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#126

Raven-Symon? to Replace Patina Miller in SISTER ACT

Posted: 2/1/12 at 1:21am

Well, I saw the show again tonight and loved Patina (again). Calling her character "ghetto" is not only wrong, it's stupid. What exactly are you basing that on? And please don't answer "A clip I saw somewhere", explain EXACTLY what made her "ghetto" to you?

#127

Raven-Symone to Replace Patina Miller in SISTER ACT

Posted: 2/1/12 at 6:53am

Look, I'm not the BWW police or anything...but isn't this a different discussion for another thread? Patina Miller's performance has nothing to do with this news. It's about Raven, who I think is going to be just great...

This stunt casting seems to be like Donny Osmond as Gaston in Beauty in the Beast: Definite stunt casting, but GOOD stunt casting, which doesn't happen very often. I can't wait to see how she does. I had the pleasure of working with her on a tv movie and she is the sweetest, most professional person. I wish her all the best!

#128

Raven-Symone to Replace Patina Miller in SISTER ACT

Posted: 2/1/12 at 7:01am

That Gif is brilliant, thats literally the image that pops to mind when I think about her.

I miss her being on TV !!!
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#129

Raven-Symone to Replace Patina Miller in SISTER ACT

Posted: 2/1/12 at 8:08am

Look, I'm not the BWW police or anything...but isn't this a different discussion for another thread? Patina Miller's performance has nothing to do with this news.

Blame the person who basically turned this into a thread about Patina's performance by making wildly stupid statements without even having seen her.

"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe." -John Guare, Landscape of the Body

#130

Raven-Symone to Replace Patina Miller in SISTER ACT

Posted: 2/1/12 at 11:33am

I think this can be great. Her TV show has always been very theatrical in her acting style and we know she can sing. I think she'll be great.

#131

Raven-Symone to Replace Patina Miller in SISTER ACT

Posted: 2/1/12 at 2:06pm

"We know she can sing?"

Yes we know she can sing well enough to perform a concert here or there with songs that use limited range. Other than that I don't think we "know" she can "sing." I am, however looking forward to seeing her performance when I come visit NYC in march. Liked her in the Cosby show and second the notion to have Phylicia Rashad play the Reverend Mother would be great. Just give Carolee Carmello a month long break and have her do a stint then. At least then the line she says during the Act 1 Finale "We're packing bootys in the seeties momma," would be true then.

#132

Raven-Symone to Replace Patina Miller in SISTER ACT

Posted: 2/1/12 at 3:42pm

The booties is the seaties line is not in the new book. It's been replaced with "people in the pews."

Almost all of the dialogue from London was rewritten (mercifully) by Douglas Carter Beane. It's no longer the campy mess it was.

#133

Raven-Symone to Replace Patina Miller in SISTER ACT

Posted: 2/1/12 at 11:58pm

I have always been a huge fan of Raven's she was absolutely hilarious Disney hasn't produced a better show since so it will great to finally see her up on the Broadway stage in a role thats perfect for her. The Producers should consider bringing Anneliese van der Pol in to the cast as Mary Robert and Phylicia Rash?d as the Rev. Mother and that would be an incredible reunion. Yes they would have to lower the keys but she could sing the crap out of Menken's score.

#134

Raven-Symone to Replace Patina Miller in SISTER ACT

Posted: 2/2/12 at 11:34am

I am extremely excited about this casting. It reminds me of that That's So Raven episode where Raven has a vision and disguises herself as a nun. Or something.

Seriously, I think this has the potential to be spectacular. As much as I enjoyed Patina's performance, I have a feeling that Raven will bring that certain spark that I didn't necessarily get when I first saw the show.

And I know this isn't the point of the thread, but I just want to say: What's wrong with judging a performance based on a TV clip? Isn't the point of talk show appearances/Tonys performance to get people interested in and excited about the show? If that's the case, then you have to accept that they run the risk of doing just the opposite if it doesn't impress someone. There's no reason why they should go out and spend money on the show just in case their opinion would change.

#135

Raven-Symone to Replace Patina Miller in SISTER ACT

Posted: 2/12/12 at 11:21pm

What ever happened to this story? Was it a just rumor that fizzled out?

#136

Raven-Symone to Replace Patina Miller in SISTER ACT

Posted: 2/13/12 at 12:02am

it's official. Patina's last show is March 18 & Raven-Symone starts March 20.

A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.

#137

Raven-Symone to Replace Patina Miller in SISTER ACT

Posted: 2/13/12 at 9:14am

Wow that's Great! Was there an official announcement? I seem to remember the reviews saying that "Patina is not as funny as Whoopi". I think Raven will definitely bring the funny better then Patina. Even if it's her same shtick, it will make the show sooo much different and better.

#138

Raven-Symone to Replace Patina Miller in SISTER ACT

Posted: 2/13/12 at 2:41pm

There is no official announcement, therefore it can't be considered "official."

#139

Raven-Symone to Replace Patina Miller in SISTER ACT

Posted: 2/13/12 at 2:58pm

I seem to remember the reviews saying that "Patina is not as funny as Whoopi".

You seem to be remembering incorrectly, because not one review said that.

#140

Raven-Symone to Replace Patina Miller in SISTER ACT

Posted: 2/13/12 at 3:36pm

With this weeks grosses they need to do something soon.

"I hope your Fanny is bigger than my Peter." Mary Martin to Ezio Pinza opening night of Fanny.

#141

Raven-Symone to Replace Patina Miller in SISTER ACT

Posted: 2/13/12 at 3:43pm

This is the comparison I was speaking of.

VARIETY REVIEW:

"Whoopi Goldberg looms large over the new musical comedy "Sister Act," and that's part of the problem. While she co-produced, Goldberg isn't onstage, and the outsized sense of hilarity mixed with humanity she brought to the 1992 motion picture is sorely missed. Patina Miller makes an altogether impressive Broadway debut as diva-on-the-run Deloris Van Cartier, singing up a veritable storm, but the decision to plaster Goldberg's name on numerous signs outside the theater raises comparisons that flatter neither Miller nor this garish production."

#142

Raven-Symone to Replace Patina Miller in SISTER ACT

Posted: 2/13/12 at 3:51pm

The review you quoted doesn't in any way say "Patina isn't as funny as Whoopi."

#143

Raven-Symone to Replace Patina Miller in SISTER ACT

Posted: 2/13/12 at 4:08pm

I honestly feel if Raven-Symone wasn't lined-up to take over in March that they would have announced a closing date. They must be losing a good amount of money this winter.

#144

Raven-Symone to Replace Patina Miller in SISTER ACT

Posted: 2/13/12 at 4:18pm

It is odd that they don't announce it in order to increase ticket sales though..unless they think that announcement would cause the ticket sales to collapse until the replacement?

Give me claws and a hunch, just away from this bunch.

#145

Raven-Symone to Replace Patina Miller in SISTER ACT

Posted: 2/13/12 at 4:51pm

I think Raven will do great. She can clearly sing and act, and she'll definitely be somewhat of a ticket boost at least.

#146

Raven-Symone to Replace Patina Miller in SISTER ACT

Posted: 2/13/12 at 7:26pm

I wouldn't be surprised if, when ticket sales start to slump. they announce Whoopi as Mother Superior for a limited run (I know she ruled it out already). I was lucky enough to catch her in the role in London and she was fantastic and brought a whole different dynamic to the show.

#147

Raven-Symone to Replace Patina Miller in SISTER ACT

Posted: 2/13/12 at 9:04pm

That's what they are saying when they say "Whoopi's presence is sorely missed". And it's true

#148

Raven-Symone to Replace Patina Miller in SISTER ACT

Posted: 2/13/12 at 9:19pm

No felix, the role is completely different. People need to start reading ljay's posts s/he has posted it so many times.

#149

Raven-Symone to Replace Patina Miller in SISTER ACT

Posted: 2/13/12 at 11:06pm

Whoopi couldn't sing "Haven't Got a Prayer." Even in a lower key.

Also the role of Mother Superior is no longer the camp fest it was in London. It requires a good deal of range. Again, Goldberg, talented as she is, could never manage it. Anyway, Carmello isn't going anywhere. Trust me. If there's further stunt casting, it's going to be in the featured sister roles (Mary Robert, Patrick and Lazarus).

That's what they are saying when they say "Whoopi's presence is sorely missed". And it's true

No, it's not what they're saying. But, believe what you want to believe.

Updated On: 2/14/12 at 11:06 PM

#150

Raven-Symone to Replace Patina Miller in SISTER ACT

Posted: 2/14/12 at 6:26am

Denise Black can't sing it either. She's still playing the role, to good effect, actoss the UK.

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