In “The Book of Mormon” musical, Herrold’s character, Nabulungi, offers a beautiful parody of a classic Disney princess’s “I want” song. Her rendition is rich and heartfelt, singing of place filled with waterfalls and unicorns where the goat meat is plentiful and the warlords are friendly. She bets the “people are open-minded, and don’t care who you’ve been.”
Sure, she’s a girl, and only the talk of girls’ body parts gets much attention in Trey Parker, Matt Stone and Robert Lopez’s raunchy musical. Girl characters? Not so much. But the song represents the pleasure — and maybe the pain — of watching the second run of “Book of Mormon” here in Salt Lake City.