Is Book of Mormon Worth The Price?

I paid $70 and had a blast. Is it worth $300, like my friend paid? Dunno. Is anything?

I do know it's a great show, in the great tradition of Broadway musicals.

And it's very funny!

Im ny humble opinion, Book of Mormon is as good as it gets.
It is better than anything else on Broadway hands down.

Wicked is the only current musical that comes close.

You can sit through the drivel of Newsies, (yawn) the over-rated Once (yawn)
the highly touted Mary Poppins (yawn) or the tedious Phantom of the Opera.

There's the inept Chaplin, the high flying but low soaring Bring it On.

Mormon is in a class by itself and is as good as Producers, Hairspray, Oklahoma, Carousel, Cabaret, Fiddler on the Rood, Chorus Line and any other musical that has set the bar.

Is it worth 300 bucks?? Well as someone else pointed out.. is anything? I wouldn't pay that for anything but I would pay as much as $150 for a ticket to this. As others pointed out there is the lottery and you can stand or you can get a ticket for around 150. So is it worth it is a question only you can answer,


But for an evening of pure joyous musical theatre....Book of Mormon can't be beat.

Sorry I cannot concur with the belief that Book of Mormon is 'that good' that it's worth the $300 price.

I saw it twice-once for $69 in obstructed view front row-and it was just fine (that was before they jacked up the price). Then, I did SRO-and was very satisfied.

If you can get a less expensive ticket, I'd say go for it. (I'm only 5"0 tall by the way and had no trouble seeing in SRO.)

It's a good old-fashioned musical -- well written and well structured. The music is good, and the lyrics are funny. But I personally wouldn't pay $180-300 for it. At $70 during previews, it was a good deal. It doesn't really matter who is in the cast at the time you see it, as long as they have solid musical comedy skills. An all-understudy performance would be just fine. I suppose eventually when the audiences start to thin out, the price will come down again. But who knows how long that will take?

The SF leg of the tour is also playing in a house the size of the O'Neill for only 5 weeks. There will be a lotto, but no SRO -- options are limited in a very different way there than they are on Broadway.

When you look at how crazy that whole SF debacle was, you can't ignore the length of the run, size of the house, and rush options (nor the ineptitude of SHN, but that's another rant).

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Updated On: 9/27/12 at 12:31 PM

Did BOM ever sell out the its run at the Pantages? I was there for its first night (in a 30.00 side seat, I've seen the show twice now for a total of only 100.00!!) and that place is huge. But I tell you, to hear an auditorium that big filled with people cheering after that last "I still have maggots in my scrotum" and watching a house that large simultaneously LEAP to their feet, it was something to experience. Quite an evening.

In a word, no.

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I'm guessing that it hasn't sold out at the Pantages because it's such a long run.

I'm guessing that it hasn't sold out at the Pantages because it's such a long run.

And it's about twice as big as the O'Neill.

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The show is great but I wouldn't spend $300 for it. I would rather see 3 or 4 shows and spend the same money. Unlike many, I can find good in most shows that are worth a discounted ticket price for. You may not like the music in one show, or the dancing in another, but most shows have something worthwhile to see.

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It's a great show. Very funny and high energy with excellent songs. If you can wait you can get a ticket for 150 dollars a couple months out. Well worth seeing.

I wouldn't enjoy standing through the show myself.

I'd go SRO. I have never seen the show, but I LOVE the OBCR. If money is tight, I wouldn't go $300. Honestly, for me, I usually buy the cheapest tickets I can, because, at the end of the day you are seeing the exact same thing and getting the exact same entertainment as those who paid $300. Even if you are in the rear mezz. and the actors look like the size of a pea, who cares? Still the exact same thing as front center orchestra.

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