The Book of Mormon Returns to Washington, DC
One of the most celebrated and boundary-pushing musicals in Broadway history is making its way back to the nation's capital. The Book of Mormon plays at The National Theatre, located at 1321 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, for a limited engagement running April 28 through May 3, 2026.
Created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the award-winning creators of South Park, and Robert Lopez, a two-time EGOT winner known for co-creating Avenue Q and writing the songs for Frozen and Coco, The Book of Mormon has become one of the defining theatrical events of the 21st century. The conception of the show began when Parker and Stone met Lopez after a performance of Avenue Q in 2003, discovering a mutual interest in telling a story about Joseph Smith and the Mormon religion. A short time later, the three took a research trip to Salt Lake City, and the musical was born.
The show premiered on Broadway at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre in March 2011, and was awarded nine Tony Awards, including Best Musical, as well as a Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album. It won four Olivier Awards including Best New Musical when it opened in London's West End, and has since been seen by over 20 million audience members across more than 12,000 performances worldwide. Now in its 15th year on Broadway, it has become the 10th longest-running show in Broadway history.
The show follows a mismatched pair of Mormon missionaries dispatched to a remote village in Uganda, where their carefully constructed faith collides headlong with a very different reality. Although the musical satirizes organized religion and the literal credibility of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Mormons in the show are portrayed as well-meaning and optimistic, if a little naïve and unworldly. One of its creators described it as "an atheist's love letter to religion" — a description that captures the show's rare ability to be both gleefully irreverent and genuinely warm-hearted at the same time.
The critical establishment has run out of superlatives for it. The New York Times calls it "the best musical of this century," The Washington Post says it "restores your faith in musicals," and Entertainment Weekly has declared it "the funniest musical of all time." The Chicago Tribune called it a production that "surely goes further than any other musical in Broadway history."
The show has now played in 40 U.S. states, six Canadian provinces, and 134 cities across the globe, and its tour continues to play to packed houses wherever it goes. For DC audiences who have seen it before, a return visit is just as rewarding — the show's songs, which include "Hello!," "I Believe," and "Spooky Mormon Hell Dream," are the kind that stay with you long after the curtain comes down.
To see a list of all Broadway shows coming to the DC area, visit our Broadway Shows In DC page.