Oh, What a Beautiful MormonTracing Rodgers and Hammerstein within

The Book of Mormon

Adam RushThe University of Lincoln

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Oklahoma! (1943)

Maureen Lipman and Hugh Jackman – 1998 National Theatre Production2

The ‘Golden Age’ of Musical Theatre

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Elder Price Elder Cunningham

Frank Rich – Liner Notes to The Book of Mormon: Original Broadway Cast

Recording• “scrupulously follows the old testament of Broadway circa 1945-1965, A.D.”

• “old-school“• “it’s the rousing old-time religion of Broadway that’s always at the heart of The Book of Mormon”

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Hasa Diga Eebowai

If you don't like what we sayTry living here a couple daysWatch all of your friends and family dieHasa Diga EebowaiFuck you

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Maria meets the Mormons

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