Sister Act - The Musical!
Sister Act - The Musical!
#0Sister Act - The Musical!
Posted: 6/23/05 at 10:53am
https://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=3729
Why am I rather excited for this? I hope it turns out great.
#1re: Sister Act - The Musical!
Posted: 6/23/05 at 11:00am
WOO I love this movie! I'm happy 
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#2re: Sister Act - The Musical!
Posted: 6/23/05 at 11:08amI'm not as excited, unfortunately. The original movie was fun and it had great integration of Motown tuners and etc. This one is going to have a new score by Alan Menken and some other people. I won't be as pleased.
"There is no problem so big that it cannot be run away from."
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#3re: Sister Act - The Musical!
Posted: 6/23/05 at 11:21amThis is so exciting, however I think they should have turned Sister Act 2 into a musical, with the children in the school.
#4re: Sister Act - The Musical!
Posted: 6/23/05 at 11:24amyay! this has potential! yay alan menken!! sister act 2's plot wasnt as good as the first though, it would be hard to make anything good out of it. i like the idea of this one!!
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EganFan2
Broadway Star Joined: 9/8/04
#5re: Sister Act - The Musical!
Posted: 6/23/05 at 11:31amInteresting. Another movie into a musical...so does this mean new songs, or will they use the ones they did in the film?
#6re: Sister Act - The Musical!
Posted: 6/23/05 at 11:33amWhat are you, blind? The column itself says Alan Menken and two other people are coming in to write all new songs.
"There is no problem so big that it cannot be run away from."
~ Charles M. Schulz
apdarcey
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/10/04
#7re: Sister Act - The Musical!
Posted: 6/23/05 at 11:34amthis should have had the composing team that's doing first wive's club.
#8re: Sister Act - The Musical!
Posted: 6/23/05 at 11:46ami agree apdarcey the whole motown vibe. but dont underestimate alan menken, he can do a pretty good motown- look at the greek chorus parts for little shop of horrors. "alarm goes off at seven and you start uptown!" and all that
you may know what you need but to get what you want better see that you keep what you have
nmartin
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/3/05
#9re: Sister Act - The Musical!
Posted: 6/23/05 at 11:53amTough to cast. Who could replace dear old Mary Wickes?
apdarcey
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/10/04
#10re: Sister Act - The Musical!
Posted: 6/23/05 at 11:55amis anyone else feeling miss mary bond-davis for this?
#11re: Sister Act - The Musical!
Posted: 6/23/05 at 11:56am
Carole Shelley needs to play the Maggie Smith character. I've long believed they were the same person anyway.
And of course, Marissa Jaret Winokur as Kathy Najimy.
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Updated On: 6/23/05 at 11:56 AM
NCGuy
Broadway Star Joined: 4/8/04
#12re: Sister Act - The Musical!
Posted: 6/23/05 at 11:57am
Re: “What are you, blind?”
Gvendo2005, is that necessary? Yeah, EganFan2 should have actually read the thread and the link before commenting on it, but do you have to be that rude about it?
#13re: Sister Act - The Musical!
Posted: 6/23/05 at 12:00pmyes lets please not have any hostility. theres too much opinionated hostility going around on this board. everyone has their own opinion. respect it. if you have a different one, state it maturely and lets discuss- its a discussion board for goodness sake!
you may know what you need but to get what you want better see that you keep what you have
#14re: Sister Act - The Musical!
Posted: 6/23/05 at 12:00pmThis makes me sick to my stomach for some reason. Trivia tidbit: Did you know that the part of Delores (Whoopi) was written for Bette Midler?
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#15re: Sister Act - The Musical!
Posted: 6/23/05 at 12:00pm
Rath - I agree!
I would love to see Mary Bond Davis or Sharon Wilkins in the Whoopi character - even Tonya Pinkins or Ramona Keller (for a younger group).
#16re: Sister Act - The Musical!
Posted: 6/23/05 at 12:00pm
you may know what you need but to get what you want better see that you keep what you have
Updated On: 6/23/05 at 12:00 PM
#17re: Sister Act - The Musical!
Posted: 6/23/05 at 12:00pmWell, it's not like you'd actually write a singing role for Whoopi Goldberg.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#18re: Sister Act - The Musical!
Posted: 6/23/05 at 12:02pm*Maybe this could be Fredi's triumphant return to Broadway!
apdarcey
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/10/04
#19re: Sister Act - The Musical!
Posted: 6/23/05 at 12:10pmoh then, bestill my heart. that would make a boy's dreams come true, eh?
JBSinger
Broadway Star Joined: 11/12/04
#20re: Sister Act - The Musical!
Posted: 6/23/05 at 12:42pm
I would love for this to turn out well. I just hope they deviate from the movie enough to make it fresh. This is like the umpteenth Alan Menken musical in development and they never see the light of day (Kicks, Little mermaid, a musicalization of that Leap of Faith movie). I don't doubt Menken's ability to create an awesome score for this, but part of the fun of the movie was that those doo-wop numbers were turned into Jesus songs.
Hope it works.
PS - cast Lillias White or Ramona Keller!
Updated On: 6/24/05 at 12:42 PM
popcultureboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/23/03
#21re: Sister Act - The Musical!
Posted: 6/23/05 at 12:52pmAnother bit of trivia: Suzanne Vega auditioned for Wendy Makkena's role.
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#22re: Sister Act - The Musical!
Posted: 6/23/05 at 12:55pmI want some Kyra Da Costa in this. That woman can SING. She deserves a big Broadway role - her time to shine is here.
#23re: Sister Act - The Musical!
Posted: 6/23/05 at 1:05pm
yay im so excited! i read something in the newspaper about NUNSENSE and it made me think of Sister Act... i was just saying how great sister act could be as a musical
Updated On: 6/23/05 at 01:05 PM
#24re: Sister Act - The Musical!
Posted: 6/23/05 at 1:21pm
Two words:
FINALLY. MENKEN!
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