its Second National Tour in Chicago at the Bank of America Theatre (18 West Monroe), featuring Nic Rouleau as Elder Price, Syesha Mercado as Nabulungi & Ben Platt as Elder Cunningham. Check out just-released production shots below!

THE BOOK OF MORMON features book, music and lyrics by Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone. Parker and Stone are the four-time Emmy Award-winning creators of the landmark animated series, "South Park." Tony Award-winner Lopez is co-creator of the long-running hit musical comedy, Avenue Q. The musical is choreographed by Tony Award-winner Casey Nicholaw (Monty Python's Spamalot, The Drowsy Chaperone) and is directed by Nicholaw and Parker.

THE BOOK OF MORMON is the winner of nine Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Best Score (Trey Parker, Robert Lopez, Matt Stone), Best Book (Trey Parker, Robert Lopez, Matt Stone), Best Direction (Casey Nicholaw, Trey Parker), Best Featured Actress (Nikki M. James), Best Scenic Design (Scott Pask), Best Lighting Design (Brian MacDevitt), Best Sound Design (Brian Ronan) and Best Orchestrations (Larry Hochman, Stephen Oremus); the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Musical; five Drama Desk Awards including Best Musical, the 2011 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album; four Outer Critics Circle Awards, including Best Musical, and the Drama League Award for Best Musical.

THE BOOK OF MORMON features set design by Scott Pask, costume design by Ann Roth, lighting design by Brian MacDevitt and sound design by Brian Ronan. Orchestrations are by Larry Hochman and Stephen Oremus. Music direction and vocal arrangements are by Stephen Oremus.

The Original Broadway Cast Recording for THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of the 2011 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, is available on Ghostlight Records.

Photo Credit: Joan Marcus

Photo Flash: First Look at Nic Rouleau, Syesha Mercado & Ben Platt in BOOK OF MORMON in Chicago!  Image

Photo Flash: First Look at Nic Rouleau, Syesha Mercado & Ben Platt in BOOK OF MORMON in Chicago!  Image
Ben Platt

Photo Flash: First Look at Nic Rouleau, Syesha Mercado & Ben Platt in BOOK OF MORMON in Chicago!  Image
Nic Rouleau

Photo Flash: First Look at Nic Rouleau, Syesha Mercado & Ben Platt in BOOK OF MORMON in Chicago!  Image
Syesha Mercado & Ben Platt

Photo Flash: First Look at Nic Rouleau, Syesha Mercado & Ben Platt in BOOK OF MORMON in Chicago!  Image
Cast of THE BOOK OF MORMON

Photo Flash: First Look at Nic Rouleau, Syesha Mercado & Ben Platt in BOOK OF MORMON in Chicago!  Image




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