Too bad you had to base it off of this performance. It is far etter anywhere else. Ignore this turn of a performance and watch one of the other tours because this really doesn't hold a candle. The director slacked off big time.

@@calilyricist24 Yeah

@@calilyricist24 Still good. Just different

@@calilyricist24you seem pretty bitter, you’ve replied to multiple comments like this

@@trashcan1432 I agree though. It's not as tight as the real show, but also did they change the lines around to give the main guy more lines? In the original the gay guy sings all the lines about how bad being gay is, and that's the whole point. The self-loathing, self-policing adds to the dark humour. No one else is judging him, he's judging himself. But in this one, another elder sings the lines about how he has to crush the gay box. It completely changes the tone. Instead of being self-loathing and simultaneously lacking self-awareness, it's just a gay guy getting bullied. In the original he's telling elder Price how to deal with his issues but uses the gay example because he's actually talking about himself. That's funny. "No, no I'm not having gay thoughts". It doesn't work if someone else says it.

I know right? Who would have thought tap is surprisingly cool?

Stephen Beaver really? Paula Abdul based her career on it in the late 80s/early 90s. It made her a huge star.

@@calisongbird Also, the Nicholas Brothers, Gregory Hines, Savion Glover and Michael Flatley, et al. It doesn't matter whether it's cool; it's a recognized art form that takes skill, dedication, talent and practice. It's terrific to watch and truly stunning when it's done properly.

SAdly, you were jipped. This is a sloppy rendition of a legendary play. Get your money back.

If you watch again and look at their shoes you can see they’re tap shoes :)

lyss haha funny just so ya know Mormons actually do a lot of dancing we even have church dances yes with actual good music and slow dancing and we have a dance festival and BYU has like I think the best college dance team in the nation ( I'm not sure on that one but I think so ) so we actually get a lot of hip movement/ dancing

Anna Thaler You know this musical is a parody of mormans, right?

Neith duh

Neith Yeah, duh. They were just confirming it, since they are Mormon.

EthniC MovEMEnT

I think it was actually written by the writes of South park!

@@emmashistoryspace they had another guy help write it, Robert Lopez I think. They probably did some research into the church as well to get insights like this.

They are in fact, former mormons. Lol. And so am I. And bi as hell.

The writers of South Park have lots of friends that were (or still are) Mormon so they're familiar with all of it..

@@katieswartz782 ARE TREY AND MATT BI?????????

I know! That's the best part!!!

+Terry Ng it is

Ha that's my favorite part!

I noticed that! Thats one of my favourite parts too.

We had time restraints with the rest of the showcase and had to cut it out.

I noticed?

I noticed big time, which is why this version is horrendous. Seriously this is NOT AT ALL representative of the genius that they ignored in the script. This is a classic case of a subpar director trying to make someone else's work their own!

@@calilyricist24 or they didn't have enough boys to play all the roles. i've noticed in theater it's harder to find boys to play certain roles.

@@calilyricist24 disagree

Extremely distracting.

Thanks! I've had a few people tell me I look like him.

He was the only good thing in this.

+Tom Ragen you're amazing in this. don't stop acting and singing

+Tom Ragen who did u play?

I actually he looked like Ryan Gosling haha

Emily Malfoy I love your profile picture. You can't just GO to Pigfarts, it's on Mars!

Not all of us could afford to buy out NASA Potter. We've got Rumbleroar.

Emily Malfoy me af

"Shut up Malfoy you little sh*t" - Everyone

Pigfarts? Isn't that the greatest wizardry school in the galaxy?

Alora Sandlin JUST TURN IT OFF

Can't crush my gay box.

you don't understand aLL THE BOXES ARE GAY

Thank you!

+Tom Ragen Tom, I LOVE this! I'm an atheist, but I really appreciate talent and hard work, and it's obvious that you guys have and employ both in large quantities. Anyway, I wanted to ask: Is the cast largely agnostic/atheist? If not, then that makes it even more amazing that the cast could do such a fantastic job anyway. JW3HH

Then you will be blown away once you see REAL professionals do it. This performance is horrible! Outdone by directors who care about capturing the magic of the original. You were severely screwed. Please research that anything done by Tom Ragen is going to be a budget and time conscious subpar performance. This is genuinely horrible.

@@JustWasted3HoursHere You idiot. He didn't write nor did the cast show up thinking that the script would be different. Holy crap, are you that naive for an atheist?

Thank you so much! Lisa Graham-Wilson is a very talented choreography.

I agree

disagree, but not bad. excludin the missing the enfasis of the singer on certain points, it is totally professionally put together.

我也是因為博恩來聽這首歌的！

Im Velos We had a time restraint in the show and had to shorten the piece. That was the section we decided to remove.

Tom Ragen Why did you pull the harmonization on the "nifty little mormon tirck"?

+Ian Cohen It's there, just not very loud.

Because it was a mediocre production. The director screwed up, as well as the host because NOT A SINGLE SCENE needed to be altered. Whomever saw this abysmal performance should get their money back. They were screwed and had amazing punchlines taken away from them from an untalented director. SHAME

@Libennly good point. It's too new. But after enough time it well be, not every play sweeps the Tony's.

nanofienduk Same here, back in 2014. Was the highlight of my London trip!

* funniest, most magical

Thank you so much!

They are all gay... it's show business!

We aren't all gay. But Elder McKinley (me) is.

Tom Ragen I was talking about the 'men'... The women were probably heterosexual.

+Tom Ragen Okay well you're BAE

+James Santiago that's stereotypical.

+Dapple Flightless They did, of course. But everyone is entitled to an opinion and it generates more traffic for me! Which is what I want :)

Tom, fantastic! You're in Australia? Where was this performed? Just a first class performance! Did you take it on tour? "Broadway quality." Bravo!

Really appreciate your comment. Thank you!

Shai Genosar They skipped some parts. The best performance I've seen was on Broadway with Nic Rouleau and John Christopher O'Neill. Good job here, though.

not as good as the original.

Yeahhhhhhhh if this is the best version you have seen, than you definitely haven't seen the original. You can find the whole show on youtube with the original broadway cast. Watch that.

YOURE SHITTING ME!! YOU must have just gotten your eyesight back. I've seen this play 5 times and this is easily the worst of all 5. Lazy costumes and direction. You really need to reevaluate yourself.

Oh god, I want a shirt that says that 😂

Umm, have you actually seen a broadway show? Because this is good, but not nearly that good.

I am a Russian bot. ... ummmm. Book of Mormon has been on broadway.

@@docholliday9635 this is not the broadway production though

Thank you! This piece was choreographed by Lisa Graham-Wilson.

maybe more people having singing parts would have complicated the routine? not sure tho

diefacingourfoes ..not ass much critical but more anal.

I’m pretty sure same guy played price and McKinley in this. I think they only performed this song and had a restricted cast so they just made them the same character

i think it's because they had so many people (and they also probably performed it like a few times) cause otherwise so many people wouldn't have a "speaking" part

Why are you telling this to this guy he didn't make it he just posted the vid

I think they would sue. Scientologists sue almost anyone who pokes fun at theirreligion which is a shame cause it would be amazing

The closest thing I know of is a single SNL skit in which they parody a famous video that was PRO Scientology, and the skit is called Neurotology.

Making a play about the most litigious religion in the world would be a bad bad bad idea

just watch the South Park (creators of this play also) episode that made fun of Scientology

kelli henderson nope everyone who tried to start production was assassinated by the church of Scientology.

Pants haha I don't know where you heard all that but as a Mormon im letting you know that it's not true

I didn't hear about it anywhere. That's what we used to do to each other in the Erastus R. Snow building on the Provo MTC campus. Gay Mormon missionaries are one of the worst kept secrets in the Mormon church. Everybody knows about it, but no one wants to admit it. The fact that gay Mormon missionaries are a lot more common than you think is what makes this song so funny.

I didn't hear about it anywhere. That's what we used to to to each other in the Erastus R. Snow building on the Provo MTC campus. Gay Mormon missionaries are one of the worst kept secrets in the Mormon church. Everybody knows about it, but no one wants to admit it.

Pants that's odd I've actually never heard anything about that

Thanks!

No one cares

@@pongo1342 I don't care if no one cares

Amanda E you should. Itll save you some ridicule

@@pongo1342 no one's ridiculed

Amanda E dude im ridiculing you. No one gives a shit that your 7 year old loves this song. You probably shouldnt show your 7 year old this musical.

Dam sh iwh 🎉be like you and your family are welcome and your way 😘

There are actually sister missionaries. Instead of like for example "Brother Cunningham" it would be Sister Cunningham. There are just not as many.

ilovemichellephan656 The reason there are not as many females as males going on a mission is because it is mandatory for the boys and only voluntary for the girls, and also because the average Mormon girl's "mission", traditionally at least, is to get married as soon as possible and start cranking out new little Mormons.

+ilovemichellephan656 They also generally wear dresses rather than shirts and ties.

+Todd C haha yeah that's true. I just left out most of the details. I'm actually LDS! :)

+Dorothyellen w lol that's more of a Utah Mormon thing. I'm from Connecticut and it's a whole lot different being a Mormon in any other state besides Utah

I'm the lead singer, and I'm definitely not on the West End at the moment. But I wish I was!