Ann Boland

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"The Book of Mormon" by Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone

I loved it!  Rude, crude, satirical, irreverent and ultimately sweet, almost with a moral to the story. The casting was excellent.  Cody Jamison Strand steals the show as the anti-hero in the mode of early John Belushi sweetness with a sadistic twist.  Singing and dancing were fun – and seemed to never stop.  
Best of all were the two ads in the program from the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints proclaiming, “The book is always better”, featuring a lovely young woman of uncertain ancestry, and “You’ve seen the play…now read the book,” featuring a man of African ancestry.   A sign of maturity is the ability to poke a bit of fun at yourself.  And, the Mormons appear to be able to do just that.