The Book of Mormon (musical) with tyrannical, charismatic men with way too many children, our heroes... must confront a one-eyed, genocidal warlord with an unprintable name... That's enough to test the faith of even the most optimistic gospel spreaders (not to mention songwriters). Yet in setting these dark elements to sunny melodies "The Book of Mormon" achieves something like a miracle. It both makes fun of and ardently embraces the all-American art form of the inspirational book musical. No Broadway show has so successfully had it both ways since Mel Brooks adapted his film "The Producers" for the stage a decade ago." Jon Stewart, host
Steel Pier (musical) was released by RCA Victor Broadway on July 29, 1997. "Steel Pier" was nominated for eleven Tony Awards but won none. This tied "Chicago", also written by Kander and Ebb, for most Tony nominations without a win. Another Kander-Ebb musical, "The Scottsboro Boys", was nominated for twelve Tony Awards but won none, besting "Steel Pier" and "Chicago" by one. Steel Pier (musical) Steel Pier is a musical written by the songwriting team of Kander and Ebb from the original book by David Thompson. Directed by Scott Ellis with choreography by Susan Stroman, the musical opened on Broadway at the Richard