Sister Act (Musical)
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| Title: | Sister Act - A heavenly musical pleasure |
| Original title: | Sister Act |
| Original language: | English |
| Music: | Alan Menken |
| Book: | Bill Steinkellner Cherie Steinkellner |
| Lyrics: | Glenn Slater |
| Literary source: | Sister Act - A heavenly career |
| Original direction: | Peter Schneider |
| Premiere: | October 24, 2006 |
| Place of premiere: |
Pasadena , California |
| Playing time: | about 3 hours |
| Place and time of the action: |
Philadelphia , Pennsylvania 1978 |
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Where several names are mentioned, the role names differ between the various venues.
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Sister Act - a heavenly musical is a musical that on the eponymous movie Sister Act with Whoopi Goldberg is based. The music was composed by Alan Menken , but has no relation to the film music.
The first performance of the musical took place on October 24, 2006 in Pasadena ( Pasadena Playhouse ) in the US state of California , the European premiere on June 2, 2009 in London's West End ( London Palladium ).
The second European venue was the Operettenhaus in Hamburg , where the German-language premiere took place on December 2, 2010. From December 9, 2012, the musical could be seen in Stuttgart , from December 3, 2013 in Oberhausen and from October 6, 2016 on a tour of Germany.
action
The less than successful lounge singer Deloris van Cartier witnesses a murder. Her married lover Curtis Shank, who is a prominent man in the underworld and responsible for the murder , instructs his followers to take them out.
Because Deloris is the only witness, after her escape, Lieutenant Eddie Souther hides her as sister Mary Clarence against her will in a convent. There, however, she has considerable problems getting used to it and is finally instructed by the Mother Superior to sing along in the nuns' choir, whose singing skills are not exactly edifying. But Mary Clarence is able to give the group a clear structure and becomes the leader of the choir, which she teaches the gospel of the Harlem tradition. The new program of the choir attracts many people to the church again. Finally, the Pope also learns about the group, which has now become famous, and announces his visit for a concert.
But before the nuns can please the Pope with their song, a photo in a newspaper article gives Curtis a clue about the whereabouts of his former lover. Shank and his accomplices Bones, TJ and Dinero sneak into the monastery dressed as nuns and try to kidnap Deloris. Thanks to her fellow sisters and Eddie Souther, who shows up in time, the project can be stopped and Shank and his accomplices arrested.
In the final scene, the sisters give the expected concert for the Pope. Sister Mary Clarence - in her habit , but without the veil - gives the choir a very successful performance one last time.
Venues
The play was initially performed in Pasadena and Atlanta, but did not make it to Broadway. Stage Entertainment then secured the rights for Europe and then brought the play to the stage first in London and a year later in Hamburg. As a result, there was a revised version on New York Broadway, which was more based on the version from London and Hamburg.
At the State Theater Linz the piece from September 2019 is shown in the open-air theater Tecklenburg the piece for the season 2020 is on the board.
Previous venues
- Pasadena : Premiere: October 24, 2006, Derniere: December 23, 2006
- Atlanta : Premiere: January 17, 2007, Derniere: February 25, 2007
- New York ( Broadway ): Premiere: March 24, 2011, Derniere: August 26, 2012
- Tour: Premiere: October 2, 2012, Derniere: August 25, 2013
- London : Premiere: June 2, 2009, Derniere: October 30, 2010
- Tour: Premiere: September 26, 2011, Derniere: October 20, 2012
Germany :
- Hamburg ( Operettenhaus ): Premiere: December 2, 2010, Derniere: August 26, 2012 (720 performances)
- Stuttgart : Premiere: December 9th, 2012, Derniere: September 25th, 2013
- Oberhausen : Premiere: December 3, 2013, Derniere: February 12, 2015
- Tour ( Berlin , Niedernhausen , Munich ): Premiere: October 9, 2016, Derniere: July 9, 2017
Italy :
- Milan : Premiere: October 27th, 2011, Derniere: April 29th, 2012
Austria :
- Vienna ( Ronacher ): Premiere: September 15, 2011, Derniere: December 31, 2012
- Linz (Landestheater, Musiktheater) : Premiere: September 7, 2019, Derniere: May 15, 2020
France :
- Paris : Premiere: September 20, 2012, Derniere: June 30, 2013
- The Hague : Premiere: March 3, 2013, Derniere: August 10, 2014
Canada :
- Montreal : Premiere: June 17, 2014, Derniere: August 2, 2014
Spain :
- Barcelona : Premiere: October 24, 2014, Derniere: May 10, 2015
- Tour: Premiere: August 20, 2015, Derniere: May 15, 2016
- Emmen : Premiere: December 15, 2018, Derniere: February 3, 2019
Track list
New music was written for the musical version, i. H. the songs known from the film are not available in the stage version.
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Second act
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Occupation London
- Deloris Van Cartier: Patina Miller
- Mother Superior: Sheila Hancock
- Curtis Shank: 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 Goodbridge
- Bones: Nicolas Colicos
- Dinero: Ivan De Freitas
Occupation Germany
| Sister Act Germany | Premiere cast Hamburg (2010) | Premiere cast Stuttgart (2012) | Premiere cast Oberhausen (2013) | Premiere cast Berlin (2016) |
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| Deloris Van Cartier | Zodwa Selele | Aisata Blackman | ||
| Mother Superior | Daniela Ziegler | Karin Schröder | Gudrun What a shame | Daniela Ziegler |
| Curtis Shank / Curtis Jackson | Cush young | Daniele Nonnis | Mischa Mang | |
| Monsignor Howard / Monsignor O'Hara | Uwe Dreves | Anton Rattinger | Armin Dillenberger | Franz-Jürgen Zigelski |
| Eddie Souther / Eddie Fritzinger | Mathieu Boldron | Gino Emnes | Mathieu Boldron | Gino Emnes |
| Sister Mary Robert | Ina Trabesinger | Madeleine Lauw | Abla Alaoui | |
| Sister Mary Lazarus | Sonya Martin | Regina Venus | Verena Plangger | Regina Venus |
| Sister Mary Patrick | Martine de Jager | Sonja Atlas | Maren Somberg | |
| TJ | Dave Mandell | Luigi Scarano | Fehmi Göklü | Arcangelo Vigneri |
| Bones / Joey | Tetje Mierendorf | Benjamin Eberling | ||
| Dinero / Erkan / Pablo | Pedro Reichert | Fehmi Göklü | Terry Alfaro | Alessandro Pierotti |
Broadway premiere cast
- Deloris Van Cartier: Patina Miller
- Mother Superior: Victoria Clark
- Curtis Jackson: Kingsley Leggs
- Monsignor Howard: Fred Applegate
- Eddie Souther: Chester Gregory II
- Sister Mary Robert: Marla Mindelle
- 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 Obermeier
- Sister Mary Lazarus: Kathy Tanner
- Sister Mary Patrick: Sonja Atlas
- TJ: Bernhard Viktorin
- Joey: Martin Berger
- Erkan: Arcangelo Vigneri
- Monsignor O'Hara: Michael Schönborn
First cast Switzerland
- Deloris Van Cartier: Sidonie Smith
- Mother Superior: Irène Straub
- Curtis Jackson: Aris Sas
- Eddi Fritzinger: René Siepen
- Sister Mary Robert: Samantha Senn
- Sister Mary Patrick: Daniela Tweesman
- TJ: Luc Steegers
- Joey: Dirk Hinzberg
- Paolo: Salvatore Marchione
The ensemble included Chanelle Wyrsch, participant in DSDS Season 14 and Tiziana Gulino , winner of The Voice of Switzerland 2014.
Trivia
On April 15 and 18, 2011, the backdrop and cast of the Hamburg staging of the musical was incorporated into the plot of the series Hand on Heart . In the series, the series actors appeared together with the ensemble. Zodwa Selele (Deloris) and Tetje Mierendorf (Bones) embodied themselves and also had some dialogues.
Awards
In 2011 Patina Miller received the Theater World Award for her performance in the Broadway production . In 2012 the Hamburg production received the Live Entertainment Award as the best en-suite event .
Web links
- Stage entertainment
- Sister Act on Broadway (English)
- Sister Act (tour) in UK and Ireland (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The FreilichtSpiele Tecklenburg announce their productions in 2020. May 10, 2019, accessed May 10, 2019 .
- ↑ Hand on heart meets Sister Act on presseportal.de, published on April 13, 2011, accessed on February 11, 2013