Was Sister Act a musical comedy?
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Elysa Gardner of "USA Today" gave the show three and a half out of four stars and said, "Sister Act: A Divine Musical Comedy may be less giddily profane, and thought-provoking, than "The Book of Mormon", but it has its own distinct and surprising charms. Composer Alan Menken and lyricist Glenn Slater provide original tunes that nod cheekily, but with genuine affection, to that pop era while also propelling the story with a style and exuberance specific to well-crafted musical theater."
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The following morning Deloris attends the choir practice and loudly admits that the choir sounds terrible. This prompts the Mother Superior to let Deloris lead the choir. Deloris does so and teaches the nuns how to sing in key and on time. She also manages to break the quiet and timid Sister Mary Robert out of her shell ("Raise Your Voice"). That Sunday, the choir perform an up-tempo hymn ("Take Me to Heaven (Reprise)") which to the struggling church's surprise brings in more people and more donations. The Mother Superior, however, is horrified how the simple traditional choir she knew has changed and become modern. The news of the choir soon spreads with photographers and news reporters coming in to get the story behind the latest sensation - this wonderful nontraditional choir.
Whoopi Goldberg
Goldberg starred in "Soapdish" (1991) and had a recurring role on "" as Guinan, which she would reprise in two "Star Trek" films. On May 29, 1992, "Sister Act" was released. The motion picture grossed well over US $200 million and Goldberg was nominated for a Golden Globe Award. Next, she starred in "Sarafina!". During the next year, she hosted a late-night talk show titled "The Whoopi Goldberg Show" and starred in two more motion pictures: "Made in America" and "". From 1994 to 1995, Goldberg appeared in "Corrina, Corrina", "The Lion King" (voice), "The Pagemaster" (voice), "Boys on the Side" and "Moonlight and Valentino". Goldberg guest starred on "Muppets Tonight" in 1996. She became the first African-American woman to host the Academy Awards show in 1994, and the first woman to solo host. She hosted the awards show again in 1996, 1999 and 2002.
Goldberg starred in four motion pictures in 1996: "Bogus" (with Gérard Depardieu and Haley Joel Osment), "Eddie", "The Associate" (with Dianne Wiest), and "Ghosts of Mississippi" (with Alec Baldwin and James Woods). During the filming of "Eddie", Goldberg began dating co-star Frank Langella, a relationship that lasted until early 2000. In October 1997, Goldberg and ghostwriter Daniel Paisner cowrote "Book", a collection featuring insights and opinions.
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In Spain, "Sister Act" debuted on October 23, 2014 at the Teatre Tívoli in Barcelona, where it ran until May 10, 2015, headlined by Mireia Mambo Bokele as Deloris Van Cartier. After closing in Barcelona, the production embarked on a national tour, finishing with a limited season at the Nuevo Teatro Alcalá in Madrid from March 17 to May 15, 2016.
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit is a 1993 American musical comedy film loosely based on the life of Crenshaw High School choir instructor Iris Stevenson, and starring Whoopi Goldberg. Directed by Bill Duke, and released by Touchstone Pictures, it is the sequel to the successful 1992 film "Sister Act". Most of the original cast reprise their roles in the sequel, including Maggie Smith, Kathy Najimy, Wendy Makkena, and Mary Wickes.
Parody in popular music
Ray Charles wrote his hit song "I Got a Woman" as a paraphrase on Gospel songs, which provoked anger from the Christian community. The 1992 film "Sister Act" had Whoopi Goldberg's character do the opposite with Mary Wells' "My Guy", rewriting its lyrics (and subsequently re-titling it as "My God") to accommodate the nun choir.
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Salve Regina
The 1992 comedy film "Sister Act" features a performance of the hymn influenced by rock and roll and gospel music.
Will Holt
In 1974, Holt wrote the book for the musical "Over Here!" starring two of the Andrews Sisters, a nostalgic look at the home front in World War II, with songs provided by the Sherman Brothers. The following year he co-wrote, with actress and singer Linda Hopkins, a revue about the life and career of Bessie Smith, "Me and Bessie". In 1976, he collaborated with George Abbott and Richard Adler on "Music Is", an adaptation of Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night". He also wrote the lyrics for the 1978 musical "Platinum," starring Alexis Smith as a film star attempting a comeback as a rock singer. His last Broadway project was the 1979 revival of "A Kurt Weill Cabaret", for which he performed, as well as translating some of the lyrics. In 1988 he won the Los Angeles Dramalogue Critics Award for "A Walk on the Wild Side", a musical based on Nelson Algren’s novel. "" was produced in Dublin, Ireland in 1997.
Justin Smith (Australian actor)
In 2007 Smith was nominated for an AFI award for his role in "Bastard Boys". In 2008, Smith played the role of Tony (Billy's older brother) in "Billy Elliot the Musical", for which he was nominated for Best Actor in a Musical at the Sydney Theatre Awards 2008. In 2009 he was in The Sydney Theatre Company's successful production of Anthony Neilson's play, The Wonderful World Of Dissocia.
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Whoopi Goldberg
On July 14, 2008, Goldberg announced on "The View" that from July 29 to September 7, she would perform in the Broadway musical "Xanadu". On November 13, 2008, Goldberg's birthday, she announced live on "The View" that she would be producing, along with Stage Entertainment, the premiere of "Sister Act: The Musical" at the London Palladium.
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While Michael Billington of "The Guardian" thought Alan Menken's music "has a pounding effectiveness," he rated the musical only two out of five stars, calling it "noisily aggressive" and "a show that feels less like a personally driven work of art than a commercial exploitation of an existing franchise." He continued, "What was originally a fairytale fantasy . . . makes little sense in its new, vulgarised incarnation. In the movie, the music arose naturally from the story: there was even a certain wit about seeing a group of wimpled warblers turned into a cohesive unit. But here, long before the heroine has got to work on their larynxes, they are leaping about the stage like showbiz pros telling us How I Got the Calling. In order to pad out a slight story, every key member of the cast also has to be given a number. As a result, the plot grinds to a halt while we hear about the macho fantasies of a sweaty cop, or the hoodlums weary us with their own wet dreams."
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From July 21 to August 6, 2016 the New Zealander company New Plymouth Operatic Society staged its own version of the show at the TSB Theatre in New Plymouth, starring Akina Edmonds as Deloris Van Cartier.
Sister Act (franchise)
When a lively lounge singer Deloris Van Cartier (Whoopi Goldberg) sees her mobster beau, Vince LaRocca (Harvey Keitel), commit murder, she is relocated for her protection. Set up in the guise of a nun in a California convent, Deloris proceeds to upend the quiet lives of the resident sisters. In an effort to keep her out of trouble, they assign Deloris to the convent's choir, an ensemble that she soon turns into a vibrant and soulful act that gains widespread attention.
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Mark Kennedy of The Associated Press wrote in his review, "This is a musical that hits all the right spots, achieving something close to Broadway grace. It helps that the musical has great original tunes by songwriter Alan Menken and lyricist Glenn Slater that skitters from Motown, to soul and funk, to disco and even a little jokey Barry White. Menken and Slater, who also teamed up for "The Little Mermaid", know perfectly how to switch up the mood and tempo.
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The musical premiered at the Pasadena Playhouse in Pasadena, California on October 24, 2006 and closed on December 23, 2006. It broke records, grossing $1,085,929 to become the highest grossing show ever at the venue. Patina Miller, who would later go on to play Deloris when the show opened in London, was in the ensemble and understudied the role of Deloris, which was originated in the musical, by Dawnn Lewis.
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Elisabeth Vincentelli of the "New York Post" also gave the show three and a half out of four stars and wrote, "Big, glitzy numbers are the toast of Broadway musicals. The only thing better? Big, glitzy numbers . . . with nuns! "Sister Act" has plenty of both—and it's one of the season's happiest surprises. 
Menken evokes the lush, funky sound of Philly soul without falling into mere pastiche: "When I Find My Baby" starts off like bedroom R&B before the lyrics take a hilarious turn. "Take Me to Heaven" and "Spread the Love Around" bloom into full-throttle disco epics, the latter building up to an ecstatic finale.
Carolee Carmello
She took over the role of the Mother Superior from Victoria Clark in the Broadway production of "Sister Act" on November 19, 2011. In 2012, she played the role of Aimee Semple McPherson on Broadway in the musical "", for which she received a Drama Desk nomination and a Tony Award nomination for Best Lead Actress in a Musical. She performed the role of Mrs. du Maurier in the Broadway musical "Finding Neverland" from March 2015 through February 2016, and was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical.
Peter Schneider (film executive)
He was promoted to studio chief in 1999. In 2001, Schneider left Disney to form his own theater production company. His first major production, developed in association with Michael Reno, was "Sister Act" which opened at the London Palladium in 2009. Peter graduated from Purdue University in 1972 with a theater degree.
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A second German language production was staged from September 15, 2011 to December 31, 2012 at the Ronacher in Vienna, starring Ana Milva Gomes as Deloris Van Cartier.
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Aly &amp; AJ: Sister Act
Aly & AJ: Sister Act is an MTV television special featuring behind the scenes look of the lives of musicians/actresses Aly Michalka and her younger sister by two years, AJ Michalka, better known as Aly & AJ. The special premiered on August 18, 2007, as part of a "My Super Sweet 16" marathon named "Aly & AJ's Super Sweet Playlist" hosted by the sisters, in which the sisters commented on their favorite episodes of the series. It premiered with little advance publicity, but did have a segment of the Michalkas introducing the special, as well showcasing the MTV original television film "", which the Michalkas starred in.
Alan Menken
He next created the stage version of "The Little Mermaid", which played on Broadway from 2008 to 2009 and for which he received a nomination for a Tony Award for Best Score. Menken's stage adaptation of "Sister Act" premiered in London in 2009, and opened on Broadway in 2011. He was nominated for another Tony Award for Best Score. Menken received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2010. In December 2010, he was a guest on the "NPR" quiz show "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!".
Ross Sisters
After performing a "grand acrobatic dance" in the 1944 MGM musical film "Broadway Rhythm", to the song "Solid Potato Salad" co-written by Don Raye, Gene de Paul and Hughie Prince, they appeared regularly in nightclub shows around the United States. In May 1944, a reviewer noted that: "Girls are weak in the voice department but go over on the contortion stuff. Trick back bends with hanky pick-ups raise a flock of oohs and aahs from customers. Gals walk off to a good hand." In October 1944 it was reported that the sisters were resuming their school work, but instead, they soon left to perform in Europe. The sisters arrived in Southampton, on the "Queen Mary" in September 1946. Several weeks later, they performed before King George VI and Queen Elizabeth at the 1946 Royal Variety Performance at the London Palladium. They were featured in "Piccadilly Hayride", a London stage revue starring comedian Sid Field, that ran from 1946 to 1948, and performed the song "Five Minutes More," a song by Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne, which was a hit for Frank Sinatra.
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From July 17 to August 16, 2015 a non-replica production developed by a South African creative team ran at the Joburg Theatre in Johannesburg, with Candida Mosoma as Deloris Van Cartier.
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Katie Rowley Jones
She recently originated the role of Sister Mary Robert in the London production of "Sister Act". Performances began on 2 June 2009, following previews from 7 May. The show closed on 30 October 2010.
David Hibbard (stage actor)
Hibbard made his Broadway debut in "Cats" in 1993 in the role of the Rum Tum Tugger at the Winter Garden Theatre. Next was a "Once Upon A Mattress" revival in the role of the Jester, starring Sarah Jessica Parker and Jane Krakowski, which opened on December 19, 1996, at the Broadhurst Theatre and ran for 188 performances. Hibbard originated the role of Bobby/Michael Bennett in "A Class Act". The musical was initially produced Off-Broadway by Manhattan Theatre Club opening on October 3, 2000, and running until December 10, 2000. "A Class Act" transferred to the Ambassador Theatre on Broadway, where it opened on March 11, 2001, and ran for 30 previews and 105 regular performances. Hibbard replaced Michael McGrath in Monty Python's "Spamalot" in the role of Patsy, singing "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life". Hibbard joined the Broadway production of "Billy Elliot The Musical" in June 2009 and later toured the US in the second national tour. David was in the 2012-2013 production of"" in the role of Matthews. Most recently David was seen in Something Rotten!, an original musical comedy with a book by John O'Farrell and Karey Kirkpatrick and music and lyrics by Karey and Wayne Kirkpatrick. Here, David understudied four roles; Nick Bottom, Nostradamus, Shylock and Lord Clapham, in addition to performing in the ensemble nightly."Something Rotten!" opened on Broadway at the St. James Theatre in previews on March 23, 2015, and officially opened on April 22, 2015. It was nominated for ten Tony Awards, including Best Musical, and won one (Christian Borle as Best Featured Actor in a Musical). Its cast album received a nomination for the 2016 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album.
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"Sister Act" opened in the West End at the London Palladium on June 2, 2009, following previews from May 7. The production was directed by Peter Schneider and choreographed by Anthony Van Laast, with set design by Klara Zieglerova, costumes by Lez Brotherston and lighting by Natasha Katz. Following a year-long search, 24-year-old actress Patina Miller was cast as Deloris, alongside Sheila Hancock as the Mother Superior, Ian Lavender as Monsignor Howard, Chris Jarman as Shank, Ako Mitchell as Eddie, Katie Rowley Jones as Sister Mary Robert, Claire Greenway as Sister Mary Patrick and Julia Sutton (later replaced by Jacqueline Clarke) as Sister Mary Lazarus. It was announced on April 29, 2010 that pop singer Simon Webbe of Blue fame would join the cast as Shank on May 31, 2010 and that the production would close on January 1, 2011. It was then announced the show would close on October 30, 2010 to make way for Andrew Lloyd Webber's new musical production of "The Wizard of Oz". Chris Jarman took a planned break from the show from May, during which time Webbe played the role of Shank, and Sheila Hancock left on July 31 due to other contractual commitments. All cast members (with the exception of Simon Webbe, who left on August 28) stayed in the show until it closed. Whoopi Goldberg joined the cast as the Mother Superior for a limited engagement that was supposed to last from August 10–31, 2010, but she left the cast on August 27 due to her mother suffering a stroke. Goldberg was then succeeded by Sally Dexter. However, Goldberg returned to the cast for five performances on October 22, 23 and 25. The show closed as announced on October 30, 2010.
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A non-replica staging opened on October 19, 2017 at the Karlin Music Theatre in Prague, with Lucie Bílá as Deloris Van Cartier.
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Charles Isherwood of the "New York Times" gave the show a mixed review and wrote, "I wish I could report that the singing nuns from the Church of Philly Soul are giving those perky Mormons in Africa a run for their money in the unholy hilarity department. But when the jubilant choral numbers subside, as inevitably they must, "Sister Act" slumps back into bland musical-theater grooves and mostly lacks the light of invigorating inspiration. Mr. Menken, who wrote the lustrous period-pop score for "Little Shop of Horrors" (with the lyricist Howard Ashman), is a skillful interpreter of the Philadelphia sound." He did, however, praise Miller's performance, writing she "has a radiant presence and a strong voice with a tangy timbre. As Deloris Van Cartier, a would-be disco diva in 1970s Philly who goes on the lam when the bullets start flying, she truly comes into her own when Deloris sheds her purse full of wisecracks.
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In late 2009 it was announced that the 2010 run was again to take place in May, but this time taking a different route, passing some of London's greatest landmarks such as The Tower of London, Tate Modern, and St. Paul's Cathedral.
Brother Act.
Brother Act. is the second studio album by South Korean boy group BtoB. It was released on October 16, 2017 by Cube Entertainment and distributed by LOEN Entertainment. The album contains 13 tracks of which 12 tracks were released digitally and an additional track available only on physical album. BTOB members also participated in the album as co-lyricists and co-composers. The lead single "Missing You" is a pop ballad track written and composed by member Im Hyun-sik.
Patti LuPone
In 1972, LuPone became one of the original members of "The Acting Company", formed by John Houseman. "The Acting Company" is a nationally touring repertory theater company. LuPone's stint with the company lasted from 1972 to 1976, and she appeared in many of their productions, such as "The Cradle Will Rock", "The School for Scandal", "Women Beware Women", "The Beggar’s Opera", "The Time of Your Life", "The Lower Depths", "The Hostage", "Next Time I’ll Sing to You", "Measure for Measure", "Scapin", "Edward II", "The Orchestra", "Love’s Labours Lost", "Arms and the Man", and "The Way of the World". She made her Broadway debut in the play "The Three Sisters" as Irina in 1973. For her work in "The Robber Bridegroom" (1975) she received her first Tony Award nomination, for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. The Acting Company honored LuPone on March 12, 2012 in an event called "Patti's Turn" at the Kaye Playhouse.
Susan Browning
Browning played one of the nuns in the 1992 movie "Sister Act", as well as its 1993 sequel "". Her television work included appearances on "Law & Order", "One Life to Live", "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman", "The Monkees", "The Girl From U.N.C.L.E.", and "The Wild Wild West".
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On June 10, 1993, actress Donna Douglas and her partner Curt Wilson in Associated Artists Entertainment, Inc., filed a $200 million lawsuit against Disney, Whoopi Goldberg, Bette Midler, their production companies, and Creative Artists Agency claiming the film was plagiarized from a book "A Nun in the Closet" owned by the partners. Douglas and Wilson claimed that in 1985 they had developed a screenplay for the book. The lawsuit claimed that there were over 100 similarities and plagiarisms between the movie and the book/screenplay owned by Douglas and Wilson. The lawsuit further claimed that the developed screenplay had been submitted to Disney, Goldberg, and Midler three times during 1987 and 1988.
Sister Act (franchise)
The musical "Sister Act", directed by Peter Schneider and choreographed by Marguerite Derricks, premiered at the Pasadena Playhouse in Pasadena, California on October 24, 2006 and closed on December 23, 2006. It broke records, grossing $1,085,929 to become the highest grossing show ever at that venue. The production then moved to the Alliance Theater in Atlanta, Georgia, where it ran from January 17 to February 25, 2007.
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On October 14, 2014 a second US national tour (non-equity) started at the DuPont Theatre in Wilmington, Delaware with Kerissa Arrington as Deloris Van Cartier, Maggie Clennon Reberg as Mother Superior, Kolby Kindle as Curtis Jackson, Lamont O'Neal as Eddie Souther, Emily Kay Shrader as Sister Mary Robert, Sarah Michelle Cuc as Sister Mary Patrick, Nancy Evans as Sister Mary Lazarus, Gordon Gray as Monsignor O'Hara, F. Tyler Burnet as Joey, Lawrence Dandridge as TJ, Nicholas Alexander Rodríguez as Pablo, and Renée Veronica Freeman as alternate Deloris Van Cartier. The production played its final US performance on May 17, 2015 at the Atwood Concert Hall in Anchorage, Alaska and then was transferred to Japan for a short engagement at the Theatre Orb in Tokyo from 15 July to 2 August, 2015.
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Steven Suskin of "Variety" gave the show an unfavorable review: "New tuner has various assets that place it comfortably in the feel-good entertainment category, and might have launched it to the top last season or even three months ago. But timing is everything. "Sister Act" comes in on the heels of a handful of musicals, including another disco-beat film adaptation ("Priscilla Queen of the Desert"), and comparisons are not favorable. The Broadway version of 'Sister Act' is glossy, but seems like a worn set of tires repatched too often."
Road Show (musical)
In the workshop, titled "Wise Guys," the show was framed as a vaudeville act, with Wilson and Addison opening the show with the title song, in the style of vaudeville comics, a theme that recurred over the show. There was an additional song for Mama Mizner called 'Brothers,' and a song for Wilson titled 'Stay Right Where You Are' in which he seduces his future wife. Addison had a song in Act II sung to a sick Wilson called "Make it Through the Night." This version dealt with Addison's real-life business partner Paris Singer. However, the writers soon decided to deal more openly with Addison's sexuality, and since Singer was heterosexual, Sondheim and Weidman invented the character of Hollis Bessemer. The vaudeville concept was eventually dropped.
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After the show ended its London run, a national tour opened on October 4, 2011 at the Manchester Opera House, with Cynthia Erivo as Deloris Van Cartier, Denise Black as Mother Superior, Cavin Cornwall as Curtis Jackson, Edward Baruwa as Eddie Souther, Julie Atherton as Sister Mary Robert, Laurie Scarth as Sister Mary Patrick, Jacqueline Clarke as Sister Mary Lazarus, Michael Starke as Monsignor O'Hara, Daniel Stockton as Joey, Tyrone Huntley as TJ, and Gavin Alex as Pablo. The tour played its final performance on October 20, 2012 at the Birmingham Hippodrome.
Victoria Clark
Clark played the Mother Superior in the Broadway production of "Sister Act", which opened on April 20, 2011. For this role she was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. Clark portrayed Sally in the Kennedy Center/Broadway production of "Follies", running at the Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, from May 3, 2012 through June 9.
Stephanie Bennett (harpist)
Bennett has also appeared onscreen in television, movies and music videos, including "American Idol", "The Sweetest Thing" with Cameron Diaz, Celine Dion's 1998 Christmas special, 1999 hit movie "The Other Sister" (with Diane Keaton, Juliette Lewis and Giovanni Ribisi); "Love Affair" with Warren Beatty, "Gypsy" with Bette Midler, "Cobb" with Tommy Lee Jones, the Frank Sinatra mini-series, "A Romantic Christmas" by John Tesh, music videos including Trisha Yearwood and Aerosmith, and television shows including "Bones", "Murphy Brown", "Falcon Crest", "Sisters", and "Picket Fences".
Patina Miller
Patina Renea Miller (born November 6, 1984) is an American actress and singer.
Miller is best known for originating the role of disco diva wannabe Deloris Van Cartier in the 2009 West End and 2011 Broadway productions of "Sister Act". She also starred as the Leading Player in the 2013 revival of "Pippin" for which she won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical.
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"The Times" critic, Benedict Nightingale rated the show three out of five stars, observing that "a rather sweet, sentimental film has been hyped up, coarsened, given what — were the Palladium flown to Times Square — we'd call the big, brash Broadway treatment . . . There's less deft comedy, but much more music, most of it indebted to the 1970s, where the action is now set. That lets Alan Menken, the composer, have a lot of catchy fun with period rock and disco."
Mirabella
In the 1993 film "Sister Act," a mock cover featuring Whoopi Goldberg as Deloris Van Cartier is made and used during the credit reel at the end of the film along with Rolling Stone, TIME, and National Enquirer
Beth Fowler
During her career, Fowler also appeared in the number of films, include "Sister Act" and "" as Choir Nun, "Friends & Family", "Did You Hear About the Morgans?", "I Don't Know How She Does It", and "Mulan", in which she sang "Honor to Us All". On television, Fowler guest starred on "Law & Order", "", "Ed", and "Gossip Girl". In 2013, she began appearing in the recurring role as Sister Jane Ingalls in the Netflix comedy-drama series, "Orange Is the New Black". Along with cast, Fowler received Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series.
Sister Act
"Sister Act" was one of the most financially successful comedies of the early 1990s, grossing $231 million worldwide. The film spawned a franchise, which consists of a 1993 sequel, "", and a musical adaptation, which premiered in 2006. A remake of "Sister Act" is in the works. On December 7, 2018, it was confirmed that Regina Y. Hicks and Karin Gist were hired to write the script to "Sister Act 3" to be released on Disney+.
Twisted Sister
Videos of hit singles "We're Not Gonna Take It" (a No. 21 hit in the United States) and "I Wanna Rock" (No. 68 in the United States) ran almost constantly on MTV. The acclaimed surreal comedy film "Pee-wee's Big Adventure" took this further with the band having an appearance making a fictional video for "Burn In Hell" on the Warner Bros. backlot only to be interrupted by Pee-wee Herman passing through. Despite being comedic in nature, the videos featured violence against parents and teachers, which placed the band under heavy criticism by conservative organizations. The group was singled out by the PMRC in 1985. Twisted Sister songs "Under the Blade" and "We're Not Gonna Take It" were specifically mentioned in the associated Senate hearings. Snider was one of the few musicians to testify before a Senate committee during these hearings on September 19, 1985.
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In the "Evening Standard", Fiona Mountford rated it four out of five stars and stated, "Whether or not divine intervention is involved, it's a wimple-wibbling, habit-forming triumph."
Patina Miller
Miller reprised the role of Deloris Van Cartier in the Broadway production of "Sister Act", which began performances on March 24, 2011, at the Broadway Theatre and officially opened April 20, 2011. Miller also made her Broadway debut in this production. For this role she won a Theatre World Award and was also nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical, the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical, the Drama League Award for Distinguished Performance, and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical. She played her final performance in the Broadway company on March 18, 2012 and was replaced by Raven-Symoné on March 27. Miller also starred as Linda in the City Center Encores! production of "Lost in the Stars", which ran from February 3–6, 2011.
Bernie Nolan
In 1974, the sisters formed the Nolan Sisters, later shortened to the Nolans, and made their TV debut that year on Cliff Richard's show, "It's Cliff Richard". In 1975, they supported Frank Sinatra on his European tour. In 1979, they released their biggest hit "I'm in the Mood for Dancing", which reached number three in the UK and was the first of seven top twenty hits. The others, with Bernie Nolan usually singing lead vocals, were "Don't Make Waves", (1980) "Gotta Pull Myself Together" (1980), "Who's Gonna Rock You" (1980), "Attention to Me" (1981), "Chemistry" (1981) and "Don't Love Me Too Hard" (1982). The Nolans sold millions of recordings worldwide, particularly in Japan where they sold over nine million albums and won the 1981 Tokyo Music Festival with the song "Sexy Music". Bernie also composed songs during this time, when she wrote two tracks for their 1982 album "Portrait". In 1991, they won of the 33rd Japan Record Awards for Cover version of Japanese pops.
Nolan first acted as a cast member on the BBC Saturday morning children's show "On the Waterfront". Critics positively reviewed her gift for comedy. The Nolan sisters and their music were a running gag on the show, and she was joined by her sisters for a musical performance during at least one episode. She left the group in 1995 to concentrate on her own acting career, which began with her 1993 performance in the stage play "The Devil Rides Out". She played Mrs. Johnstone in Willy Russell's "Blood Brothers" in the UK tour for over two years. She was the first of four Nolan sisters to have played the role, being followed by Denise, Linda and then Maureen. For this, the sisters earned a place in the Guinness Book of Records as the most siblings to play the same role at different times in a professional production.
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The first national North American tour debuted on October 2, 2012 at the Ed Mirvish Theatre in Toronto, Canada and closed on June 29, 2014 at the Majestic Theatre in San Antonio, Texas. The cast included Ta'Rea Campbell as Deloris Van Cartier, Hollis Resnik as Mother Superior (later replaced by Lynne Wintersteller), Kingsley Leggs as Curtis Jackson (later replaced by Melvin Abston), E. Clayton Cornelious as Eddie Souther (later replaced by Chester Gregory), Lael Van Keuren as Sister Mary Robert (later replaced by Ashley Moniz), Florrie Bagel as Sister Mary Patrick, Diane J. Findlay as Sister Mary Lazarus (later replaced by Roberta B. Wall), Richard Pruitt as Monsignor O'Hara, Todd A. Horman as Joey (later replaced by Tad Wilson), Charles Barksdale as TJ, and Ernie Pruneda as Pablo (later replaced by Chris Chatman).
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The musical "Sister Act", directed by Peter Schneider and choreographed by Marguerite Derricks, premiered at the Pasadena Playhouse in Pasadena, California on October 24, 2006 and closed on December 23, 2006. It broke records, grossing $1,085,929 to become the highest grossing show ever at the venue. The production then moved to the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia, where it ran from January 17 to February 25, 2007.
Alliance Theatre
With the arrival of Kenny Leon as artistic director in 1988, the company began a period of diversification and growth. Leon's work attracted a larger African-American audience by staging a more diverse selection of productions. During Leon's tenure, the company staged premieres of Pearl Cleage's "Blues for an Alabama Sky", Alfred Uhry's "The Last Night of Ballyhoo", and Elton John and Tim Rice's musical "Aida" which went on to Broadway and won the Tony award for Best Original Musical Score. When Leon resigned from the company in 2000, Susan V. Booth became artistic director. Under her direction, the company produced the Broadway-bound production of the musical "The Color Purple", and in 2007 presented "Sister Act the Musical".
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The following morning Deloris attends the choir practice and realizes how bad it is. Deloris offers to try teaching them, taking over from Sister Mary Lazarus, an older and crankier nun with a love for rapping. Deloris teaches the nuns how to sing in key and in time. She also manages to break the quiet and timid Sister Mary Robert out of her shell ("Raise Your Voice"). That Sunday, the choir perform an up-tempo hymn ("Take Me to Heaven (Reprise)") which to the struggling church's surprise brings in more people and more donations. Mother Superior, however, is horrified how the simple traditional choir she knew has changed and become modern.
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On June 3, 2015, a remake was confirmed to be in the works with "Legally Blonde" screenwriters Kirsten Smith and Karen McCullah writing.
Sarah Tullamore
She featured in the 2012–14 French production of the musical "Sister Act" as Soeur Marie-Antoinette (the equivalent of Mary Martin of Tours in the English production) at the Théâtre Mogador in Paris co-produced by Whoopi Goldberg and Stage Entertainment. She was also first cover for the roles of Mother Superior and Mary Lazarus.
Oh Happy Day
The song has appeared in many movies, beginning with the German film "Seventeen and Anxious" in 1970, but most notably Whoopi Goldberg's "Sister Act 2", with then-17-year-old Ryan Toby singing lead. The song also appears in "Big Momma's House", "", David LaChapelle's 2005 movie "Rize", Robin Williams’s 2007 movie "License to Wed"., the 2010 biographical film produced by Walt Disney Pictures: "Secretariat", and Spike Lee's BlacKkKlansman.
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The musical then opened in the West End at the London Palladium on June 2, 2009, following previews from May 7. The production was directed by Peter Schneider, produced by Whoopi Goldberg together with the Dutch company Stage Entertainment, and choreographed by Anthony Van Laast, with set design by Klara Zieglerova, costume design by Lez Brotherston and lighting design by Natasha Katz. Following a year-long search, 24-year-old actress Patina Miller was cast as Deloris, alongside Sheila Hancock as the Mother Superior, Ian Lavender as Monsignor Howard, Chris Jarman as Shank, Ako Mitchell as Eddie, Katie Rowley Jones as Sister Mary Robert, Claire Greenway as Sister Mary Patrick and Julia Sutton as Sister Mary Lazarus. The musical received four Laurence Olivier Awards nominations including Best Musical. On October 30, 2010 the show played its final performance at the London Palladium and transferred to Broadway.
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In the Netherlands, the show was staged from March 2, 2013 to August 10, 2014 at the Circustheater in The Hague, with Carolina Dijkhuizen as Deloris Van Cartier.
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In the film's prologue, Deloris Wilson is a young student at a Catholic school; she seems more focused on music groups and being the class clown than her studies. As an adult, she is a lounge singer at a nightclub in Reno, Nevada, performing under the name Deloris Van Cartier. One night, she witnesses her mobster boyfriend Vince LaRocca execute his chauffeur as an informant. Lieutenant Eddie Souther persuades her to go into a witness protection program with Saint Katherine's Parish, a convent in a run-down San Francisco neighborhood, as her safe house. The stoic Reverend Mother finds Deloris uncouth, but Monsignor O'Hara, the neighborhood priest, persuades her to accept her.
Marissa Perry
Perry is currently part of the ensemble in the Broadway production of "Sister Act", which opened on April 20, 2011.
Sheila Hancock
In 2006, Hancock played the role of Fraulein Schneider in the West End revival of the musical "Cabaret" at the Lyric Theatre. She won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical. In 2009, she spent over a year playing Mother Superior in "Sister Act the Musical" at the London Palladium.
Blood Brothers (musical)
Blood Brothers is a musical with book, lyrics, and music by Willy Russell. The story is a contemporary nature versus nurture plot, revolving around fraternal twins Mickey and Eddie, who were separated at birth, one subsequently being raised in a wealthy family, the other in a poor family. The different environments take the twins to opposite ends of the social spectrum, one becoming a councillor, and the other unemployed and in prison. They both fall in love with the same girl, causing a rift in their friendship and leading to the tragic death of both brothers. Russell says that his work was based on a one-act play that he read as a child "about two babies switched at birth ... it became the seed for Blood Brothers."
Richard S. Kaufman
In the late 1980s, Kaufman started a 10-year run at New Wave Entertainment. During this time, Kaufman edited and produced trailers for films such as "Pretty Woman", "Cocktail", and "Sister Act". After the release of the "Sister Act" trailer, the "Chicago Tribune" noted, "Whoever edited the trailer has a much better idea of what's good in this material than the man who directed the movie."[1]
Musical theatre
Progressing far beyond the comparatively frivolous musicals and sentimental operettas of the decade, Broadway's "Show Boat" (1927), represented an even more complete integration of book and score than the Princess Theatre musicals, with dramatic themes told through the music, dialogue, setting and movement. This was accomplished by combining the lyricism of Kern's music with the skillful libretto of Oscar Hammerstein II. One historian wrote, "Here we come to a completely new genre – the musical play as distinguished from musical comedy. Now ... everything else was subservient to that play. Now ... came complete integration of song, humor and production numbers into a single and inextricable artistic entity."
As the Great Depression set in during the post-Broadway national tour of "Show Boat", the public turned back to mostly light, escapist song-and-dance entertainment. Audiences on both sides of the Atlantic had little money to spend on entertainment, and only a few stage shows anywhere exceeded a run of 500 performances during the decade. The revue "The Band Wagon" (1931) starred dancing partners Fred Astaire and his sister Adele, while Porter's "Anything Goes" (1934) confirmed Ethel Merman's position as the First Lady of musical theatre, a title she maintained for many years. Coward and Novello continued to deliver old fashioned, sentimental musicals, such as "The Dancing Years", while Rodgers and Hart returned from Hollywood to create a series of successful Broadway shows, including "On Your Toes" (1936, with Ray Bolger, the first Broadway musical to make dramatic use of classical dance), "Babes in Arms" (1937) and "The Boys from Syracuse" (1938). Porter added "DuBarry Was a Lady" (1939). The longest-running piece of musical theatre of the 1930s was "Hellzapoppin" (1938), a revue with audience participation, which played for 1,404 performances, setting a new Broadway record.
Funny Face (musical)
Funny Face is a 1927 musical composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, and book by Fred Thompson and Paul Gerard Smith. When it opened on Broadway on November 22, 1927, as the very first show on the newly built Alvin Theatre, it starred Fred Astaire and his sister Adele Astaire. It was in this show that Fred Astaire first danced in evening clothes and a top hat.
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When the nuns learn of the kidnapping, the Reverend Mother reveals the truth of Mary Clarence's real identity. Upon hearing them feel at a loss without her help in the choir, she decides to have them come with her and risk their lives to save her. Arriving at Vince's casino, the group searches for Deloris and find her, after she manages to escape from Vince and his men once again. The group quickly attempts to confuse the mobsters while sneaking out Deloris, but end up becoming trapped in the casino lounge. Not wishing to risk the group's lives, Deloris prepares to sacrifice herself, and even Vince and his men have difficulty bringing themselves to shoot Deloris while she's in a nun's habit. The delay is long enough for the police led by Souther, to arrive and arrest Vince and his men. Despite being annoyed at the risk and other things Deloris did to the convent, the Reverend Mother thanks her for what she has done and decides to remain at the convent to continue her work. Returning to San Francisco, the choir, led by Deloris, sing "I Will Follow Him" to packed audience in the refurbished Saint Katherine's, receiving a standing ovation from all, including the Pope.
Screenwriter Paul Rudnick pitched "Sister Act" to producer Scott Rudin in 1987, with Bette Midler in mind for the lead role. The script was then brought to Disney. However, Midler later turned down the role, fearing that her fans would not want to see her play a nun. Eventually, Whoopi Goldberg signed on to play the lead. As production commenced, the script was rewritten by a half dozen screenwriters, including Carrie Fisher, Robert Harling, and Nancy Meyers. With the movie no longer resembling his original script, Rudnick asked to be credited with a pseudonym in the film, deciding on "Joseph Howard."
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The film was one of the most financially successful comedies of the early 1990s, grossing $231 million worldwide.
Sally Dexter
She starred in "Bad Girls - the Musical" at the Garrick Theatre, London in 2007, and can be heard on its original cast recording along with the London Palladium cast recording for "Oliver!", and as Madame Giry on the concept cast recording of Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Love Never Dies". She took over in the role of Mother Superior in the London Palladium production of "Sister Act" from September to October 2010.
Todd Camhe
Camhe co-wrote and produced the film Sister along with director David Lascher and starring Reid Scott (actor), Grace Hoffman, Serinda Swan and Illeana Douglas. Sister premiered in 2014 at The Tribeca Film Festival and was financed by the non-profit Our Kids First Foundation in order to spread awareness of ADHD treatment options.
Anthony Van Laast
Among his prominent stage works as a choreographer are the musicals "Sister Act" (2011 on Broadway and 2009 West End), "Bombay Dreams" (2004)," Mamma Mia!" (2001), "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" (1993), "Annie Get Your Gun" (1986, West End), and "Song & Dance" (1982, West End).
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As Deloris prepares to leave Sister Mary Robert begs to come with her, claiming that she has been inspired to become a stronger person and go after the things she wants ("The Life I Never Led"). Deloris tells her that she doesn't need her to do that, and that she can do it all herself if she really wants to. Deloris runs from the convent and stays at Eddie's house for the night. While there she initially is overjoyed that the following day she will testify against Shank and his boys and then go back to pursuing the career she's dreamed of ("Fabulous, Baby! (Reprise)"). Guilty for abandoning her sisters when they needed her, she reflects on her life and realises that the choices she is making will leave her with nothing but fame and money, and when the lights go out she will be alone. She decides to return to the convent and sing with her sisters ("Sister Act").
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Mother Superior wants to get rid of Deloris, but Monsignor O’Hara tells her that the men who were planning to buy the church love the choir, and have given their money to improve and keep the church. Over the coming weeks, the choir has become incredibly successful and the money from donations has paid for the church to be remodeled and fixed ("Sunday Morning Fever"). Monsignor O’Hara has some terrific news: the choir has been asked to perform a special concert in front of the Pope. However, the newfound fame comes at a price.
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Andrew Lloyd Webber and David Ian's production of "The Sound of Music" opened at the Palladium in November 2006. The production ran for just over two years, before closing on 21 February 2009. It starred Connie Fisher and Summer Strallen as Maria, Simon Shepherd, Alexander Hanson and Simon MacCorkindale as Captain Von Trapp and Lesley Garrett and Margaret Preece as the Mother Abbess. A production of "Sister Act the Musical" opened on 2 June 2009, starring Patina Miller as Deloris, Sheila Hancock as Mother Superior, Ian Lavender as Monsignor Howard, Chris Jarman as Shank, Ako Mitchell as Eddie, Katie Rowley Jones as Sister Mary Robert, Claire Greenway as Sister Mary Patrick and Julia Sutton as Sister Mary Lazarus.
Nunsense
"Sister Robert Anne's Cabaret Class" opened at the Playhouse on the Green in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and was an enormous hit. Deborah Del Mastro starred as Sister Robert Anne, with musical direction by Leo P. Carusone. The "One-Nun-sense Musical" featured songs introduced by Sister Robert Anne from the many previous "Nunsense" shows, but also included two new songs from "Nunset Boulevard." Approaching the audience as a class of students interested in creating their own cabaret act, the premise allowed for lots of audience interaction, and as in all the "Nunsense" shows, lots of humor.
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Charles Spencer in "The Telegraph" wrote "Sister Act" "proves more enjoyable on stage than it did on film" and "the cheers and standing ovation at the end were both genuine and deserved." He added, "The book, by "Cheers" writers Cheri and Bill Steinkellner, is strong, funny and touching. And the disco-inspired score by Disney favourite Alan Menken, with neat lyrics by Glenn Slater, is a cracker. Frankly, what's not to like, especially when you've got a chorus line of jiving nuns singing their hearts out ecstatically?"
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A Japanese non-replica touring production opened on June 1, 2014 at the Imperial Theatre in Tokyo and ended its run on August 3, 2014 at the Aichi Prefectural Arts Theater in Nagoya. Jun Sena and Kumiko Mori led the cast alternating as Deloris Van Cartier.
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The production then moved to the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia, where it ran from January 17 to February 25, 2007. The cast included Dawnn Lewis as Deloris, Elizabeth Ward Land as the Mother Superior, and Harrison White as Curtis.
Alexandra Burke
It was announced on 8 January 2016, Burke would be taking over the lead role of Deloris Van Cartier in an all new UK tour production of "Sister Act The Musical". Directed and choreographed by Craig Revel Horwood. Burke commenced a year long residency in the show, making her debut on 30 July 2016 at the Curve Theatre Leicester. Alexandra's final performance in the critically acclaimed production took place on 27 August 2017 at Wintergardens, Blackpool. On 21 August 2017, Burke was announced as a contestant for the fifteenth series of "Strictly Come Dancing". She was partnered with professional dancer Gorka Márquez. and made it to the final where she was beaten by Joe McFadden.
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The first non-English production premiered on December 1, 2010 at the Operettenhaus in Hamburg, where it ran until August 26, 2012, with Zodwa Selele as Deloris Van Cartier. After closing in Hamburg, the show was transferred to the Apollo Theater in Stuttgart (from December 9, 2012 to September 25, 2013), and to the Metronom Theater in Oberhausen (from December 3, 2013 to February 12, 2015). In October 2014, Zodwa Selele was replaced by Nyassa Alberta as Deloris Van Cartier.
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A second Italian production (non-replica) was staged at the Teatro Brancaccio in Rome from December 10, 2015 to January 31, 2016, produced by Viola Produzioni and Compagnia della Rancia. Belia Martín, who had understudied Deloris Van Cartier in Barcelona and the Spanish tour, led the cast, while the real-life nun Cristina Scuccia, winner of "The Voice of Italy", played Sister Mary Patrick. After the show closed in Rome, the production embarked on a national tour, opening on November 12, 2016 at the Teatro Lyrick in Assisi and finishing on March 26, 2017 at the Teatro Augusteo in Naples.
Jon Lee (singer)
In 2004 Lee played the role of Marius in "Les Misérables" at the Palace Theatre in London, and continued the role following the show's move to the smaller Queen's Theatre. In 2005 Lee toured the UK with the new musical, "Love Shack", featuring disco classics and hit dance songs from the charts, starring alongside Steps' Faye Tozer and Hear'Say's Noel Sullivan. In August 2006 Lee starred in The Heather Brothers' production of "Teen Scream" at the Assembly Rooms at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. He returned to the London stage in 2010 in the musical "Tomorrow Morning". Lee worked on a number of other musical projects before returning to the stage, and also starred in BBC's "The Sound of Musicals". In 2008 he recorded a song for the CD "Act One – Songs From The Musicals Of Alexander S. Bermange", an album of 20 new recordings by 26 West End stars. It was released in November 2008 on Dress Circle Records.
Jenifer Lewis
In 1992, Lewis was cast as one of the back-up singers to Whoopi Goldberg in film "Sister Act". The following year, Lewis played the mother of Tupac Shakur's character in the film "Poetic Justice", and as Zelma Bullock, Tina Turner’s mother, in the biopic "What's Love Got to Do With It" starring Angela Bassett. Lewis has stated she never auditioned to play Tina Turner, but would have been thrilled to play the iconic Tina Turner . Lewis is only one year older than Bassett. For her performance, she received her first NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture nomination. In 1994, she followed with other comedic supporting roles, including Mrs. Coleman the Unemployment Office lady in "Renaissance Man" and as Whoopi Goldberg's sister in "Corrina, Corrina". In 1995, she was cast in maternal roles to Kadeem Hardison in "Panther" and to Larenz Tate in "Dead Presidents".
Scissor Sisters
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Alan Eichler
In 1970, he began a long association with playwright Tom Eyen, starting with "The Dirtiest Show in Town" and continuing with the prison comedy "Women Behind Bars" (which Eichler also co-produced), "The Neon Woman" starring Divine, "Why Hanna's Skirt Won't Stay Down" with Helen Hanft, "The White Whore and the Bit Player", and the Tony Award-winning musical "Dreamgirls". He also worked with actor-director-playwright Charles Ludlam and helped establish Ludlam's Ridiculous Theatrical Company as one of the major forces of New York's avant-garde theatre, with such cult hits as "Camille" (performed by Ludlam in drag), "Bluebeard", "Stage Blood", "Hot Ice", and the cabaret play "The Ventriloquist's Wife". In 1974, he became co-producer with Geraldine Fitzgerald of her one-woman musical show "Streetsongs", which had three separate extended theatrical runs over the next several years both on and off-Broadway, a TV version on PBS and an original cast record album. He also represented Fitzgerald for all of her other ventures for the rest of her stage and film career. He helped steer the course of an unusual 1975 rock opera entitled "The Lieutenant", based on the "My Lai Massacre", which began as a small workshop production at the Queens Theatre in the Park, before traveling to Broadway. It only managed to run for nine performances, but was nominated for four Tony Awards including Best Musical and Best Actor in a Musical (Eddie Mekka).
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David Benedict of "Variety" cited its "slow start" and "clunky storytelling" but thought "the cumulative effect is shamelessly and irresistibly entertaining."
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A newly revised adaptation of the show opened on Broadway at the Broadway Theatre on April 20, 2011, after previews beginning March 24, 2011. Jerry Zaks was the new director (Zaks had previously worked with composer Alan Menken on the 2003 Broadway production of "Little Shop of Horrors") with Douglas Carter Beane rewriting the book. Patina Miller, who originated the role of Deloris in the West End production, reprised the role on Broadway, making her Broadway debut. The original cast featured Victoria Clark (Mother Superior), Fred Applegate (Monsignor), Sarah Bolt (Sister Mary Patrick), Chester Gregory (Eddie), Kingsley Leggs (Curtis), Marla Mindelle (Sister Mary Robert) and Audrie Neenan (Sister Mary Lazarus). On October 12, 2011, Clark left the production for unknown reasons. Her understudy, Jennifer Allen played the role after her departure. Carolee Carmello took over the role of the Mother Superior on November 19, 2011. Raven-Symoné replaced Miller as Deloris on March 27, 2012. The show received multiple Tony Award nominations for the 2011 season, including for Best Musical, Best Actress in a Musical (Miller) and Best Featured Actress in a Musical (Clark). The production closed on August 26, 2012 after 28 previews and 561 performances.
Raven-Symoné
In 2011, Raven-Symoné starred in her first television series in four years as the main character of ABC Family's multi-camera comedy pilot "State of Georgia". The project, from ABC Studios, centers on her character named Georgia, an exuberant and curvy performer from the south who is trying to make it big as an actress in New York City. The pilot was written by author Jennifer Weiner ("In Her Shoes") and Jeff Greenstein ("Desperate Housewives"). The series premiered in June 2011. The season concluded August 17, 2011 with twelve episodes, and ABC Family cancelled the show on September 16, 2011. On January 31, 2012, it was confirmed that the actress would be in the Broadway musical "Sister Act" as Deloris van Cartier, marking her Broadway debut in a lead role. Her run started on March 27, 2012. Her contracted final performance coincided with the closure of the show on Broadway on August 26, 2012.
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After the successful seasons in Hamburg, Stuttgart, and Oberhausen, a new German production ran from October 16, 2016 to February 26, 2017 at the Theater des Westens in Berlin, headlined by Aisata Blackman as Deloris Van Cartier. Later the show toured Germany with two engagements at the Rhein-Main-Theater in Niedernhausen (from March 5 to April 2, 2017) and the Deutsches Theater in Munich (May 19 to July 9, 2017).
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Sister Act is a musical based on the hit 1992 film of the same name with music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Glenn Slater, book by Bill and Cheri Steinkellner, and additional book material by Douglas Carter Beane. After having a regional premiere in 2006 in Pasadena, California, the original West End production opened on June 2, 2009 at the London Palladium, starring Patina Miller and produced by Stage Entertainment and Whoopi Goldberg. Subsequent productions have been seen on Broadway and in many countries around the world.
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Two years after its Japanese debut, "Sister Act" returned to the Imperial Theatre in Tokyo for a limited engagement from May 22 to June 20, 2016, with Kumiko Mori and Tomu Ranju alternating as Deloris Van Cartier.
Charles Busch
Busch attended The High School of Music and Art in Manhattan. He majored in drama at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois and received his B.A. in 1976. While at the university, Busch had difficulty being cast in plays and began to write his own material, such as a play called "Sister Act" about siamese twin showgirls, which succeeded in drawing interest on campus.
Betty Garrett
"The Jolson Story" had been a huge hit in the United Kingdom, so Garrett and her husband Larry Parks decided to capitalize on its popularity by appearing at the London Palladium and then touring the U.K. with their nightclub act. Its success prompted them to return to the country three times but the increasing popularity of television eventually led to the decline of music hall entertainment. Garrett was then cast opposite Janet Leigh and Jack Lemmon in "My Sister Eileen", a 1955 musical remake of a 1942 film starring Rosalind Russell, when Judy Holliday dropped out of the project due to a contract dispute. The following year she and Parks replaced Holliday and Sydney Chaplin in the Broadway production of "Bells Are Ringing" during their vacation from the show. Over the next two decades she worked sporadically, appearing on Broadway in two short-lived plays ("Beg, Borrow or Steal" with Parks and "A Girl Could Get Lucky" with Pat Hingle) and a musical adaptation of "Spoon River Anthology", and making guest appearances on "The Dinah Shore Chevy Show", "The Lloyd Bridges Show", and "The Fugitive".
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Roundhay School
There is a yearly school drama production which includes pupils of any age. The 2006 production was "Sister Act". This year a week of multicultural activities replaced the school production, Multicultural Week, led by the music department, involved a wider range of staff and pupils than the usual drama production.
Sidney Jones (composer)
Jones then worked for Henry Leslie for nearly four years as conductor of tours of Alfred Cellier's comic opera hit "Dorothy" (starring Lucy Carr Shaw, sister to George Bernard Shaw), "Doris" and "The Red Hussar". He was then music director for a tour of the Gaiety Theatre piece "Little Jack Sheppard" under the management of comedian J. J. Dallas. After that, George Edwardes hired him as musical director for the Gaiety Theatre's 1891 tour of America and Australia, conducting the burlesques "Ruy Blas and the Blasé Roué" and "Cinder-Ellen Up-too-Late". He briefly returned to conducting in the British provinces, but in 1892, after nine years of touring, Edwardes hired Jones to conduct the musical "In Town" at the Prince of Wales Theatre on London's West End. He next was musical director for another West End musical, "Morocco Bound" (1893), and for the London production of "The Gay Parisienne" (1896).
Franck Pourcel
By 1958, Pourcel started recording classical music. His series of "Pages Célèbres" led him to conduct the London Symphony Orchestra, The Society of Concerts for the Conservatoire, The BBC Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall, and the Lamoureux Orchestra at the Salle Pleyel in Paris. In 1961, he co-composed with Paul Mauriat the hit "Chariot", which was recorded by Petula Clark and followed up by Peggy March as "I Will Follow Him". The song became the main theme for the film, "Sister Act".
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In the sequel, Las Vegas performer Deloris Van Cartier (Whoopi Goldberg) is surprised by a visit from her nun friends, including Sister Mary Patrick (Kathy Najimy) and Sister Mary Lazarus (Mary Wickes). She soon finds out that she is needed in her nun guise as Sister Mary Clarence to help teach music to teens at a troubled school in hopes of keeping the facility from closing at the hands of Mr. Crisp (James Coburn), a callous administrator.