Sister Act (Musical)

  • Deloris Van Cartier
  • Mother Superior
  • Curtis Shanks / Curtis Jackson
  • Monsignor Howard
  • Eddie Souther
  • Sister Mary Robert
  • Sister Mary Lazarus
  • Sister Mary Patrick
  • Bones
  • Dinero
  • TJ

Sister Act - a heavenly musical is a musical based on the eponymous movie Sister Act with Whoopi Goldberg. The music was composed by Alan Menken, but has no relation to film music.

The premiere of the musical took place on 24 October 2006 in Pasadena ( Pasadena Playhouse) in the U.S. state of California, the European premiere on 2 June 2009 in London's West End ( London Palladium ).

Second European venue was the operetta house in Hamburg, where on 2 December 2010 held the German -language premiere. As of December 9, 2012, the Musical in Stuttgart was to see and since 3 December 2013 can be seen in Oberhausen.

Action

The less successful lounge singer Deloris Van Cartier witnesses a murder. Your married lover Curtis Shanks, who is a great man in the underworld and is responsible for the murder, gives his henchmen the order to turn it off.

Because Deloris is the only witness, she is hiding after their escape from Lieutenant Eddie Souther as Sister Mary Clarence against their will in a monastery. There, however, it has serious problems adjusting and finally directed by the Mother Superior, the nuns' choir, whose singing skills are not exactly uplifting, sing along. But Mary Clarence, the group give a clear structure and is conductor of the choir, they peppy teaches the Gospel of Harlem tradition. The new program of the choir again attracts many people in the church; Finally, the Pope learns of the now famous group and announces his visit for a concert.

But before the nuns can please the Pope with their singing, is a photo in a newspaper article Shanks pointing out the whereabouts of his former lover. Shanks and his accomplices Bones, TJ and Dinero sneak disguised as nuns in the monastery and try to kidnap Deloris. Thanks to her sisters and Eddie Souther, who still shows up on time, the project can be stopped and Shanks were arrested along with an accomplice.

In the final scene, the sisters give the expected concert for the Pope. Sister Mary Clarence - although in the Habit, but without a veil - helps the chorus one last time to a very successful performance.

Venues

  • USA: Pasadena: Premiere: October 24, 2006 Derniere: December 23, 2006
  • USA: Atlanta: Premiere: January 17, 2007 Derniere: February 25, 2007
  • USA: New York ( Broadway): Premiere: March 24, 2011, Derniere: August 26, 2012
  • England: London: Premiere: June 2, 2009 Derniere 30 October 2010 ( Stage Entertainment )
  • Germany: Hamburg ( operetta house ): Premiere: December 2, 2010 Derniere: August 26, 2012 ( Stage Entertainment, 720 performances)
  • Germany: Stuttgart: Premiere: December 9, 2012 Derniere: September 25, 2013 ( Stage Entertainment )
  • Italy: Milan: Premiere: October 27, 2011, Derniere: April 29, 2012 ( Stage Entertainment )
  • UK, Ireland ( Tour): Premiere: September 26, 2011 Derniere: October 20, 2012 ( Stage Entertainment )
  • Austria: Vienna ( Ronacher ): Premiere: September 15, 2011 Derniere: 31 December 2012 ( licensing of Stage Entertainment )
  • France: Paris: Premiere: September 20, 2012 ( Stage Entertainment )
  • USA: tour: Premiere: October 2, 2012
  • Netherlands: The Hague: Premiere: March 3, 2013 ( Stage Entertainment )
  • Germany: Oberhausen: Premiere: December 3, 2013 ( Stage Entertainment )

Title list

Act I

  • Prologue
  • Take Me to Heaven ( Show me the sky) - Deloris, KT, LaRosa & backups
  • Fabulous ( Fabulous, Baby ) - Deloris, KT & LaRosa
  • Here Within These Walls ( Here in this place ) - Mother Superior Nun &
  • How I Got the Calling ( My Revelation) - Deloris, Mary Patrick, Mary Lazarus, Mary Robert & Nuns (only London & Hamburg) Nuns who 's good ( new song for the shows in Vienna, New York, Milan, Paris, Stuttgart and Scheveningen)

Second Act

  • Sunday Morning Fever (Sunday morning fever) - Monsignor Howard, Deloris, Mother Superior, Eddie, TJ, Bones, Dinero, Nuns & Barflies
  • Lady in the Long Black Dress (Hey, sister) - TJ, Bones, & Dinero
  • Bless Our Show ( Protects the show ) - Deloris, Mary Patrick, Mary Lazarus, Mary Robert & Nuns
  • Here Within These Walls - Reprise ( Here in this place - Reprise) - Mother Superior ( London and Hamburg) Have not Got a Prayer ( New Song for the performances in New York, Vienna, Milan, Paris, Stuttgart and Scheveningen)

Cast London

  • Deloris Van Cartier: Patina Miller
  • Mother Superior: Sheila Hancock
  • Curtis Shanks: Chris Jarman
  • Monsignor Howard: Ian Lavender
  • Eddie Souther: Ako Mitchell
  • Sister Mary Robert: Kathy Rowley Jones
  • Sister Mary Lazarus: Jacqueline Clarke
  • Sister Mary Patrick: Claire Greenway
  • TJ: Thomas Good Bridge
  • Bones: Nicolas Colicos
  • Dinero: Ivan De Freitas

Premiere cast Hamburg

  • Deloris Van Cartier: Zodwa Selele
  • Alternating Deloris Van Cartier: Patricia Meeden
  • Mother Superior: Daniela Ziegler
  • Curtis Shanks: Cush Jung
  • Monsignor Howard: Uwe Dreves
  • Eddie Souther: Mathieu Boldron
  • Sister Mary Robert: Ina Trabesinger
  • Sister Mary Lazarus: Sonya Martin
  • TJ: Dave Mandell
  • Bones: Tetje Mierdorf
  • Dinero: Pedro Reichert

Broadway premiere cast

  • Deloris Van Cartier: Patina Miller
  • Mother Superior: Victoria Clark
  • Curtis Shanks: Kingsley Leggs
  • Monsignor Howard: Fred Applegate
  • Eddie Souther: Chester Gregory II
  • Sister Mary Robert: Marla Mind Elle
  • Sister Mary Lazarus: Audrie Neenan
  • Sister Mary Patrick: Sarah Bolt
  • TJ: Demond Green
  • Joey: John Treacy Egan
  • Pablo: Caesar Samayoa

Premiere Cast Vienna

  • Deloris Van Cartier: Ana Milva Gomes
  • Mother Superior: Dagmar Hellberg
  • Curtis Jackson: Drew Sarich
  • Eddie Fritzinger: Thada Suanduanchai
  • Sister Mary Robert: Barbara Meier upper
  • Sister Mary Lazarus: Kathy Tanner
  • Sister Mary Patrick: Sonja Atlas
  • TJ: Bernhard Viktorin
  • Joey: Martin Berger
  • Erkan: Arcangelo Vigneri

Premiere Cast Stuttgart

  • Deloris Van Cartier: Zodwa Selele
  • Deloris Van Cartier ( alternating): Nyassa Alberta
  • Mother Superior: Karin Schröder
  • Curtis Jackson: Daniele Nonnis
  • Eddie Fritzinger: Gino Emnes
  • Monsignor O'Hara: Anton Rattinger
  • Sister Mary Robert: Madeleine Lauw
  • Sister Mary Patrick: Sonja Atlas
  • Sister Mary Lazarus: Regina Venus
  • TJ: Luigi Scarano
  • Joey: Benjamin Eberling
  • Erkan: Fehmi Göklü

Premiere Cast Oberhausen

  • Deloris Van Cartier: Zodwa Selele
  • Deloris Van Cartier ( alternating): Nyassa Alberta
  • Mother Superior: Gudrun Schade
  • Curtis Jackson: Mischa Mang
  • Eddie Fritzinger: Matheieu Boldron
  • Sister Mary Robert: Abla Alaoui
  • Sister Mary Patrick: Sonja Atlas
  • Sister Mary Lazarus: Verena Plangger
  • Joey: Benjamin Eberling
  • TJ: Fehmi Göklü
  • Pablo: Terry Alfaro
  • Monsignor O'Hara: Armin Dill Berger

Trivia

On April 15th and 18th 2011, the backdrop and the occupation of the Hamburg production of the musical was incorporated into the plot of the series Hand on heart. In the series, the series performers appeared together with the ensemble. Zodwa Selele ( Deloris ) and Tetje Mierdorf ( Bones ) embodied themselves and had some dialogues.

Criticism

Not all the songs that we know from the film, have, found out legal reasons their way into the musical. This applies to three of the most famous songs such as I Will Follow Him.

Awards

2011 received Patina Miller for her performance in the Broadway production of the Theatre World Award. 2012, the Hamburg production was awarded the Live Entertainment Award for Best en-suite event.

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