NUNS On Broadway: What's the draw?

There haven't been that many NUN based musicals on Broadway, have there??

SISTER ACT is the draw. Patina Miller. The strong material. Not the nuns.

Updated On: 2/17/09 at 11:11 PM

The Roman Catholics LOVE a good Nun show. Look at NUNSENSE, the markets where it did best are cities that have large Catholic populations.

Coming next season - DOUBT! The Musical!

I'll BET he took it in the rectory...

This thread makes me want a revival of THE DEVILS.
Sadistic, Bald, Lesbian Nuns are my favorite kind.

Pianolin, you silly twit. The Sound of Music is ABOUT a postulant NUN who leaves the Abbey to care for children and return to the Abbey to become a NUN and then the Mother Superior directs her to follow her love, i.e. the Baron, and they have a wedding, cheered on by among invited guests, many NUNS. There are enough NUNS in TSOM that it more than just "has NUNS" it's "kind of ABOUT nuns." Stop this nun-sense!

Wrong. They were behind the cloister screen grillwork, which is a part of the Choir Chapter of the Convent Church/Chapel. They watched from behind the grill, which is what Benedictine Nuns actually do when public services take place in their convent Chapels. Do your homework. I have many friends who are nuns. They don't like the "Hollywood" image that portrays them on the stage or on screen. They think it corny and unrealistic. They did like the way they were portrayed in the musical, Look To The Lillies because it was more human and not so sugary and unreal. Lighten up. The question was meant in good humor because of the discussion of Sister Act, which is due to open in the West End.

I think that Christopher Durang should bring "Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You" to Broadway. Get Cherry Jones to play Sister Mary- she was excellent in "Doubt."

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