'Sister Act- The Musical' -London Palladium 2009 — Page 7

I just saw these pics and want to share with any musical and soccer fans.




Hiddink directed Sister Act cast

Agreed, I think the press I going to love it!

whats the black and white scene

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Oz, I take it your seats were alright?

That sounds awesome!
And so does the set.. does anyone have any pictures?

If they have a show curtain, its new.
All they had the first week was a cheap and nasty pink curtain that was so light, when the doors were open in the auditorium it blew on to stage and set. It looked awful, i hope they have gotten rid.

The show curtain is now a deep papal purple that was gathered up in the hand of an angel. After Sheila's little bit at the start, the angel "let go" of the curtain and it fell away, revealing the nightclub set. Very cool reveal.

One annoying thing though, during preshow there was a black out curtain behind the purple cloth and during the mobile phone announcement (which was done by Whoopi) it flew up very fast, making the curtain ripple - annoying and totally distracting!!

The show curtain was purple when I went last week and yes they had the angel that descended where the chandiler should of been, advantage of being in the Upper Circle, you cannot help but notice.

I think everyone is anonymous how much of a great show this is, I never have seen this on here before, the critics are in for a treat!

In preview 2 the angel in the chandelier dome did fcuk all!

On re-listening, I noticed that the Sally Field nun joke completely flew over the British audiences heads, while in the LA production it got a huge laugh.

Was Flying Nun ever aired in the UK?

whats the thing shiela does at the start

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Well, saw this brand new show around 1 1/2 wks ago and all I can is... WOW! It's an AMAZING show!
I haven't seen the film in ages so I can't really exactly remember what it's about and the musical's storyline is quite solid! There are some changes here and there after I watched the film last night but it was fine, they were great changes!
The set was fine at first... I wasn't overly impressed at start but then near the end of Act 1 during the 'Take Me To Heaven Reprise' scene, that set was AMAZING. The lighting & costumes were both great.
The music... it's Alan Menken! how can it go wrong?! it's every part as enjoyable and fun as any other works that we're familiar with! Quite a few catchy tunes like 'Raise Your Voice' and 'Take Me To Heaven' and 'Fabulous Baby!' (all sung by Deloris) and some really touching & haunting tunes sung like 'Here Within These Walls' (sung by Mother Superior) and 'The Life I Never Led' (sung by Mary Robert)
Now now now, the cast! The cast's the GEM of the show! truly! Patina Miller BLEWWWWWWWWWWWW me away! She makes those high notes & riffs sound sooo super ultra easy and she can just go higher n higher n higher! her portrayal was different to Whoopi's but it was sexy and sassy! It's guaranteed she'll be nominated for awards and actually win quite a few as well!
The supporting cast like Sheila Hancock as Mother Superior, so subtle and humorous! Julia Sutton as Mary Lazarus stole the show for me! Claire Greenway as Mary Patrick as well! Both of them were sooo hilarious! Some hilarious scenes from the gangsters and also Eddie were all great too.
I can rave about this show all night... it was every second of it super fun! go watch it if you can!

I really enjoyed the show, so I drew one of my caricatures of the amazing Patina... tell me what you guys think! hope to give it to her next week!

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Can someone with a program list the understudies?

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