Book of Mormon to open in Sweden

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Book of Mormon to open in Sweden#1
Posted: 2/19/16 at 5:34pm

It was announced last week that BoM will open in Stockholm in January 2017. This will be the first translated version of the show, if I'm not mistaken. I am curious how it will be received in the overly PC Sweden.

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Book of Mormon to open in Sweden#2
Posted: 3/31/16 at 2:25pm

It's opening in Oslo, Norway next year too! September. Will be translated into Norwegian by one of my favorite Norwegian comedic writers; Are Kalvø.

Source:http://www.nrk.no/kultur/musikalen-_the-book-of-mormon_-skal-settes-opp-i-norge-1.12878188

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Book of Mormon to open in Sweden#3
Posted: 3/31/16 at 2:32pm

Good for them. I wonder if they're planning a production in either Korea or Japan. So by Sept. 2017, BOM will have 6 productions running: Broadway, National Tour, London, Australia, Sweden & Norway.

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Book of Mormon to open in Sweden#4
Posted: 3/31/16 at 2:57pm

Sweden and Norway will be the same production, obviously translated in their respective language, I would be very surprised if they had both Scandinavian productions open at the same time, as history has told us thay musical theatre has struggled here.

Also a hot bed for musical theatre is Germany, where this hasn't opened yet, I wonder if the German humour would go for this?

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Book of Mormon to open in Sweden#5
Posted: 3/31/16 at 3:05pm

I highly doubt the Scandinavian productions will be the same. The Norwegian one is at a theatre where they always do their own shows, and a Norwegian director was just announced.

The Sweden production is opening in January and the Norwegian one in September.

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Updated On: 3/31/16 at 03:05 PM

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Book of Mormon to open in Sweden#6
Posted: 3/31/16 at 4:23pm

Phantom of London said: "
Also a hot bed for musical theatre is Germany, where this hasn't opened yet, I wonder if the German humour would go for this?

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I'd love to see how Hedwig would do there.

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Book of Mormon to open in Sweden#7
Posted: 3/31/16 at 4:52pm

^ it would have to be renamed hedwig and the angry 2.54 centimeters.

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Book of Mormon to open in Sweden#8
Posted: 3/31/16 at 5:12pm

I'd love to see how Hedwig would do there.

It has already been done in Germany several time... And Austria, France, Italy...