'Polygamy,' the Broadway play: Mormon controversy on stage 100 years before 'Book of Mormon' musical

"The Book of Mormon" musical has been a Tony Award-winning success, but this isn't the first time a Mormon-themed stage production has generated attention and controversy on Broadway. Almost a century ago, a story based on Mormonism played on the Great White Way — only in 1914, the hot topic was polygamy.

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