Twenty-four years ago, Whoopi Goldberg had a sizeable movie hit with Sister Act, playing a nightclub singer hiding out from thugs in a Philadelphia convent. Like so many popular movies, it was turned into a stage musical, arriving on Broadway in 2011, running almost a year and a half. But — as with every other show that season — it was overshadowed by the monster success of … [Read more...]
Wick’s ‘Sister Act’ offers escapism with a heart
Ask Patrece Bloomfield, who is making her Wick Theatre debut in Sister Act as Delores Van Cartier – a/k/a the Whoopi Goldberg character in the 1992 movie – how she got the role and she will answer in two words, “Divine intervention.” How appropriate for a musical that takes place largely in a convent. Bloomfield was appearing in a theme park show at Universal Studios in … [Read more...]