Orlando! It was an evening of reunions on Sunday on the 2026 Tony Awards, together with for The Book of Mormon.
Through the 79th annual Tony Awards ceremony, the unique forged of The Guide of Mormon — Josh Gad, Andrew Rannells and Rory O’Malley — reunited to have fun their fifteenth anniversary.
Launched by the present’s creators Trey Parker, Matt Stone (who additionally created South Park) and Robert Lopez (Avenue Q co-creator), the celebrities seamlessly stepped again into their roles to carry out “Man Up,” the closing quantity to behave one.
However the reunion doesn’t cease there. Gad, Rannells, O’Malley, Parker, Lopez, Stone and Nikki M. James are set to return for eight performances of the present from June 9 to 14.
The satirical musical starred Rannells and Gad as Elder Value and Elder Cunningham, two missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints despatched to a distant Ugandan village to evangelise their religion, whereas spotlighting their contrasting worldviews. The pair have additionally co-starred in Gutenberg! The Musical! on Broadway from 2023 to 2024.
The Guide of Mormon gained 9 Tony Awards in 2011, together with greatest musical. Now, the present stars Kevin Clay as Elder Value and Diego Enrico as Elder Cunningham, with Sydney Quildon as Nabulungi, Charlie Franklin as Elder McKinley and Jacques C. Smith as Mafala Hatimbi.
The manufacturing additionally made headlines in Could after the Eugene O’Neill Theatre caught fireplace on Could 4, forcing a number of weeks’ closure earlier than resuming on May 27.
Further performances on Sunday evening embrace The Misplaced Boys, Schmigadoon!, Titaníque, Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Throughout New York), Cats: The Jellicle Ball, Ragtime and Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Present, whereas anniversary performances got here from Chicago and A Refrain Line.
Discover the full list of Tony Award winners here and see all the stars who walked the red carpet here.
