Alum talks musical, Mormonism and Harold Bloom GRD '56

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

What do you do with a B.A. in English? Write musicals, apparently,

Robert Lopez '97, one of the guys behind "Avenue Q," has a new show on Broadway, but this time he tackles Mormons instead of puppets in "The Book of Mormon." Lopez co-wrote this story about missionaries with Trey Parker and Matt Stone of "South Park" fame. Yeah, we know, that's a lot to process.

When asked in an interview posted on the New York Times' ArtsBeat blog Wednesday about what made him interested in Mormonism, Lopez responded:

I’d taken Harold Bloom at Yale. I really liked the idea of the bible as literature – a story that can change the world in this very profound and powerful way, but in the end it’s just a story. Nothing demonstrates that as well as the Book of Mormon, because it was written so recently. When you hear the story of it, he so clearly made it up. It’s such a load of baloney. But people believe in it so strongly, and their lives really are demonstrably changed for the good by it. I had thought about doing the bible Part III, but then I realized, that’s the Book of Mormon. That’s the bible fan fiction.

Now we're excited for the musical about misreading.

Previews for "The Book of Mormon" begin Feb. 24.

theantiyale 1 year, 3 months ago

I believe Bloom put The Book of Mormon in his top 300 Western Canon works. Why.

charlesdarwin 6 months, 4 weeks ago

professor harold bloom: teach at YALE SINCE 1955.. You gotta be kidding... this man has been in in college from age 18-80...

this is why people think these people are ivory-tower eggheads.... all you for lit/english is paper/pencil at the local Wal-Mart. STOP THE WORLD. FREE FREE FREE AT LIBRARY

Folks. do the Numbers, this man has been in college for about 60-SIXTY YEARS OF LIFE ON EARTH...

English/Humanities/literature is FREE FREE FREE at the Public Library.. I can read all day 24/7 with FREE FREE FREE LIBRARY PASS.

YES. TRUE. I can read literature for FREE FREE FREE at the library for without paying $50,000 dollar in tuition.... yes. FREE FREE FREE INSTEAD OF 50K...

Would someone tell professor harold bloom this at the Hospital.. This man has been in college for 60-years Now. Time to get a real-job at taco-bell wal-mart. costco.

New Haven, Conn has the # 4 (fourth) highest crime rate in USA.. .All these ivory-tower need a good mugging on the streets. Time to get a real-job at Taco-Bell

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Alum talks musical, Mormonism and Harold Bloom GRD '56