{"id":443,"date":"2013-03-14T02:05:55","date_gmt":"2013-03-14T02:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bookofmormonticketsonline.com\/blog\/?p=443"},"modified":"2013-03-14T02:07:53","modified_gmt":"2013-03-14T02:07:53","slug":"the-book-of-mormon-mismatched-elders-ben-platt-and-nic-rouleau-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bookofmormonticketsonline.com\/blog\/the-book-of-mormon-mismatched-elders-ben-platt-and-nic-rouleau-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"The Book of Mormon Mismatched Elders Ben Platt and Nic Rouleau Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ben Platt and Nic Rouleau work side by side in Book of Mormon eight times a week as the mismatched Elders travel to Uganda on their two- year mission.<\/strong> Now settled into their lengthy 11-month run in Chicago<\/a>, both Rouleau and Platt are able to enjoy the ride. Breaking box office records for the Bank of America Theatre<\/a> twice last December, the show grossed a record high $1,645,201 for one week of performances.<\/p>\n

Ben Platt and Nic Rouleau interviewed by Grant Myatt at DePauliaOnline.com<\/a> \u2013 Here is the Interview:<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s really nothing like performing this show for an audience, it\u2019s such a rush and it really never gets old\u201d said Rouleau. \u201cI\u2019ve been doing the show for over a year and a half now and I never dread going on stage\u2026it\u2019s always fun and feels like the first time.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe day before I was supposed to move I got cast (in Pitch Perfect), so I had to sit with my parents that day for a few hours and talk it through and decide,\u201d said Platt. \u201cIt was a pretty easy decision I couldn\u2019t really pass up, and Columbia was very understanding about deferral.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAbout a month before rehearsals were starting, my agent called saying that the creative team from Book of Mormon has heard about you through \u2018Pitch Perfect\u2019 and think you might be a good match for Elder Cunningham and they want to see what your take on it is,\u201d said Platt. After going in a couple of times for the part he received the offer, ultimately choosing to put school on hold for \u201cBook of Mormon.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI do love school and would consider myself a pretty academic person, but I just thought I\u2019ll never regret taking advantage of these opportunities while they\u2019re here,\u201d said Platt.<\/p>\n

\u201cI always wanted to start my own company and start fresh,\u201d said Rouleau. \u201cI never got to sit down with the cast and build the show up from scratch\u2026so it was really great to do a full rehearsal process.\u201d<\/p>\n

As a young performer, Platt has received insight on the industry from his father Marc, a Broadway and film producer.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are very careful about keeping our careers separate,\u201d said Platt. \u201cI certainly have been lucky to witness what it\u2019s like from a business standpoint\u2026I understand that it\u2019s a commercial venture just as much as it\u2019s an artistic venture.\u201d<\/p>\n

Transferring from the Broadway Company that is sold out for months in advance, Rouleau said he was a little nervous about how the Chicago audiences would respond to the \u201coff-beat material.\u201d Rest assured, Chicago<\/a> audiences have pulled through.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe show actually runs a little longer than it did in New York, and it\u2019s us having to hold for their laughter and applause\u2026it\u2019s crazy,\u201d Rouleau said.<\/p>\n

Amongst the four different productions of \u201cMormon\u201d in the U.S. and London, Rouleau said the Chicago Company is the youngest.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read the complete interview {Via DePauliaOnline.com<\/a>}<\/p>\n

The Book of Mormon Chicago<\/a> production is a huge hit. The Book of Mormon shows at Bank of America Theatre<\/a> has been extended through September 8, 2013 which was first scheduled to June 2, 2013.<\/em> Buy Book Of Mormon Chicago IL Tickets<\/a> Online at discounted prices, SAVE $10 on ALL ORDERS of $350+, Use code: TICK13 at Checkout! Discount code expires March 31, 2013.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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