THE BOOK OF MORMON to (finally!) leave Melbourne
The Tony®, Olivier®, and Grammy® award-winning production THE BOOK OF MORMON has again proven it is Melbourne’s favourite musical comedy with another record-breaking season. The much-loved musical must close in Melbourne on 19 July in preparation for its debut at the Glasshouse Theatre at QPAC in Brisbane later in the month.
The musical now holds the record for the most tickets sold in a single day for a show at the Princess Theatre in the last five years and the total attendance for the Melbourne season at week ending 5 July stands at nearly 230,000 tickets sold.
More importantly, a whopping 29,926 choc tops and 17,890 cocktails also sold throughout the season, including nearly 6,000 cocktails with a maple glazed donut on top, adding to Melbourne’s reputation as city who loves a night at the theatre complete with delicious food and drink options.
THE BOOK OF MORMON is produced in Australia by JONES Theatrical Group who currently have a combination of new and established productions in the Australian market including Pretty Woman: The Musical, opening this week at the Regent Theatre, and Mrs. Doubtfire – The Musical opening later this year at the Princess Theatre.
Suzanne Jones, Producer and CEO, JONES Theatrical Group:
Live theatre matters and has an extraordinary ability to bring people together. Every night we provide people with escapism, connection, laughter, emotion and a chance to step away from the pressures of the world for a few hours. That is valuable, and it is needed — not only for our social wellbeing but also for our economy.
In 2024, live performance sold 31.4 million tickets, which is more than Australia’s major sporting competitions combined, and ticket sales for THE BOOK OF MORMON is further proof of the strong market for live theatre and the continued economic benefits it brings,” she added.
To celebrate and to thank Melbourne for its support, final $99* seats have been released in the Grand Circle. For further information and to purchase these, visit www.thebookofmormonmusical.com.au (*plus $10.55 order fee per transaction, subject to availability, valid on new purchases).
The original Australian premiere season in Melbourne in 2015 broke the record for the highest selling on-sale period of any production in Melbourne’s Princess Theatre’s 159-year history and also won the Helpmann Award for Best Musical.
The cast includes Sean Johnston (Hairspray) as Elder Price, Nick Cox (Beauty and the Beast) as Elder Cunningham, Paris Leveque who is making her professional debut as Nabulungi, Tom Struik (Sister Act the Musical) as Elder McKinley, Simbarashe Matshe (Filthy Business) as Mafala Hatimbi, Augie Tchantcho who is reprising his role inTHE BOOK OF MORMON as The General and Matthew Hamilton (Tina – The Tina Turner Musical) as Mission President.
Winner of nine Tony Awards® including Best Musical and the Grammy® for Best Musical Theatre album, THE BOOK OF MORMON follows a pair of mismatched Mormon boys sent on a mission to a place that’s about as far from Salt Lake City as you can get.
THE BOOK OF MORMON made its world premiere in March 2011 at Broadway’s Eugene O’Neil Theatre. The London production opened in February 2013 at the Prince of Wales Theatre, winning four Olivier Awards®, including Best New Musical.
The show has set house records at 27 theatres across the US and broke theatre sales records at New York’s Eugene O’Neill Theater more than 50 times. The London production broke box office records for the highest single day of sales in West End history.
THE BOOK OF MORMON features book, music and lyrics by Trey Parker, Robert Lopez, and Matt Stone. The production is co-directed by Casey Nicholaw and Parker and choreographed by Nicholaw.
Trey Parker and Matt Stone are the creators of the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning television show, South Park, now in its 27th season, and the feature films South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut and Team America: World Police.
Robert Lopez co-created the Broadway musical Avenue Q and co-wrote the songs for Disney’s Frozen and Coco. He is the first person ever to achieve a double ‘EGOT,’ winning at least two each of the four major entertainment awards: Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Awards.
THE BOOK OF MORMON is co-directed and choreographed by the Tony, Olivier, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award-winning Casey Nicholaw. His Broadway and West End credits include Disney’s Aladdin, Dreamgirls, Mean Girls, Monty Python’s Spamalot, The Prom and The Drowsy Chaperone.
Set design for THE BOOK OF MORMON is by three-time Tony Award winner Scott Pask, costume design is by two-time Tony Award winner Ann Roth, lighting design is by five-time Tony Award winner Brian MacDevitt and sound design is by two-time Tony Award winner Brian Ronan. Orchestrations are by Tony Award winner Larry Hochman and two-time Tony Award winner Stephen Oremus. Music direction and vocal arrangements are by Oremus.
Praise be! Mormons’ second coming is a blasphemous delight” -Sydney Morning Herald
This “did they really just say that?” musical will have you snort laughing” Time Out Sydney
The Book of Mormon is funniest, filthiest and most gloriously fearless musical ever to hit the Australian stage” The Scoop
Best-written opening number in musical theatre history” The Plus Ones
THE BOOK OF MORMON is produced in Australia by Anne Garefino, Important Musicals and Suzanne Jones for JONES Theatrical Group.
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