'Book of Mormon' heads west

Broadway hot ticket "It of Mormon" has skedded a 12-week run in La the coming year. Show from "South Park" designers Trey Parker and Matt Stone and "Avenue Q" composer Robert Lopez will hit Hollywood inside a extended stop on its national tour. The run at L.A.'s Pantages Theater, looking for Sept. 5-November. 25, will immediately follow its Colorado launch in August. "Mormon" would be the first show within the 2012-13 Broadway/L.A. season. Further choices still be introduced, along with casting for that "Mormon" tour. Helmed by Casey Nicholaw and Parker and choreographed by Nicholaw, "Mormon" rapidly snowballed in to the large hit of Broadway's 2010-11 season, consistently logging stellar sales and taking home nine Tony Honours. Contact Gordon Cox at gordon.cox@variety.com