Sister Act The Musical - Reviews

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 6/2/09 at 6:50pm

Now i normally post all the UK reviews on the West End Board and will be doing tonight, but i thought because the chances are this is coming to Broadway and it is an American Musical and you guys seem to have intrest in it, i would also post the reviews on here

Broadway World (Robert Gould) Rave

"The opening number of Sister Act - the musical, which opened on June 2 at the London Palladium, is entitled "Take Me To Heaven" - and that is precisely what this delightful new show does to its audience. It is divinely fresh, funny and fabulous."

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Sister_Act_the_Musical_makes_Whoopi_at_the_London_Palladium_20090602

[boyfromoz2]

Posted: 6/2/09 at 7:06pm

You can have this thread SADM :)
Updated On: 6/2/09 at 07:06 PM

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 6/2/09 at 7:09pm

lol there both mine, how dare u step on my toes after 3 years lol

[boyfromoz2]

Posted: 6/2/09 at 7:10pm

I just think there could be a set format for the reviews in the first post - that's all :)
Updated On: 6/2/09 at 07:10 PM

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 6/2/09 at 7:11pm

format pffft lol

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 6/2/09 at 8:44pm

The Times - Mixed to Positive

"And still they come, those musical stagings of favourite movies: Billy Elliot, Dirty Dancing, Priscilla Queen of the Desert and now Sister Act, with its original star, Whoopi Goldberg, transformed into its producer. Actually, the young American actress who replaces her as the songstress in a habit, Patina Miller, is the show?s great plus. Otherwise, a rather sweet, sentimental film has been hyped up, coarsened, given what ? were the Palladium flown to Times Square ? we?d call the big, brash Broadway treatment."

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/theatre/article6417198.ece

[somethingwicked]

Posted: 6/2/09 at 8:53pm

The Guardian is Negative:

"Singing nuns are becoming a standard feature at this secular venue. But the showbiz rockers of this noisily aggressive musical, co-produced by Whoopi Goldberg, are a world away from the cloistered charmers of The Sound of Music. What we have here is a show that feels less like a personally driven work of art than a commercial exploitation of an existing franchise.

The book by Cheri and Bill Steinkellner follows the rough outline of Joseph Howard's film. Once again, we see a louche lounge singer, Deloris van Cartier (played by Goldberg in the movie), driven into hiding when she witnesses a mob murder. Somewhat incongruously, the safe house chosen by the cops is a convent, which gets shaken to its religious foundations by the heroine, in her new guise as Sister Mary Clarence. Appointed to supervise the tone-deaf choir, she turns them into a group of swinging sisters whose sudden fame imperils both her and their safety..."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2009/jun/03/sister-act-london-palladium-review

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 6/3/09 at 7:39am

The Stage - Mixed to Positive
"The answer is that it has oodles of the former, delivered with huge energy and pace, with scene after scene leaving a permanent smile on many an audience member?s face. In contrast, what is neglected is a convincing portrayal of lounge singer Deloris Van Cartier?s spiritual journey from selfish disco diva to Sister Mary Clarence, a proud member of a sisterhood she loves and believes in. Hence, the rather severe Mother Superior?s softening towards her new and unexpected charge seems somewhat rushed and might be better if introduced more gradually"

http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/24589/sister-act

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 6/3/09 at 7:41am

Whats On Stage - Mixed


"Peter Schneider?s production maintains a fizzing energy that is slightly too exhausting for comfort, and the sound system is wonky. But songs like ?Take Me to Heaven,? ?Bless Our Show? and ?Spread the Love Around? will send audiences home happy enough, if not rushing back to buy the album; there?s little that?s truly memorable beyond Miller?s magnificence. "

http://www.whatsonstage.com/index.php?pg=207&story=E8831244017224&title=Sister+Act&ref=D

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 6/3/09 at 7:42am

Telegraph - Positive

"With slick and witty choreography by Anthony Van Laast and pacy direction by former Disney executive Peter Schneider, I suspect this musical comedy about a nun on the run could prove habit-forming. "


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturecritics/charlesspencer/5434675/Sister-Act-at-the-London-Palladium-review.html

[tazber]

Posted: 6/3/09 at 7:44am

Thanks for the reviews SADM2. Does anyone know if a recording is planned?

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 6/3/09 at 7:45am

Evening Standard - Positive

"It's been done before, the reasoning might have gone, so why not do it again? Put a singing nun centre stage in a musical and watch the piece climb every mountain.

The difference this time around is that there are two problems to be solved: one called Deloris, instead of Maria, and another of successfully transferring the popular 1992 Whoopi Goldberg film to the stage

Whether or not divine intervention is involved, it?s a wimple-wibbling, habit-forming triumph."

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/show-23604918-details/Sister+Act/showReview.do?reviewId=23702978

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 6/3/09 at 7:45am

Yeah a cast album is due out in about a month i believe.

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 6/3/09 at 7:47am

Daily Mail - Negative

"Call me a miserable old monk but I hated Sister Act.

I hated its artistic laziness, its predictability, its incuriosity, its idea that disco is divine
and that spirituality can never be found in discreet and dignified worship.

This noisy, pumpy, insistently American musical will doubtless be a solid summer hit for the Palladium.

It will entertain thousands of people who are out for a simple night's fun and don't get their cassocks in a tangle, like I do, about church liturgy. Much of it is well performed but count me out"

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/reviews/article-1190502/Sister-Act--The-Musical-This-stage-version-film-predictable-reeks-artistic-laziness.html

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 6/3/09 at 7:50am

Round up so far.


Negative
The Gaurdian
The Mail

Mixed
The Times
Whats On Stage
The Stage

Positive to Raves
Broadway World
Eviening Standard
Telegraph

More are to come from the FT and Indipendent, i will update it as they come in x