The Book Of Mormon Playbill

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#1The Book Of Mormon Playbill
Posted: 6/17/11 at 3:16pm

I noticed in the playbill of The Book Of Mormon that there are no MUSICAL NUMBERS listed. All the musicals I have been to have an ACT ONE, ACT TWO listings, which tell the theatergoer what is next. Does anyone know why this is?

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#2The Book Of Mormon Playbill
Posted: 6/17/11 at 3:21pm

This is a trend I normally see with Jukebox musicals...I find it odd that it's happening in the Playbill of an original show.


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#2The Book Of Mormon Playbill
Posted: 6/17/11 at 3:27pm

I vaguely remember someone posting early on in previews that they weren't planning to because some of the numbers give away the plot. The Book of Mormon seems to be keeping a lot of secrets from people who haven't seen the show. The Tony Performance didn't have the usual explanation/context at the beginning and they picked a number which gives away essentially nothing. That's my best guess.


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#3The Book Of Mormon Playbill
Posted: 6/17/11 at 3:33pm

I think the song titles give away some of the jokes. I like that they kept the song titles out of the playbill.

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#4The Book Of Mormon Playbill
Posted: 6/17/11 at 3:36pm

Avenue Q does not list songs either.


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#5The Book Of Mormon Playbill
Posted: 6/17/11 at 3:42pm

next to normal didnt have the musical numbers either

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#6The Book Of Mormon Playbill
Posted: 6/17/11 at 5:11pm

I tell all my friends not to listen to cast recording til they see the show. I think less you know the better.

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#7The Book Of Mormon Playbill
Posted: 6/17/11 at 9:36pm

I prefer when they don't list the musical numbers when it's a show I haven't seen before...then I'm not distracted by thinking "Oh, this is THAT song that was listed" while I'm watching. I'd rather be surprised