Best Of: 'Book of Mormon' turns 15 / Actor Clarke Peters
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Public media is no longer federally funded, but the NPR network remains yours in service to and powered by you. Keep public media public with a donation today at donate.npr.org and thank you. From WHYY in Philadelphia, I'm Terry Gross with Fresh Air Weekend. The Book of Mormon is celebrating its 15th year on Broadway. We'll hear from two of the original stars.
Josh Gadd and Andrew Rannolds. The show is beloved and or offensive, which isn't surprising considering it was co-created by Matt Stone and Trey Parker, the creators of South Park. Gadd remembers the first time he heard the show's song Hasediga Ibouwei. I called my agent at the time and I said, I don't think I can do this show and he said why and I said i because i don't want to get killed later actor Clark Peters whose breakout role was in the HBO series The Wire as police detective Lester Freeman he co-starred as a Vietnam vet in Spike Lee's Defive Bloods and co-stars on the new series The Burrows that's coming up on Fresh Air Weekend
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