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Sister Act

Sister Act

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When disco diva Deloris Van Cartier witnesses a murder, she is placed in witness protection in a convent. Clashing spectacularly with the strict Mother Superior, Deloris takes over the church choir and transforms the tone-deaf nuns into a soul-singing sensation that packs the pews — but the publicity threatens to expose her hiding place to the gangster who wants her dead.

Opened
2011
Performances
561
Type
Musical
Era
Modern
Music: Alan MenkenLyrics: Glenn SlaterBook: Cheri Steinkellner, Bill Steinkellner

Productions2 on Broadway

2009 London Palladium Transfer. June 2, 2009 · predates this show
2011 Original Theatre not recorded. · Jerry Zaks 561 performances

Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. 1 of these predate the show itself and are almost certainly a different work of the same name. Shown, marked, not merged. West End runs are not yet held.

Recordings 3 albums held

Licensing 1 entry

US Music Theatre International Sister Act matched on title alone — a lead, not a confirmed licensor

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In the literature6 passages

She was also one of the nuns in the 1992 film Sister Act, which also includes a number of obscure Broadway performers such as Ruth Kobart, Susan Browning, and Susan Johnson, the latter another refugee from Donnybrook! book:the-complete-book-of-1990s-broadway-musicals-dan-dietz-paxton-mcnallie-2016-rowm#p299

Fish Out of Water: Book of Mormon, Priscilla Queen, Scottsboro, Pitmen Painters, Sister Act, Catch Me If You Can. book:the-playbill-broadway-yearbook-june-2010-to-may-2011-viagas-robert-7th-annual-ed#p13

The Scottsboro Boys, Sister Act book:the-playbill-broadway-yearbook-june-2010-to-may-2011-viagas-robert-7th-annual-ed#p420

Holdover show Sister Act rocked a convent full of nuns singing gospel. Another holdover, The Book of Mormon continued to have fun (and earn a million dollars a week) with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. book:the-playbill-broadway-yearbook-june-2011-to-may-2012-viagas-robert-8th-annual-ed#p7

Kings of New York: Two composers had three musicals playing simultaneously: Alan Menken had Sister Act, Newsies and Leap of Faith. book:the-playbill-broadway-yearbook-june-2011-to-may-2012-viagas-robert-8th-annual-ed#p13

Wickes enjoyed a late-career renaissance with the Sister Act movies, playing Sister Mary Lazarus. book:today-in-history-musicals-today-in-history-stollenwerk-joe-1973-today-in-history#p178

Passages naming this show, found by keyword across 178 books. Where this show turns up in the literature, not curated trivia about it.

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