Parker, Lopez and Stone's The Book of Mormon

Parker, Lopez and Stone's The Book of Mormon
Author: Brian Granger
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 72
Release: 2019-10-16
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 0429682085

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'Hasa Diga Eebowai' In 2011, a musical full of curse words and Mormon missionaries swept that year’s Tony Awards and was praised as a triumphant return of the American musical. This book explores the inherent achievements (and failures) of The Book of Mormon—one of the most ambitious, and problematic, musicals to achieve widespread success. The creative team members—Matt Parker, Trey Stone and composer Robert Lopez—were collectively known for their aggressive use of taboo subjects and crude, punchy humor. Using the metaphor of boxing, Granger explores the metaphorical punches the trio delivers and ruminates over the less-discussed ideological wounds that their style of shock absurdism might leave behind. This careful examination of where The Book of Mormon succeeds and fails is sure to challenge discussion of our understanding of musical comedy and our appreciation for this cultural landmark in theatre.

The Original Manuscript of the Book of Mormon

The Original Manuscript of the Book of Mormon
Author: Royal Skousen
Publisher: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies
Total Pages: 576
Release: 2001
Genre: Reference
ISBN:

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Mormons, Musical Theater, and Belonging in America

Mormons, Musical Theater, and Belonging in America
Author: Jake Johnson
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2019-06-30
Genre: Music
ISBN: 025205136X

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints adopted the vocal and theatrical traditions of American musical theater as important theological tenets. As Church membership grew, leaders saw how the genre could help define the faith and wove musical theater into many aspects of Mormon life. Jake Johnson merges the study of belonging in America with scholarship on voice and popular music to explore the surprising yet profound link between two quintessentially American institutions. Throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, Mormons gravitated toward musicals as a common platform for transmitting political and theological ideas. Johnson sees Mormons using musical theater as a medium for theology of voice--a religious practice that suggests how vicariously voicing another person can bring one closer to godliness. This sounding, Johnson suggests, created new opportunities for living. Voice and the musical theater tradition provided a site for Mormons to negotiate their way into middle-class respectability. At the same time, musical theater became a unique expressive tool of Mormon culture.

Hairspray

Hairspray
Author:
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Total Pages: 152
Release: 2002
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 9781557835147

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'Hairspray', the hit musical, is based on John Waters' affectionately subversive homage to his Baltimore youth and the biggest hit musical on Broadway. This is a complete book of lyrics from the Broadway musical.

The Book of Mormon for Latter-Day Saint Families

The Book of Mormon for Latter-Day Saint Families
Author: Thomas R. Valletta
Publisher: Bookcraft, Incorporated
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1999
Genre: Book of Mormon
ISBN: 9781570086847

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This volume contains the full text of the Book of Mormon in large type, footnotes, definitions, explanations of important concepts, questions for young readers to ponder, and beautiful, full-color illustrations and paintings by Clark Kelley Price, Robert Barrett, Scott Snow, Del Parson, Garry Kapp, Ted Henninger, and Tom Lovell.

Merrily We Roll Along

Merrily We Roll Along
Author: George Furth
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
Total Pages: 112
Release: 2022-10-25
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9781636701417

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The much-beloved musical by Stephen Sondheim and George Furth, available again in print for the first time in 20 years. Written over forty years ago, Sondheim and Furth's spirited and affecting Merrily We Roll Along boasts an innovative structure that begins in the present and moves backwards in time over 20 years, tracing the personal and professional lives of a successful producer and composer and his two (now estranged) friends. With wit, irony, and a crackling score by Sondheim, Merrily poignantly captures the ways success can corrupt youthful ideals, and crumble the foundations of friendship in its wake.

The Idea

The Idea
Author: Erik Bork
Publisher: Overfall Presss
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2018-09-13
Genre: Authorship
ISBN: 9781732753013

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Multiple Emmy Award-winning screenwriter Erik Bork (HBO's BAND OF BROTHERS) presents the seven fundamental characteristics of a great story in any medium. Writers tend to jump into the writing too quickly, without knowing they have a flawed central idea. This book is all about ensuring that doesn't happen!

80 Reasons Why the Book of Mormon Is an African Bible

80 Reasons Why the Book of Mormon Is an African Bible
Author: Embaye Melekin
Publisher:
Total Pages: 418
Release: 2017-10-23
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781543487756

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In this book, I have presented eighty reasons to prove that the Book of Mormon is that of the history of Eritrea and Ethiopia, and its prophecies encompass the entire continent of Africa and the black race in general. I have also successfully identified who the authentic Israelites are in the world. The Book of Mormon contains the ultimate revelations the world has been waiting for many centuries. Its prophecies are incredibly very accurate and reveal the ultimate truths that were hidden from mankind for many centuries. When the Book of Mormons true messages are finally made known to mankind, as I am doing now, the world would marvel at the contents of its records. The perceptions of the white and black races especially would change dramatically. They shall view their relationships with each other from different perspectives when they come to the full knowledge and understanding of the truth contained in the Book of Mormon. The prophet Joseph Smith translated the Book of Mormon very accurately from its Sabean script. However, the Mormon Church was not expected to know the truth about the valuable contents of the Book of Mormon until Gods own appointed time and did not do so for many decades. I am prophesied in the records of the Book of Mormon to reveal the final truth contained in the book at Gods appointed time, which is now. I am therefore doing the work the Lord designated me for, as prophesied in the Book of Mormon, and I am bringing to revelation the ultimate truths of the records of the book to the African people and our descendants all over the world. The African people and the black race especially are the primary beneficiaries and heirs to the records of the Book of Mormon. However, the truth contained in the Book of Mormon will not only benefit Africans but also the entire human race and especially the Gentiles or the white race.

The Color Purple

The Color Purple
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023
Genre: Motion picture plays
ISBN:

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