The Path of ‘The Book of Mormon’ to Broadway

NYTimes.com: "IT was February 2010, and Scott Rudin, the prolific theater and film producer, felt something was wrong with “The Book of Mormon,” the new musical he was developing. A weeks-long workshop had just ended, he recalled, and the show’s main character was an unlikable prig, the tone was muddled, and some of the humor wasn’t worthy of his two star creators, Trey Parker and Matt Stone of the animated series “South Park.” Mr. Parker, usually the engine of ideas, felt stalled, and the musical just seemed to be drifting toward an Off Broadway run set for that summer, all three men said recently.