Daxton Bloomquist

The Morgan-Wixson Theater's award-winning Y.E.S. (Youth Education/Entertainment Series) Program sets sail on the high seas with HOW I BECAME A PIRATE based on the book by Melinda Long, illustrated by Caldecott Honor-winner David Shannon with book, music and lyrics by Janet Yates Vogt and Mark Friedman.

NICKEL MINES is a new musical centered around the 2006 Lancaster, PA Amish schoolhouse shooting in which a lone gunman shot ten girls (five fatally) before taking his own life. This breathtaking piece of theater explores multiple perspectives from that fateful morning, is a living memorial to the young girls who tragically lost their lives, and is a powerful exploration of community, perseverance, and hope.  

Michael Hsu Rosen starring in the leading role in Mike Bartlett's candid play, Cock. He will be joined by Ron Bohmer, Nick Rashad Bourroughs and Charnette Batey. The cast will be performing a reading of Cock on August 10 at 6 pm EST for one-night only to benefit The Trevor Project.

THE MORMONS ARE COMING! It's a banner week for Midlands stages as BOOK OF MORMON takes up residency at the Koger Center, Workshop opens STRING OF PEARLS, Trustus closes CONSTANCE, and Town continues HAIRSPRAY!

Daxton Bloomquist and Eric Geil aren't the only cast members 'coming home' to Kansas City to perform in Grease, but they are the only ones who left their missions to do so!

Daxton Bloomquist and Eric Geil aren't the only cast members 'coming home' to Kansas City to perform in Grease, but they are the only ones who left their missions to do so!

Daxton Bloomquist and Eric Geil aren't the only cast members 'coming home' to Kansas City to perform in Grease, but they are the only ones who left their missions to do so!

Grease is the word at Starlight Theatre now through Thursday, Sept. 14. The beloved musical that features 1950s' high school romance and rock 'n' roll will cruise across the Starlight stage like Greased Lightnin' for six performances, opening on Friday night, Sept. 8 and continuing through Sept. 14.

When you think of SOUTH PARK and its no-holds-barred, foul-mouthed humor, you don't tend to think of stories of faith and hope. But, when writers Trey Parker and Matt Stone (along with Robert Lopez of AVENUE Q and FROZEN fame) got together to write a musical based on The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (better known as Mormons), that's exactly what resulted. THE BOOK OF MORMON is a satirical masterpiece - and it has become a Broadway sensation.

Last week, I caught up with Daxton Bloomquist, who is not only a leading player among the cast of THE BOOK OF MORMON tour, but a long-time member of the musical's family. While walking his dog through Louisville, Kentucky ('a surprisingly nice city'), Daxton shared his experience of being on Broadway and on the road with the hit musical. This will be the first time he's part of the company that comes to the Dallas-Fort Worth area, and he is very excited for that opportunity. Reuniting with his Dallasite sister, niece and nephew over the holidays, he exclaimed that this visit is '...like my dream.'

A Need To Find A Meaning

They're back!!! That's right! Everyone's favorite blasphemous musical comedy has returned to Louisville.

It's big, loud, funny, and vulgar. It must be by the creators of SOUTH PARK, taking on the Mormon Church.

You gotta admit: A lot has changed in this world since Nashville audiences were first treated to The Book of Mormon two years ago. The extended run in 2014 at Tennessee Performing Arts Center set records for ticket sales, garnered great critical acclaim and knocked the socks off the thousands of people witnessing the bold, brash and irreverent musical for the very first time.

I love Mormons. I met my first church member while I was a teenager, studying my family history. They archive practically every family tree ever recorded. It has something to do with their religion, but they don't really like to talk about it, similar to their stance on magic underwear. Now on stage at The Wharton Center for Performing Arts on the campus of Michigan State University is the wickedly cutting, outrageously hysterical 'Book of Mormon,' a musical satire that unearths all those little idiosyncrasies associated with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. This performance was magical, I could almost feel the mana imbued in the actors' magic underwear. One of the stars, Cody Jamison Strand plays Elder Cunningham, gave a performance to die for.

After seeing a villager shot in the face during a missionary trip to Uganda, Elder Price comes to a stunning revelation in the hilarious musical BOOK OF MORMON: 'Africa is nothing like THE LION KING.'

BOOK OF MORMON, the musical that exorcised Charlotte's Angels in America stigma, returns more energetically than ever

Broadway World Atlanta had an opportunity to speak with Daxton Bloomquist who portrays Elder McKinley in the national tour of THE BOOK OF MORMON. Here, he discusses his role in the show, as well as what he like to do to stay healthy on the road.