When The Book of Mormon previewed at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre in February, some wondered whether a Broadway musical by Matt Stone and Trey Parker, the creators of the notoriously crude South Park, could appeal to an audience broader than Eric Cartman aficionados; others worried that the Mormon Church would want the show banned for sacrilege and obscenity. A month later, Stone and Parker's first attempt at musical theater opened to fawning reviews and instantly became the Great White Way's biggest hit in years.
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