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{A&E} Poll: What's Your Favorite Musical?
Mormon Life says: Vote in our poll for your favorite musicals, or tell us if we're missing any!
LDS Broadway star Sandra Turley released her debut album, Sandra Turley: On Broadway, this week. Featuring songs like "Popular," "The Sound of Music," and "Les Miserables Medley" and a sound...
Author: Essence of Mormonism missed in Broadway plays
Mormon Life says: You can read an expert from Matthew Bowman's book, The Mormon People: The Making of an American Faith (click on the forwarding link).
Although many national stories are portraying Mormons in a lot of different ways, including those in which members of the faith say they are regular people who many know as neighbors and friends...
2011 positive Mormon media highlights
Mormon Life says: Hooray for winning Time magazine's Religion of the Year!
For its 2011 annual retrospective, Time magazine named Mormonism the Religion of the Year, accompanied with an obligatory photo from the Book of Mormon Musical. The distinction isn't offered every...
Nauvoo Pageant core cast auditions
Auditions for 20 core cast roles in the 2012 Nauvoo Pageant will be Jan. 18-19 from 6 to 10 p.m. at Brigham Young University in Provo and Jan. 20 from 5:30 to 10 p.m. and Jan. 21 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Bountiful Regional Center. Callbacks will be Jan. 27-28 in North Salt Lake. There are 10...
2011: The Year of the Mormon
Mormon Life says: This blogger lists all the people, events, and things that made this year big for the LDS Church.
What a wild year it’s been. Never has Mormonism been so culturally relevant, and never has the undulating curve of popular opinion shifted so wildly, so quickly. As the year draws to a close, I...
Romney would like to see ‘Book of Mormon’
Mormon Life says: Romney joked he encouraged the writers to create the musical as a publicity stunt. (Which it actually kind of turned out to be.)
So what does Mitt Romney, perhaps the best-known Mormon in the country, think of “The Book of Mormon,” the Broadway musical send-up of his faith, complete with profanity and sexually explicit humor?
Michael McLean's Interview with LDS Living
Mormon Life says: Michael McLean, beloved LDS musician, sits down with LDS Living to talk about a Christmas favorite: The Forgotten Carols.
In the November/December 2011 issue of LDS Living, we published an article on Michael McLean's Forgotten Carols in honor of the 20th anniversary of the musical. Though most of our interview...
The Forgotten Carols: 20 Years of Holiday Magic
Mormon Life says: Twenty years ago, Michael McLean created a Christmas performance that has endeared itself in the hearts of thousands. Read the backstory, the challenges, and what McLean thinks about the future of the show.
It started simply. Michael McLean was seated at his piano when he wondered: “What if I met the innkeeper who turned away Joseph and Mary?” And from that one thought, a new Christmas tradition was...
I Am a Believer, But I Don’t “Just Believe”
Mormon Life says: An insightful article by an LDS historian, who reconciles difficult truths about LDS history with faith.
I am a believer, but contrary to the Tony award winning Book of Mormon musical, I don’t “just believe.” My convictions derive from a more complex blend of study and faith than the musical suggests...
Virtual choir to allow singers to sing in the tabernacle—without leaving home
Mormon Life says: This Christmas, people can sing in the historic Tabernacle on Temple Square without even having to come to Utah.
Robin Solman lived in Salt Lake City for most of her life but never had the opportunity to perform in the Tabernacle; few singers do. Now Robin lives in a tiny little town in Australia. The 2006...
English, U.S. Mormons create 'Faith the Musical'
Mormon Life says: This might serve as a good contrast to another recent musical we've heard of.
In a unique intercontinental mingling of talent and faith, the Cheltenham England Stake and the South Jordan Utah Glenmoor Stake are joining forces to present "Faith the Musical" at the LDS...
Commentary: "Book of Mormon" musical star thought he would be killed
Mormon Life says: An LDS Living commentary on recent news.
I was surprised the other day when, going through the news, I saw a headline saying that one of the stars of the new Book of Mormon musical was worried to take the role because he thought he would...
Opinion: Mormons and 'The Musical'
Mormon Life says: I don't agree everything here, but she makes an interesting point about the importance of joining the dialogue in what people are saying about us.
Despite the sweep of last month’s Tony Awards, I have noticed that many fellow Mormons, including a few of my open-minded New York City neighbors, have said they do not intend to see “The Book of...
A new Mormon-themed musical premieres
Mormon Life says: Not nearly as big as the "Book of Mormon" musical, but still noteworthy (no pun intended).
Brace yourselves, theater-goers. Another Mormon-themed musical is on the way. "Mothers, Mormons and Monsters," a new one-act, 90-minute musical by 23-year-old Sam Salmond, opened recently in...
Hill Cumorah Pageant attendance down despite national media attention
As the LDS Church's annual Hill Cumorah Pageant opened two weeks ago, local media outlets were wondering if Pageant attendance would go through the roof in light of the current ongoing "Mormon Moment." The answer is in: no. A pageant official said Wednesday that attendance was actually down...
