{"id":203,"date":"2012-10-04T03:47:24","date_gmt":"2012-10-04T03:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bookofmormonticketsonline.com\/blog\/?p=203"},"modified":"2012-10-04T03:47:24","modified_gmt":"2012-10-04T03:47:24","slug":"the-book-of-mormon-at-the-pantages-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bookofmormonticketsonline.com\/blog\/the-book-of-mormon-at-the-pantages-review\/","title":{"rendered":"The Book of Mormon At The Pantages &#8211; Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Book of Mormon is performing at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bookofmormonticketsonline.com\/book-of-mormon-pantages-theatre.html\">Pantages Theatre &#8211; CA<\/a> through November 25, 2012.<\/strong> Here is the review by Katie Buenneke (Theater Editor) at NeonTommy.com.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Ladies and gentlemen, if I had not just spent all my money on a ticket to see &#8220;The Book of Mormon&#8221; at the Pantages, I would wager you money that I enjoyed the aforementioned show less than you will, should you choose to see it.<\/p>\n<p>This is not an attempt on my part to try and be a pretentious theater critic (goodness knows just my being a theater critic makes me more than pretentious enough already) or to be contrary for the sake of being contrary. It also doesn&#8217;t mean that I don&#8217;t think that people should see &#8220;The Book of Mormon.&#8221; It just means that I didn&#8217;t love it as much as most people probably will.<\/p>\n<p>To preface, I should note that I saw the original production last summer and enjoyed it immensely. The show, which follows two young Mormons (Gavin Creel and Jared Gertner) on their mission to Uganda, is a funny one\u2014as is expected from a show written by the creators of &#8220;South Park,&#8221; Trey Parker and Matt Stone, and the composer of &#8220;Avenue Q,&#8221; Bobby Lopez. &#8220;The Book of Mormon,&#8221; like its creators&#8217; previous works, does not shy away from crassness, and preaches a very twenty-first century brand of humor, chock full of pop culture references and metatheatrical moments.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately for me, though, the show did not hold up quite so well upon a second viewing. Perhaps it was because I already knew what all the jokes were\u2014though there are some shows I&#8217;ve seen countless times, and still laugh at every joke. However, I suspect that this is another case like my second viewing &#8220;Newsies&#8221;\u2014as I watched &#8220;The Book of Mormon,&#8221; I couldn&#8217;t help but feel that the cast&#8217;s energy was kind of down. Granted, this was their fourth out of five shows on this unusually hot weekend, but still, I got the impression that these professional actors were going through the motions (literally) more than anything else. Also distracting was the fact that many moments came off as a poorly-transcribed copy of the New York production.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Read the complete review Via {<a href=\"http:\/\/www.neontommy.com\/news\/2012\/09\/theater-review-book-mormon-pantages\" target=\"_blank\">NeonTommy.com<\/a>}<\/p>\n<p>The Book of Mormon will continue performances at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bookofmormonticketsonline.com\/book-of-mormon-pantages-theatre.html\">Pantages Theatre<\/a> through November 25, 2012. Buy <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bookofmormonticketsonline.com\/book-of-mormon-los-angeles-ca-tickets.html\">The Book of Mormon Los Angeles CA Tickets<\/a> Online at discounted prices, Get $10 OFF on Orders of $350 or more by using code AFF$10.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Book of Mormon is performing at Pantages Theatre &#8211; CA through November 25, 2012. Here is the review by Katie Buenneke (Theater Editor) at NeonTommy.com. 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