The Book Of Mormon: not for the easily offended - The Guardian:

[…]Now a “weird idea” they had has conquered Broadway. Just under a decade ago, they decided to make a musical about Mormonism.

“Hollywood people would be like, ‘Why the hell would you do that?’” Stone recalls leaning back in his seat languidly, though his words come out at a jittery speed. “And we’d be like, ‘Because it’s fucking funny!’ We thought, ‘Look, we won’t make any money but if the show runs for a year, that would be, wow.’”

At times, it is hard to make out what Stone is saying, because next door to the midtown New York studio where we meet, Parker is training the third cast for The Book Of Mormon. The hit show is about to open in Chicago, alongside current productions in LA and New York. Cheerful songs reverberate through the wall with lyrics such as “Fuck you, God, in the ass, mouth and cunt!” (Cole Porter it is not). Parker and Stone’s weird idea, since it opened in 2010, has won nine Tonys, will soon come to London and has been credited with rescuing the modern musical. “This has been,” Stone says, “like, oh my God.”

Click through to read more.