Robert Lopez

Lullabies by Broadway's Best

Andy Propst | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: John Patrick Shanley, Laura Osnes, Stephen Schwartz, Jeff Bowen, Audra McDonald, Broadway, Parenting, Robert Lopez, Music, Babies, Stephen Sondheim, Culture, Lullabies, Donna Murphy, Sutton Foster, Sleep, Maury Yeston, Parents News

Imagine you could gather Tony Award winners at your child's bedside to sing him or her to sleep. What if these artists were there to perform original lullabies by Stephen Sondheim?

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Tony-Winning 'Book Of Mormon' Is Chicago-Bound

Posted 11.07.2011

Read More: Trey Parker, Book of Mormon Chicago, Matt Stone, Chicago Theatre, Avenue Q, Broadway in Chicago, Tony Awards, Broadway Musicals, Book of Mormon Bank of America Theatre, Book of Mormon, Musicals, Robert Lopez, South Park, Video, Chicago News

Chicago theatre fans received exciting news Wednesday as Broadway in Chicago announced that the Tony Award-winning, "South Park" creators-penned "The ...

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'Book of Mormon' Cast Album Breaks Billboard Records

Huffington Post | Lucas Kavner | Posted 08.15.2011

Read More: Trey Parker, Billboard, Matt Stone, Dreamgirls, Rent, Tony Awards, Book of Mormon, Robert Lopez, Casey Nicholaw, Arts News

After winning Best Musical at the Tony Awards this past Sunday, the cast album for "The Book of Mormon," Trey Parker, Matt Stone, and Robert Lopez's m...

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Stage Door: The Book of Mormon

Fern Siegel | Posted 05.31.2011

Read More: Mormons, Trey Parker, Musical Theater, Entertainment, Theater, Broadway, Parody, Matt Stone, Robert Lopez, Arts News

It's not often you see religious satire and profanity in a Broadway musical. Then again, The Book of Mormon is unique: It's a robust, toe-tapping musical that foments laughter and thoughtfulness in equal measure.

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Blasphemy in The Book of Mormon

Silpa Kovvali | Posted 05.28.2011

Read More: Religion, Trey Parker, Mormon Church, Matt Stone, Avenue Q, Missionary, Broadway, The Book of Mormon, Mormons, Mormonism, Uganda, Robert Lopez, South Park, Book of Mormon, Entertainment News

In a genre not known for its subtlety, this musical stayed away from stereotypes, portraying its two missionary heroes as deeply earnest, deeply flawed, and often deeply conflicted about their own beliefs.

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First Nighter: South Park's Trey Parker and Matt Stone Cheerfully Commit The Book of Mormon to Broadway

David Finkle | Posted 05.26.2011

Read More: The Lion King, Star Wars, Lewis Cleale, Uganda, The King and I, Big Love, The Book of Mormon, Joseph Smith, Jerome Robbins, Josh Gad, Nikki M. James, Michael James Scott, Star Trek, Eugene O'Neill Theatre, Casey Nicholaw, Avenue Q, Hbo, Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, Comedy Central, Scott Pask, Andrew Rannells, Julie Taymor, Ann Roth, Robert Lopez, South Park, Entertainment News

The production is hardly a surprise attack by the nose-thumbing partners. It could be said they're going after Christianity as a whole with the appearance of a slang-spouting Jesus in a lustrous blond wig.

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'South Park' Creators Mock Mormons In New Broadway Musical

AP | By MARK KENNEDY | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK -- For years, Trey Parker and Matt Stone have lampooned everything, from Scientology to Tiger Woods, Prius drivers to Islam, Britney Spears t...

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God Must Be Crazy: The Book of Mormon Review

Valerie Frankel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Trey Parker, Religion, Matt Stone, Theater, Broadway, Book of Mormon, Musicals, Robert Lopez, Valerie Frankel, South Park, Arts News

Is The Book of Mormon as subversive as South Park? Unequivocally, it is pee-in-pants funny, outrageous, and shocking.

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Do Business Schools See Why CDOs Are Compared to "Springtime for Hitler"?

David Fiderer | Posted 05.25.2011

New reporting offers hard evidence that Magnetar, a hedge fund group based in Chicago, had designed a series of subprime mezzanine CDOs that were all but guaranteed to fail.

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A Hedge Fund Show Tune: Ditty Lampoons Magnetar's 'Betting Against The American Dream' (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Christian Borle, Planet Money, Cdos, Magnetar Trade, Credit Default Swaps, Collateralized Debt Obligations, Propublica, Robert Lopez, John Treacy Eagan, Magnetar, Financial Crisis, Housing Crisis, This American Life, Housing Bubble, Video, Business News

As part of their segment this week on the hedge fund Magnetar, This American Life and Planet Money asked Broadway composer Robert Lopez to write a sho...

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