The road strategy for "Mormon" is similar to the approach that Mr. Rudin and Ms. Garefino employ in New York, where the musical, created by Matt Stone, Trey Parker and Robert Lopez, plays at the relatively small, 1, 066-seat Eugene O'Neill theater.

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