MUMBAI: Sirius XM Radio announced today that "The Book of Mormon Radio," the two-day channel featuring exclusive content about The Book of Mormon, the new Broadway musical by South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone and Avenue Q co-creator Bobby Lopez, will air on channel 104.
The limited-run channel will launch the day before this Sunday's Tony® Awards, Saturday, June 11 at 6:00 am ET and will air through Sunday, June 12 at 11:59 pm ET.
"The Book of Mormon Radio" will feature interviews with the show's Tony-nominated cast and creative team: South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone and Avenue Q co-creator Bobby Lopez; co-director and choreographer Casey Nicholaw, producer Anne Garefino and stars Josh Gad and Andrew Rannells.
The exclusive channel will also include selections from the cast recording from Ghostlight Records, which was released on Tuesday, June 7. SiriusXM listeners will hear "All-American Prophet," "Spooky Mormon Hell Dream," "I Believe," "Baptize Me," "Joseph Smith American Moses" and "Tomorrow Is a Latter Day."
The Book of Mormon has been nominated for 14 Tony Awards, including Best Musical. The production was awarded with the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Musical, five Drama Desk Awards including Best Musical, Best Music (Trey Parker, Robert Lopez, Matt Stone), Best Lyrics (Trey Parker, Robert Lopez, Matt Stone), Best Director (Casey Nicholaw, Trey Parker) and Best Orchestrations (Larry Hochman, Stephen Oremus), four Outer Critics Circle Awards, including Best Musical, Best Score (Trey Parker, Robert Lopez, Matt Stone), Best Actor in a Musical (Josh Gad) and Best Director (Casey Nicholaw, Trey Parker) and the Drama League Award for Best Musical.
Stone and Parker have earned four Emmy Awards® and a Peabody Award for South Park, which is now in its 15th season. Their films include South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut (Academy Award nomination for Best Song) and Team America: World Police.
Lopez co-created Avenue Q, earning the 2004 Tony Awards for Best Musical, Best Score and a Grammy Award® nomination for Best Cast Album. He has also penned Finding Nemo: The Musical with his wife Kristen Anderson-Lopez, as well as the Broadway-bound original musical Up Here.