'Book of Mormon' recoups

Hallelujah -- Broadway tuner "It of Mormon" has retrieved its capital costs.Show's quick journey to the black isn't a surprise due to the stellar grosses the musical has consistently drenched since it opened up up in March. Legit outing from "South Park" designers Trey Parker and Matt Stone and "Avenue Q" composer Robert Lopez grew to become one the Street's most widely used tickets, regularly commanding an average ticket cost around $150.The other day, throughout our prime-demand Thanksgiving frame, "Mormon" drenched $1,677,963 for nine perfs, verifying an impressive $170 average per-ducat cost. Throughout the time is right round the Rialto, show has drenched a cume more than $45 million.Producers won't browse the Broadway capital cost from the musical, but it's generally thought "Mormon" considered in around $8 million or $9 million.Musical's sales are powered not only through the worldwide recognition of Parker and Stone's "South Park," the Comedy Central skein that's gathered a massive fanbase over 15 seasons, but furthermore with the passionate response in the legit world. Tuner won critical raves if the opened up up after which it in June needed home nine Tonys, like the new musical laurel, the primary one theater kudo generally thought to experience a real impact on box office.Production also benefits of how large its venue, the Eugene O'Neill Theater, which at 1,066 seats is substantially smaller sized than most tuner houses round the Primary Stem. The theater's limited ticket inventory, combined wealthy in consumer demand, have driven up ticket prices: Top non-premium ducat costs $153, because the top premium cost is $475.Andrew Rannells, Josh Gad and Nikki M. James lead the cast of "Mormon," about some Latter Day Saints sent around the pursuit to Uganda. Show is co-helmed by Parker and Casey Nicholaw, who also choreographed.Anne Garefino and Scott Rudin lead a team of producers including Roger Berlind, Scott M. Delman, Jean Doumanian, Roy Furman, Important Musicals, Stephanie P. McClelland, Kevin Morris, Jon B. Platt, Sonia Friedman Prods. and Stuart Thompson. Contact Gordon Cox at gordon.cox@variety.com