Sister Act - will it transfer to Broadway? — Page 2

The motown score was my least favorite part of the film so I was more than happy to accept a new score by one of my favorite composers. I don't believe people are that married to the original music which, in my opinion, was better in the second film anyway and what I believe most people actually think they remember from the first film. I'd like to hope that most people would prefer an original score over recycled songs from the film which were, themselves, recycled in the first place.

Pgenre, I agree with you 100%. I love every bit of this score! I believe Alan Menken really outdid himself.

I simply cannot wait for this to come to Broadway!

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Why I did like Motown's contributions to the original film. I have to say I am a huge fan of Alan Menkens score for the musical! and I would love to see a Broadway Engagement or a US national tour.

Saw the show in August and really, really enjoyed it! Let's hope it gets to Broadway very soon for a long, long run!

Sister Act will clearly take a large house. The question is which one??

Theater(capacity) - current show - YES/NO(%)
Gershwin(1,933) - Wicked - NO(0%)
Broadway(1,761)- Promises, Promises. Only if the show bombs. Otherwise - NO(25%)
Palace(1,742) - West Side Story. Highly unlikely it'll close by the fall(or even spring 2011). - NO(2%)
St. James - American Idiot. Unless AI bombs - NO(5%)
Majestic(1,655 approx.) - Phantom - NO(1%)
Minskoff(1,621) - The Lion King - NO(0%)
Marquis(1,611) - Come Fly Away - Minsky's is rumored to want this theater anyway. - NO(20%)
Mamma Mia!(1,526) - Mamma Mia - NO(0%)
Lunt-Fontane(1,509) - The Addams Family. Even if it bombs, I still see it staying through the end of the year. - NO(5%)
Shubert(1,46 - Memphis. It'll be intersting to see how long Memphis will last - YES(75%)
Imperial(1,417) - Billy Elliot - NO(0%)
Neil Simon(1,362) - Love Never Dies - NO(0%)

Clearly it's best chance is the Shubert. After that maybe the Broadway Theater or Marquis(slim chances though). Sister Act may have to wait until spring 2011 if nothing opens up by the fall.

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Theatreguy, I agree with you on those three theatres. But, let's not forget the old threads about the sizes of theatres VS Broadway and in the West End. That on Broadway we have medium sized theatres whereas in London they have theatres that are on the smaller side of things and then huge ones in terms of sets and seats and nothing really in between.

I do think that they would either downsize some of the sets to fit in a medium sized theatre like the Shubert for example. Or they very well might be able to go into one of the three theatres you mentioned without having to adjust the set at all.

Also, I just wanted to add that despite The Majestic housing Phantom and that show's massive set. I can tell you from personal experience of being backstage. That set in that theatre is the Broadway version of the circus act with all those clowns fitting into that little car.

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I saw it this August in London and I really liked it although I think the first Act needs to be tightened. I think it is gonna have a long successful run on broadway and I can't wait to see it here

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gvendo2005, a lot of what you said just wasn't accurate and now it appears you've disappeared from the thread completely.

-"Sister Act" was a huge hit overseas, one look at imdbpro.com confirms that.
-It did not flop in Pasadena, in fact it set box office records for its small two month run.

Oh yeah, and you say you'll reserve judgement when all you've done this entire thread is judge the show.

Since this is the first time I've posted on these boards in awhile, I'm probably not.

And those aren't small issues, they are things you posted that I felt needed clarification because they were false, simple as that.

Next season is shaping up to be a (potentially) fantastic one for new musicals:

Love Never Dies
Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark
Sister Act
Catch Me If You Can

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