Few works of art find a perfect balance between laughs, profundity, vulgarity and musicality. The smash Broadway hit "The Book of Mormon" is one of the few that does.
Broadway
The Book of Mormon
Presented by
Hancher
Tickets
Tue, Wed, Thu, & Sun eve: $120 | $100 | $80 | $60
Fri, Sat mat, Sat eve, & Sun mat: $135 | $115 | $95 | $75
This performance is a Group II event - not eligible for any discounts, but counts toward your total number of events.
Tuesday, October 11, 2016, 7:30 pm
Wednesday, October 12, 2016, 7:30 pm
Thursday, October 13, 2016, 7:30 pm
Friday, October 14, 2016, 7:30 pm
Saturday, October 15, 2016, 2:00 pm
Saturday, October 15, 2016, 7:30 pm
Sunday, October 16, 2016, 1:00 pm
Sunday, October 16, 2016, 6:30 pm
The New York Times calls it "the best musical of this century." The Washington Post says, “it is the kind of evening that restores your faith in musicals.” And Entertainment Weekly says, “Grade A: The funniest musical of all time.” Jimmy Fallon of The Tonight Show calls it “Genius. Brilliant. Phenomenal.” It’s The Book of Mormon, the nine-time Tony Award®-Winning best musical.
Contains explicit language. Prices subject to change.
Season Sponsor: WEST MUSIC
Event Sponsor:
Donald W. Heineking
Riverside Casino & Golf Resort
Sheraton Iowa City Hotel
The Book of Mormon is pleased to announce a lottery ticket policy for the Oct. 11-16 performances at Hancher Auditorium.
Entries will be accepted at the Hancher Box Office beginning two and a half hours prior to each performance; each person will print their name and the number of tickets (1 or 2) they wish to purchase on a card that is provided. Two hours before curtain, names will be drawn at random for a limited number of tickets priced at $25 each. Only one entry is allowed per person. Cards are checked for duplication prior to drawing. Winners must be present at the time of the drawing and show valid ID to purchase tickets. Limit one entry per person and two tickets per winner. Tickets are subject to availability.
Running time: 2 hours, 25 minutes; one intermission
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Iowa City Press Citizen - Friday, October 14, 2016
Little Village - Friday, October 14, 2016
When I first heard that Trey Parker and Matt Stone had written a full-on Broadway musical, I was intrigued — and also a bit scared. I mean, I’ve seen Baseketball, so I know for a fact that not everything they touch is gold. Perhaps it was their third collaborator, Robert Lopez, composer and lyricist of Avenue Q fame, who kept them in check and held them to the standard I believe they’ve now set for irreverent comedic musicals. If so, I hope they never let him get away, because this show was pert near freaking perfect. The tone is wickedly funny. The script is clever and tightly constructed. And the social commentary is acerbic, poignant and timeless.
Daily Iowan - Thursday, October 13, 2016
The Book of Mormon begins with a doorbell, sitting there, waiting to be rung.
As the lights go up, the audience is greeted with what is, to some, an all-too-familiar sight: an eager and beaming missionary of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, commonly known as LDS, standing in the doorway.
Daily Iowan - Thursday, October 6, 2016
Book of Mormon will say “Hello” to Hancher on Oct. 11, as cast members spend a week in Iowa City to put on the show that won “South Park” creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker — responsible for Book’s score, libretto, and script — the Tony Award for Best Musical in 2011.
The musical follows a pair of mismatched missionaries for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints as they are sent to Uganda to help spread the word of God. However, true to Stone’s and Parker’s idea, all piety goes out the window when they touch down and begin a journey that sees them encounter war-lords, love, frogs, and purple-sequined vests.
Hoopla Now - Wednesday, October 5, 2016
Hello. His name is Elder Price. Never in a million years did Ryan Bondy think the creators of television’s “South Park” and Broadway’s “Avenue Q” would know his real name.
But they do, after Bondy was the standby for a leading character in “The Book of Mormon” on Broadway, then stepped into the role in three U.S. companies of the wildly popular musical. It’s set to unleash its heart and hilarity in Hancher Auditorium for eight performances from Tuesday (10/11) through Oct. 16.
Little Village - Monday, August 1, 2016
At long last, Hancher is back and they’ve unveiled a killer list of events for the 2016-17 season — the highlight for many being the irreverent Broadway musical The Book of Mormon. Those tickets go on sale to the public this Friday, Aug. 5, at 10 a.m.
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