519: Clark Johnsen - From BYU to Broadway's Book of Mormon Musical Part 2

Mormon Stories Podcast

Dr. John Dehlin

Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 5.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2015

⏱️ 103 minutes

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Summary

In this hilarious and touching episode of Mormon Stories, John Dehlin interviews Clark Johnson, an original cast member in the hit Broadway musical, The Book of Mormon.

In part one, Clark shares his experience as a young gay Mormon coming from a conservative LDS background, his mission to Mexico, and how he and his family came to terms with his decision to leave the church.

In part two, Clark recounts the events and his favorite memories leading him to join The Book of Mormon cast; from the dance department at BYU to the Broadway stage. He goes on to share scene by scene and song by song, themes from the musical that relate to his life and experience with the world.

Warning - Because of the language contained in the Book of Mormon Musical, listener discretion is advised.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Because of the language contained in the Book of Mormon musical, this episode does contain
0:04.6	some swearing.
0:05.6	And being like, can I really get a little more tea on f***ing top?
0:10.2	We just earned our explicit rating.
0:12.0	I thank you.
0:13.6	Consequently, listener discretion is advised.
0:16.4	Nonetheless, don't be fooled.
0:18.2	This interview with Clark Johnson is totally awesome.
0:24.6	To check out the video version of this episode, go to youtube.com slash Mormon stories.
0:29.2	To keep these podcasts alive, please consider a financial contribution today at MormonStories.org.
0:34.2	Thanks for listening.
0:44.2	Hello and welcome to part two of my interview with Clark Johnson.
0:48.6	I'm John Dilland.
0:49.6	This is Mormon Stories podcast.
0:51.4	We've talked a lot about Clark's life.
0:54.4	We've talked about his experience as a young gay Mormon, his experiences coming to terms with his decision to leave the church and how his family reacted.
1:09.9	And it's seriously one of the most brilliant hour and a half or so of Mormon stories that I've sat through.
1:16.6	So if you haven't checked out that part, check it out.
1:19.8	But now we're going to dive deep into the Book of Mormon musical.
1:24.6	And I'm super excited.
1:25.6	I've got tons of notes that I wrote on my car drive down from Logan this morning.
1:31.8	People are like shaking their fist at me and I'm like, I'm not texting.
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