the Book of Mormon

I took a trip to NYC and was exploring Times Square. I wanted to check out the theatre district and see all the plays on Broadway.

I know how expensive these plays are and I'm aware tickets for the Book of Mormon are sold out until 2012, but I thought it was worth checking out.

So I went to the O'Neil theatre with a friend of mine and discovered they have a lottery 2 hours before every show. You enter your name and you can purchase up to 2 tickets for $32. The face value is at least $155 and they are being scalped for twice that. After hanging around for a bit, they started calling the names. My friend's name was called and we were shocked.

Our seats were a bit obsctructed as we were seated by the side of the stage, they were still so close and worth $32. I haven't been to a ton of Broadway shows in the past, but this was brilliant. I've seen a lot of Parker/Stone's work from Cannibal the Musical, Orgazmo, Team America and South Park. It's a lot of the same humor, but strategically catered to appeal to their own fans and the theatre crowd.

I hope to catch this again as they announced they will be making a Chicago run in 2012!