SISTER ACT Reviews — Page 6

You are entitled to an opinion. You didn't like Sister Act. WE GET IT. I had a great time at it, but I'm not arguing that it's the greatest musical of all time; it wasn't even my favorite new musical of the season. What I (and I don't know if I can speak for adamgreer and others, but I'm guessing it's likely that they'd agree) object to is the incessant bashing on multiple threads. Your opinion has been stated. Now get over it. And you have no idea how old I am, teenager or otherwise.

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Just because someone is young doesn't mean their opinions are invalid or they are mindless (sure, SOME are). And furthermore it wasn't only young, inexperienced people that liked it. A lot of seasoned theatre goers seemed to also enjoy it. It doesn't matter how old one is, a opinion is an opinion. Age can help in spectrum and in forming opinions, but still. YOU didn't like Sister Act, and I respect your opinion, but please respect others'.

When someone does something that you view as the quintessential version, it is hard to accept other interpretations.

Updated On: 4/29/11 at 12:48 AM

So here I am... self expressing myself again...This is my outlet right now. And I do write stream of consciousness..not like an essay.

I am moving on. I posted another take on the topic on this board without bashing your beloved show and you keep going back to bashing me for my opinion.





It's hard to keep moving on when you people keep getting insulted that I didn't like what you liked. I am happy you liked
it. Why is that so hard to accept?

Do you think the memory of a beloved performer is hard to erase from your memory?

The memory of Judy Garland hovers over Dorothy.
Others have tried to varying degrees of success but to me
there is only one Dorothy.

The memory of Julie Andrews hovers over Mary Poppins. Other have tried to varying degrees of success but to me there is only one Mary Poppins.

This may be true with Whoopi Goldberg and Sister Act as more than one reviewer has pointed out.

So do you think that a memory of a beloved performer can be replaced?

When Reese Witherspoon stole our hearts in Legally Blonde the movie,her successor in the musical paled in comparison.

On Broadway, I agree. London was a different story. Sheridan Smith turned the musical into the star vehicle it was meant to be. I had forgotten Reese Witherspoon completely.

When I saw Sister Act in London, I hadn't seen the movie in ages and so I wasn't comparing it to anything. I just thought Patina Miller was a solid singer, but her acting was rather pedestrian. The book did her no favors. I don't know how the new book works, but I noticed most of the score remained unchanged and while I enjoyed most of the songs for Delores and the nuns, I was never engaged enough to generate much interest in the story or the characters. Whereas in the same weekend, having already seen Legally Blonde on Broadway and found it merely cute, the London production ended up being one of the best productions of any musical I've seen in the West End. Everything about it worked.

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I saw it the first Saturday after the Tonys and loved it! I thought it was great fun. It was flashy, fluffy, glitzy, and very funny, which was pretty much what I expected. Patina Miller was incredible, in my opinion. Her voice was stellar, she was hysterical and just had so much energy, I think she's gonna do very well on Broadway in the future. I'd never seen Victoria Clark in anything before this show (minus her excellent performance at Sondheim's 80th birthday concert) and thought she was wonderful. Her voice was pitch perfect and her one liners always got huge laughs. While I thought the second act dragged in the beginning, Lady in the Long Black Dress was hilarious and everything pretty much picked up afterwards. I decided to stage door after the show, which I haven't done in years, and the cast members that came out were very personable and generous, particularly Audrie Neenan. I told her she was hysterical as Mary Lazarus and that what I loved most about the show was how fun it was. She went on to talk about how the cast has so much fun performing it every day, and I think thats what I appreciated the most about the show: You could tell everyone onstage was having a ball (I even thought Chester Gregory was great as well). I didn't go in expecting the next Messiah of musical theatre, all I wanted was a fun, irreverent, entertaining 2 1/2 hours and that's what I got. I can see why people might not like the show, but I don't think thats any reason to make someone who enjoyed it feel like an amateur who knows nothing about good theatre. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and the same principle is true for people who attend theatre.