#book of mormon obc

[elposting]

Oh my gosh two days ago (sorry this took me so long to write up, I had to digest it all lol) I saw The View, Stephen Colbert, and All In- and I MET ANDREW AND JOSH!!!! I think this is going to be a long post but just stay with me here 😭😭

More below the cut as always!!!

1. Okay so first was The View- we had general tickets and stood outside from around 7:30 to 9ish I think? It was so cold 😭😭 thankfully the wind wasn’t too bad

We got inside and got seated and everything, here was my view:

We did two of those shopping segment things and got to go home with a bottle of olive oil imported from Greece and a silk washcloth!!

We had to have our phones off for a majority of the taping, so when it was a commercial break there was this hype lady to talk to the audience- her name was Regina

Anyways, so josh comes on and does his segment (and at the end they told us all we’re going home with a free copy of the book! So im thankful I didn’t already buy a copy lol I was thinking of it)

After his segment he begins talking to Whoopi Goldberg and then Regina is trying to find audience members to talk to and stuff lol

// Side note- I had made bracelets to give everyone! I ran out of time to make Josh a brand new bracelet so I took my book of arnold one I had made to take to BOM with me; here’s a pic:

So I raise my hand and im like “I have a bracelet for josh!!” And then Regina has me pass the bracelet down through the audience to her- Whoopi and josh are still talking, and one of the producers is right by them. Regina gives the producer the bracelet and is like talking to her but she’s still on the mic- then I start talking about how big of a BOM fan I am lol. I brought one of my programs with me so I held it up, along with my sharpie on it; she has me pass that down too!!

Then the producer gets Josh’s attention, and I’m standing up in the audience- I get to talk to him as the producer gives him the bracelet and program lol. My mom snuck her phone: here’s our interaction & transcript below 🫣🫣

Regina: Look, there’s Alaina.

Me: Hi!

Josh: Aw, I really feel like I’m at a Taylor Swift concert.

[Audience laughs]

A: I’m the biggest book of mormon fan…

Whoopi: Does Alaina know him?

JG: …well, I can tell…

[Audience laughs]

A: …I love you so much…

R: [something…] (to Whoopi) she gave him a bracelet!

View Ladies: Awwww!

R: We love that show.

Joy: Alaina, have you seen that show?

Alyssa: It’s so funny.

J: That show’s good. I’m recommending that show.

[I spell my name and Regina confirms it back to me lol]

A: I’m seeing it front row next Friday.

JG: I’m not in it anymore.

[audience laughs]

-end-

I know this reads like one of those imagines but I swear it’s not 😭🙏 that video is not ai 🤨🤨

I was going to tell him I was seeing andrew later that night lol but we walked off

Im ngl i didnt even realize the view ladies were talking to me I was just so focused on josh lmfao but writing out the transcript had me genuinely crying that whoopi goldberg asked if i (personally) knew josh gad

Anyway so he took my program back and then he signed it!!

(ignore andrew’s signature lol that’s from later 😅)

But he stole my sharpie so actually I can’t forgive him. #canceljoshgad

I was so happy he spelled my name right I was so happy lol

Then we left the view and they gave us our gifts yadayada

2. We went to Stephen colbert next- this is less exciting so im just gonna speedrun through lol

Stephen is very nice! He did a Q and A lol it was fun

Josh was the first guest and the segment was def longer than the view. This was cut from the final show but there was a part where they talked about josh interviewing the lord of the rings cast at some zoom thing 5 years ago? At least I think that’s what it was I don’t really remember

Josh thought he was bombing during the interview so I felt really bad lol, I didn’t think he was but he kept talking about how poorly he was doing. I didn’t think the audience was quiet but maybe it just wasn’t reaching the stage?

At the end of the interview he like stood up and leaned over to shake Stephen’s hand but his pants kind of fell down so everyone on my side could see his underwear so that was um interesting (it was firetruck red for anyone who cares??)

Anyway quick shout out to the guy who does stand up before colbert comes on to warm up the crowd, he’s so fantastic

3. (Ok to preface I had to rewrite this entire section because it deleted the first time so im probably gonna go kind of fast here) all in!

Lowkey the show itself was kind of boring and a little terrible but they all did so great in the show!! And our seats were so good too:

I could see andrew the clearest 🙏 i kind of had to move my head to see everyone else lol (he sat in the third chair from the left)

Getting out of the theater was so hard too 😭😭 i was like zigzagging through chairs to get to stage door early… and then even when I got there it was SO crowded🥲🥲 lowkey felt like i was in the hunger games /j thankfully a woman let me stand next to her🙏🙏

Nick came out first!! He’s the one i was most normal to bc he’s the only one I haven’t had a hyperfixation on lmaooo…🫣 he signed my playbill and took a pic with me 🙏

next lin came out!! I gave him the bracelet I made for him and he said thank you 🥲 he was super cute last night. I’ve been a fan of him foreverrrrrrrr so I was super super happy to meet him he was so nice. he also signed my hamilton playbill 🥲🩷

then aidy came out!! i love her sooooo much i started tearing up when i was talking to her lol, i gave her the bracelet i made for her and she was like “this is so cool thank you so much!!” she is/was like one of my favorite snl cast members and i was soooo excited to meet her she’s so pretty and ilhsm🩷🩷

last I saw andrew!! I was kind of distracted cause aidy was right next to me so I didn’t even process at first 😭😭

I gave him my bracelet and he said thanks!! then i told him i’d seen josh earlier and he says hi (which is a lie but whatever sue me lolol). he asked me where i’d seen him and i said the view and lssc. he signed my bom program too!!! that thing is now my most prized possession ngl lol🫣

he was kind of down the line atp but still kind of involved in the conversation with me, so i asked him if i could get a polaroid pic with him (mind you, this camera is my opp and has been giving me problems all day, and had to spend $11 at a duane reade to replace the batteries so i was a little bit nervous lol). the photo was a little awkward and i was really nervous because polaroid doesn’t take the best pics in the dark- thankfully the CAMERA WORKED!! and the pic printed

i asked him to sign it and he said he would, but he was back down the line at this point (and i was a little worried cause the last time i asked a celeb for a pic/autograph was dame judy dench and then she just walked away… i was less nervous abt andrew forgetting though because he’s like 40 and she was like 80). so, i went to the end of the line to try to meet him, but at the same time he walked back to my mom in line to look for me 😭so we missed each other and he went back inside

but! after they closed the stage door i talked to these two other guys and they told me everyone usually comes out the front, so my mom and i ran back through the hotel to get to the front 😭there were a bunch of people there though

like 20 mins later andrew came out and he recognized me and signed my polaroid and took another photo with me 🥹🥹 i was so so so grateful!! he is the sweetest and every time i look at the pic i cant believe its real lol😅😭

oh and then afterwards richard kind just walked up on the sidewalk lol??? i asked him to take a pic and he was like “sure! but then i am going to go upstairs to have champagne with my friends” he’s so cute lol, and then i saw him walking through the lobby in the hotel too lmao I waved to him he’s so cute and sweet🤭

i had the best day ever and everybody was so so so nice. gonna keep the signed polaroid in the back of my phone forever now 😭🙏🙏🩷

[amazing-spiderlad]

Obsessed w this moment in this one book of mormon bootleg where arnold is freaking out because kevin left then he drops his glasses and just screams I CAN'T SEE- and stands there panicking about it until mckinley picks them up for him

This is so wholesome, I need more of mckinley being everyone's mother

[succulentsofa]

genuinely sooo obsessed with the current west end cast of the book of mormon btw

[2phie]

mcpriceley in a nutshell

[shpadoinkle-day]

book of mormon

[sgtprophet]

damn guys tomorrows prompt is favourite cast i wonderrrrrr what cast im going to drawwww

[bootleglesbian]

available bootlegs

this is everything i currently have available (updated 06/18/24). if you have anything to trade i generally prefer that but i am open to gifting any of the titles that are not starred! as a rule, if no cast is listed or only some members are listed, that means that i do not know the cast but i am happy to send a screenshot if you would like (and if anyone is interested in helping me identify unknown casts or dates of any files, let me know!).

green = video, pink = audio, starred = trade or donations only

*Anastasia (Hartford Theatre pre-Broadway run - Christy Altomare, Derek Klena)

*Anastasia (Broadway - Christy Altomare, Derek Klena)

Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (Broadway, 06/24/18 - Melissa Benoist)

Beetlejuice (Broadway, 10/31/19 aka Halloween)

Book of Mormon (Broadway - Ben Platt)

Come From Away (Broadway - Jenn Collela)

Falsettos (Proshot)

Falsettos (Broadway - ORC, not proshot)

Falsettos (Tour - Max von Essen, Nick Adams, Eden Espinosa, Nick Blaemire, Audrey Cardwell, Bryonha Marie Parham)

*Falsettos (Tour - Max von Essen, Nicka Adams, Eden Espinosa, Nick Blaemire, Audrey Cardwell, Bryonha Marie Parham)

Freaky Friday (La Jolla)

*Ghost (Broadway - Caissie Levy)

Hamilton (Broadway - Lexi Lawson)

Hamilton (First National Tour - Michael Luwoye, Solea Pffeifer, Joshua Henry, Emmy Raver Lampman, Isaiah Johnson, Jordan Donica, Mathenee Treco, Ruben J. Carbajal, Amber Iman, Rory O'Malley)

*Hamilton (Chicago Act 1 only - Karen Olivo, Ariana Afsar, Samantha Marie Ware, Miguel Cervantes, Joshua Henry)

*Hamilton (Broadway - OBC, not proshot)

*The Last Five Years (Off-Broadway - Betsy Wolfe, Adam Kantor)

*Lempicka (Broadway, 03/38/24 - Eden Espinosa, Amber Iman, Andrew Samonsky, George Abud, Natalie Joy Johnson, Zoe Glick, Nathaniel Stampley, Beth Leavel)

*Mean Girls (Broadway, 02/22/20 - Renee Rapp, Erika Henningson, Barrett Wilbert Weed, Grey Henson, Kate Rockwell, Krystina Alabado, Kyle Selig)

*Mean Girls (National Tour)

*Mystery of Edwin Drood (Broadway - Stephanie J. Block, Betsy Wolfe, Jessie Mueller)

*The Prom (Alliance Theatre pre-Broadway - Caitlin Kinnunen, Anna Grace Barlow)

*She Loves Me (Broadway - ORC proshot)

Waitress (ART pre-Broadway run - Jessie Mueller, Jeanna de Waal, Keala Settle, Drew Gehling, Joe Tippett, Dakin Matthews, Christopher Fitzgerald, Eric Anderson)

*Waitress (Broadway - Jessie Mueller, Keala Settle, Molly Jobe, Drew Gehling)

*Waitress (Broadway - Sara Barielles, Chris Diamantopoulos, Charity Angel Dawson, Molly Jobe, Will Swenson, Christopher Fitzgerald)

*Waitress (Broadway, 06/19/17 - Betsy Wolfe, Drew Gehling)

Waitress (Broadway, 12/14/17 - Stephanie Torns, Jason Mraz)

Waitress (Broadway - Shoshana Bean, Jeremy Jordan)

*Waitress (Broadway - Shoshana Bean, Jeremy Jordan)

Waitress (Broadway, 02/03/19 - Sara Bareilles, Gavin Creel)

Waitress (Tour, 08/26/18)

Wicked (Broadway, 02/01/15 - Caroline Bowman, Kara Lindsey)

Wicked (Broadway, 02/10/13 - Donna Vivino, Ali Mauzey, Kyle Dean Massey, Randy Danson, Adam Grupper, Catherine Charlebois, F. Michael Haynie, Tom Flynn)

Wicked (unknown - Eden Espinosa, Megan Hilty)

*Wicked (Broadway - Stephanie J. Block, Annaleigh Ashford)

*Wicked (Broadway - Lindsay Mendez, Katie Rose Clark)

[phinni-phouse]

3 year old me was too busy sitting on his ass when he should have been getting tickets to obc book of mormon smh😔

[dan-berry-on-a-magnett]

Guys please I need any boots of the following

-Maggie cherry

-Josh Johnny

-Josh pony

-Daryl Johnny

-Andrew Rannells Book of Mormon

-Gutenburg the musical

-Christian Borle in something rotten

-Andrew Rannells Hedwig and the Angry Inch

-Back to the future OBC

-JJ Marty in back to the future

Please I have a few I can trade and a good a amount of audios

[moesasaur]

ALL TBOM ELDERS + all canon information on them

I am making this to help out anyone who is writing fanfics or drawing fan art of The Book Of Mormon and wants to draw the elders accurately or keep them in character. I will involve all lines from each character + their fandom given first name and other small things that indicate their personality or traits. I will also state the animal they brought up in I Am Africa since I believe the animals do reflect their personalities in some way.

Elder Church

- Elder “James” Church

- Given the name James by the fandom

- OBC actor: Brian Sears

- Comes from Cheyenne, Wyoming

- When he was young his parents were in an abusive relationship, with his alcoholic father abusing him and his mother

- “Okay, okay, HOLD ON! I mean… We COULD… SAY that we had some baptisms” Is the elder that suggests lying about how many baptisms district 9 has achieved

- “We were SO worried about you” Is the first elder that tells Kevin they were SO worried about him when he fell asleep at the bus station

- In I Am Africa he sings “(with) The Noble Lion King”

- In I Am Africa he also sings “A tribal woman who doesn’t wear a bra”

Elder Michaels

- Elder “Michael” Michaels

- Given the name Mike by the fandom

- OBC actor: Clark Johnsen

- Comes from Provo

Elder Thomas

(I could not find a photo of him, please accept this photo of the actor as an offering)

- Elder “Chris” Thomas

- Also goes by Elder Poptarts

- Given the name Chris by the fandom

- OBC actor: Scott Barnhardt

- His sister died from cancer and he was unable to say goodbye since he was at the apple store in line for a new iphone. Her last words were “Where is my brother”

- “You, too?! I had the hell dream after I accidentally read a Playboy!” Had his first hell dream after accidentally reading a playboy

- “Well, somebody needs to tell that General Butt-F-ing Named that people should be free to do what they want!” Is the elder that gives Kevin the idea of speaking to the general.

- In I Am Africa he sings “(with) The meerkat”. A lot of the fandom compares him to being like a meerkat

Elder Davis

Same thing, take this photo of him (right) standing next to Andrew Rannells (left)

- Elder “Robert” David

- Given the name Robert by the fandom

- OBC actor: Jason Michael Snow

- Is the first elder to ask if Elder McKinley is okay when he is panicking about the mission president

- “Elder Cunningham we must always work in PAIRS. Remember?” Is the first elder to complain about Arnold and Kevin arguing before being shut down by Elder McKinley

- “Looks like you fell asleep at the bus station!” (to Kevin after SMHD)

Elder Schrader

- Elder “Brian” Schrader

- Given the name Brian by the fandom

- OBC actor: Benjamin Schrader

- Please note that he isn’t called Elder Schrader in every performance, he sometimes takes the last name of the actor that plays him since he is named after Benjamin Schrader, his OBC actor

- “Are you an IDIOT?! MORMONS don’t LIE!” could come across as him being outspoken + rude personality wise

- In I Am Africa he sings “With the rhino”

Elder Neeley

Same thing AGAIN. Have a photo him (left) standing next to Jason Michael Snow (right)

- Elder “Ted” Neeley

- Given the name Ted by the fandom

- OBC actor: Kevin Duda

- “I told a lie once when I was twelve, and I had a dream that I went to hell! It was REALLY SPOOKY.” Had his first hell dream after telling a lie when he was 12

- “Yeah, we have to go home!” “But the mission president said we’re all as far from the Latter-Day Saints as it gets!” Seems to be the elder that wants to go home most after being shunned by the mission president

Elder Zelder

I scoured the internet and found no photos of him at all this is all I got sorry guys

- Elder “Elder” Zelder

- Given this name by the fandom, frequently referred to as an alien. I assume this is due to him having fewer lines compared to the other elders. People joke that Elder Zelder is his full name

- OBC actor: Justin Botton

- In I Am Africa he sings “(we are) A monkey with a banana”

PAIRINGS

Here is a photo of the chalk board that lists the pairings of all the elders:

If you can’t read it,

Elder McKinley + Elder Thomas

Elder Zelder + Elder Michaels

Elder Neeley + Elder Schrader

Elder Church + Elder Davis

also it’s a good example of Elder Schrader’s name changing based on the actor portraying him!!

Thank you for reading my little infodump, I did this mostly for myself but I would be happy to know that other people found this helpful!!

[elposting]

they’re serving your honor

[amazing-spiderlad]

Thinking abt him rn

Look at him, look at my boy. He's literally making the :D face.

[hello-hello8]

Trading anything from my list for a bootleg of Bye Bye Birdie with Christian Borle (very happy to trade multiple vids):

- [ ] A Bronx Tale OBC

- [ ] A gentleman’s guide to love and murder

- [ ] A New Brain Jonathan Groff

- [ ] A New Brain 1998

- [ ] Aida (Idina Menzel)

- [ ] Alice by Heart

- [ ] Allegiance OBC

- [ ] Amelie (Phillipa Soo)

- [ ] American Idiot

- [ ] Anastasia Closing Night

- [ ] Anastasia June 16/2017

- [ ] Angels in America - Millennium approaches - NTLive (Andrew Garfield)

- [ ] Angels in America - Perestroika - NTLive

- [ ] Annie

- [ ] Anyone can Whistle

- [ ] Anything Goes 1988

- [ ] Anything Goes (Rachel York)

- [ ] Bandstand

- [ ] Bare (with Gerard Canonico)

- [ ] BTCKM Broadway

- [ ] Beauty and the Beast

- [ ] Billy Elliot (with Tom Holland)

- [ ] Bloody bloody Andrew Jackson

- [ ] Be More Chill

- [ ] Bonnie and Clyde

- [ ] Bonnie and Clyde with Jeremy Jordan

- [ ] Book of Mormon preview with Andrew Rannells

- [ ] Cabaret

- [ ] Catch me if you can 2009

- [ ] Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

- [ ] Cinderella 2013 revival

- [ ] Come From Away 2017

- [ ] Curious Incident Proshot

- [ ] Cursed Child

- [ ] DEH

- [ ] Evita 1980

- [ ] Falsettos OBC

- [ ] Falsettos 2016 orchestra pit view

- [ ] Falsettos 2016 balcony view

- [ ] False

- [ ] Fiddler

- [ ] Finding Neverland Jeremy Jordan

- [ ] Fun Home 2018

- [ ] Godspell 2011 revival

- [ ] H2$ 1995

- [ ] Hedwig NPH

- [ ] Hedwig Urie

- [ ] If/then Idina Menzel

- [ ] Jersey Boys

- [ ] Jersey Boys (Andrew Rannells)

- [ ] King and I 1985

- [ ] Lightning Thief workshop

- [ ] LSOH Jeremy Jordan and Christian Borle

- [ ] Man of La Mancha 1972

- [ ] Mary Poppins 2005/6

- [ ] Natasha Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812

- [ ] Newsies OBC

- [ ] Newsies (kara’s last)

- [ ] Newsies 10/2/11 (fan day)

- [ ] Next to Normal

- [ ] On Your Feet 11/13/15

- [ ] Once OBC

- [ ] Peter and the Starcatcher

- [ ] The Prom

- [ ] Something Rotten

- [ ] Some Like it Hot

- [ ] Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark 2011

- [ ] Spring Awakening OBC

- [ ] Spring Awakening 2015

- [ ] Tick Tick Boom 2001

- [ ] Tuck Everlasting

- [ ] A Xmas Story (broadway)

- [ ] Yank

- [x] 9 to 5

[musical-lovers]

looking for slime tutorials

hello I am looking for slime tutorials for some of my favorite musicals. I sadly do not have anything to trade for them.

How to dance in Ohio

The book of Mormon ( obc/andrew rannalds)✅

shucked

The great gatsby ( obc)

& Juliet

merrily we roll along ( revival 2023 cast)

Kimberly akimbo

[itsgrapes-exe]

I cannot believe I just found a book of mormon obc boot

[verdemoun]

Hi hi I must know which of the modern gang would be theater kids!!

(side note: I think Dutch would LOVE The Phantom of the Opera)

FINALLY musical theatre my jam.

If Hosea gave his kids one thing, it was an appreciation for the arts. Or he dragged them kicking and screaming until they liked it.

Mentioned somewhere else a long time ago but Hosea and Bessie literally went to broadway for their anniversary, which ended up being Hosea's introduction to modern theatre productions (Rocky Horror, Bessie's pick and Hosea's newest guilty pleasure). It then became everyone's problem.

No matter the quality of the production, Hosea goes to every local show he can. From high school productions of Romeo and Juliet to travelling 3 hours to see a OBC shows travelling the country in Saint Denis, he's there. Usually with a victim.

Kieran (as the most accessible victim, living with Hosea) enjoys the performative aspects of theatre but the noise is too much for him. Hosea loathes it but it's not uncommon for Kieran to be listening to his own music during a show but still enjoying the acting.

Arthur has more of a flare for modern classics: west side story, little shop of horrors, chicago, cats, sound of music. He actively enjoys musicals that are that slight bit unrealistic and silly or romantize the 20th century. Is always willing to go with Hosea when their schedules line up. Charles does not understand. Arthur tried to get him to sit through Cats (1998) and Charles just walked off.

John will say he hates theatre and wishes he could spend time with Hosea any other way, but all the modern musicals pop up in his playlist. He truly has the taste of an angsty teenager - heathers, the warriors, next to normal!!!, book of mormon. Learned to pronounce the spanish lyrics of in the heights correctly and Javier punched him because really? you'll learn spanish to sing along to a musical??

Abigail also really enjoys going but only for romances. really likes dogfight. ugly cried during waitress.

John can be found sitting in his car drunk crying listening to superboy and the invisible girl. Arthur was also so emotionally devastated by next to normal that he broke a decade of not smoking.

Phantom is a sore subject because obviously when Hosea, Arthur and John saw it they all knew Dutch would love it, took Dutch - and Dutch became the most obnoxious Erik apologist ever. Dutch would argue Love Never Dies is superior because Christine admits to having made the wrong choice and blah blah he's very painfully obviously projecting about all the stuff that happened between him, Hosea and Bessie in a very embarrassing way and the gang vow to never bring it up around him again.

Hosea still takes him to see Love Never Dies on the rare occasions it is playing because Dutch does genuinely enjoy it. But christ the lectures afterwards. The poor underpaid theatre bar staff asking them to leave two hours later because they've been drinking whiskey and wine and bickering since the show ended.