Book of Mormon’s final chapter

IT’S RUN SINCE 2011 ON BROADWAY and 2013 in London: The Book of Mormon takes its final parodic bow at the end of April at the Prince of Wales Theatre, after 12 years of eliciting pained laughter and groans in its audiences. The rambunctious parody of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and satirical take on the clash between Western missionaries’ bright-eyed evangelism and the benighted African community where they seek souls to save has attracted criticism that it embodies (to cite one broadside of many) “cultural colonialism of the most insidious kind”. Audiences have begged to differ — even in the Mormon faith capital of Salt Lake City — and in several foreign language versions since. The show is also a handy barometer of changing sensitivities about…

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The Critic (Digital) - 1 Issue, February 2025

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