The Book of Mormon Loved by Sydney

August 4th, 2025

The Tony®, Olivier®, and Grammy® award-winning production THE BOOK OF MORMON, has officially opened in Sydney to five star reviews and praise from audiences and critics alike.

The Sydney Morning Herald said that the “Mormon’s second coming is a blasphemous delight” while The Plus Ones said that it has the “best-written opening number in musical theatre history” and The Scoop said that “THE BOOK OF MORMON is funniest, filthiest and most gloriously fearless musical ever to hit the Australian stage”.

The cast includes Sean Johnston (Hairspray) as Elder Price, Nick Cox (Beauty and the Beast) as Elder Cunningham, Paris Leveque whoismaking her professional debut as Nabulungi, Tom Struik (Sister Act the Musical) as Elder McKinley, Simbarashe Matshe  (Filthy Business) as Mafala Hatimbi, Augie Tchantcho who isreprising his rolein THE BOOK OF MORMON as The General and Matthew Hamilton (Tina – The Tina Turner Musical) as Mission President.

Winner of nine Tony Awards® including Best Musical and the Grammy® for Best Musical Theatre album, THE BOOK OF MORMON premiered at the Capitol Theatre in Sydney last week.

THE BOOK OF MORMON made its world premiere in March 2011 at Broadway’s Eugene O’Neil Theatre. The London production opened in February 2013 at the Prince of Wales Theatre, winning four Olivier Awards®, including Best New Musical.

The show has set house records at 27 theatres across the US and broke theatre sales records at New York’s Eugene O’Neill Theatre more than 50 times. The London production broke box office records for the highest single day of sales in West End history.

The first Australian production opened in 2015 and broke the record for the highest selling on-sale period of any production in Melbourne’s Princess Theatre’s 159-year history. THE BOOK OF MORMON won the Helpmann Award for Best Musical.

THE BOOK OF MORMON features book, music and lyrics by Trey Parker, Robert Lopez, and Matt Stone. The production is co-directed by Casey Nicholaw and Parker and choreographed by Nicholaw.  

Trey Parker and Matt Stone are the creators of the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning television show, South Park, now in its 27th season, and the feature films South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut and Team America: World Police. 

Robert Lopez co-created the Broadway musical Avenue Q and co-wrote the songs for Disney’s Frozen and Coco. He is the first person ever to achieve a double ‘EGOT,’ winning at least two each of the four major entertainment awards: Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Awards.

THE BOOK OF MORMON is co-directed and choreographed by the Tony, Olivier, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award-winning Casey Nicholaw. His Broadway and West End credits include Disney’s Aladdin, Dreamgirls, Mean Girls, Monty Python’s Spamalot, The Prom and The Drowsy Chaperone. 

Set design for THE BOOK OF MORMON is by three-time Tony Award winner Scott Pask, costume design is by Tony Award and two-time Academy Award winner Ann Roth, lighting design is by six-time Tony Award winner Brian MacDevitt and sound design is by two-time Tony Award winner Brian Ronan. Orchestrations are by Tony Award winner Larry Hochman and two-time Tony Award winner Stephen Oremus. Music direction and vocal arrangements are by Oremus.

“Praise be! Mormons’ second coming is a blasphemous delight”
–Sydney Morning Herald

“This “did they really just say that?” musical will have you snort laughing”
Time Out Sydney

“The Book of Mormon is funniest, filthiest and most gloriously fearless musical ever to hit the Australian stage”
The Scoop

“Absolutely everything about and everyone in this show is brilliant”
Sydney Arts Guide

 “Best-written opening number in musical theatre history”
The Plus Ones