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On Tony Sunday, June 10, "60 Minutes" will re-air an interview with Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the four-time Emmy Award winning creators of "South Park" and the Tony Award-winning co-authors of THE BOOK OF MORMON. The interview originally aired in September, 2011. "60 Minutes" airs at 7:00 PM (ET) on CBS-TV.

With oddly still no official word on who would be taking over as the new leads in the Tony-winning THE BOOK OF MORMON for departing stars (and former Tony nominees) Josh Gad (June 6) and Andrew Rannells (June 10), BWW reached out to a source in the production who confirmed that standby Jared Gertner would be taking over for Gad as Elder Cunningham and standby Nic Rouleau will be taking over for Rannells as Elder Price.

Tony Award nominee Josh Gad has confirmed on Twitter that his final performance in Broadway's THE BOOK OF MORMON will be tomorrow afternoon's fan performance, June 6.

THE BOOK OF MORMON, the new Broadway musical from the creators of "South Park" and the co-creator of Avenue Q announces an updated performance schedule beginning the week of June 4 at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre (230 West 49th Street).

It's Saturday, and that means its time for BroadwayWorld's 'Saturday Intermission Pics' round-up! See below for the first Saturday Intermission Pics of June 2012! Today's photos feature the casts of Broadway's JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, GODSPELL, PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT, EVITA, SPIDER-MAN, NEWSIES, ONCE, WICKED, NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT, ANYTHING GOES, THE BOOK OF MORMON's Josh Gad in his last SIP, National Tour of JERSEY BOYS, Courtney Reed of Paper Mill Playhouse's ONCE ON THIS ISLAND, a photo from Theatre Sheridan's RENT in Toronto, Ben Davis and Jessica Grové in Studio Tenn Theatre Company's SOUND OF MUSIC, Jessica Hendy and the cast of Gateway Playhouse's CATS, and more!

As previously announced, THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine 2011 Tony Awards including Best Musical, will make its West Coast premiere in a strictly limited 12-week engagement from September 5 through November 25, 2012 at the Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles. Tickets for the engagement will go on sale to the general public June 10, the LA Times reports today.

FINGERLICKIN' FIERCE, a fun and fabulous one-night-only event with Broadway veterans Michael James Scott and Asmeret Ghebremichael took place on Monday, May 14, at The Canal Room. See new photos from the evening below!

According to gossip reported by the New York Daily News, 'Bono approves of references to Bono,' specifically the song 'I Am Africa' from Broadway's THE BOOK OF MORMON, which the star saw last week.

FINGERLICKIN' FIERCE, a one-night-only event with Broadway veterans Michael James Scott and Asmeret Ghebremichael, takes place tonight, May 14th. Doors open at 7:00pm and performance begins at 8:00pm at The Canal Room, 285 West Broadway, New York, NY 10013. Tickets are $25 for VIP seating (limited availability) $18 for reserved general admission seating, and $20 for day-of general admission seating. For more information and tickets please visit www.fingerlickinfierce.com.

Today, Will Swenson shared a song he wrote several years ago celebrating 'the beauty of Mormon cursing' with the company o THE BOOK OF MORMON via Twitter. Enjoy the song, Dang, Fetch, Oh My Heck by Everclean/Sons of Provo in the video below!

Two-time Tony Award nominee Gavin Creel will star as Elder Price in the First National Tour of THE BOOK OF MORMON, the production announced today. THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony®Awards including Best Musical, will launch the First National Tour in Denver from August 14-September 2 at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House. Additional casting will be announced soon.

THE BOOK OF MORMON opened one year ago tonight on, Thursday, March 24, 2011 at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre to RAVE reviews. Here's a look back at the cast and creative team at the opening night after party at Gotham Hall in New York City!

THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, will celebrate its first anniversary on Broadway on March 24. In celebration of the show's first year on Broadway, the production today announced a free fan performance, which has been scheduled for Wednesday, June 6 at 2:00 PM, for entrants of the show's wildly popular ticket lottery.

Tony nominee Rory O'Malley will sing the national anthem at the NYC Half-Marathon on March 18.

Rory O'Malley, the Tony-nominated actor in THE BOOK OF MORMON, will be singing the National Anthem on March 18 before 15,000 runners competing in the seventh NYC Half Marathon.

THE BOOK OF MORMON's Tony nominee Josh Gad just visited 'Chelsea Lately' last night, March 13, where he chatted about starring in the hit musical, being mistaken for John Belushi, and more. Click below to check out the full interview!

Tony nominee Rory O'Malley will sing the national anthem at the NYC Half-Marathon on March 18.

THE BOOK OF MORMON with book, music and lyrics by Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone, revovles around two Moromn missionaries whose faith get tested as they find themselves in far-way Uganda. In the hilarious video below, the musical gets a makeover with a Jewish twist- titled 'The Book of Purim.' Click below to check out the spoof!