SISTER ACT, the family friendly,
over the top spectacle with nuns that rock, plays at the Fox Theatre from April
23-28 for a limited engagement to close the Fifth Third Bank Broadway in Atlanta
2012-13 season!
Tickets start at $33
and will be available at the Fox Theatre box office, by visiting www.FoxAtlTix.com/sisteract or by
calling 1-855-ATL-TIXX. Group orders of 10 or more may be placed by calling
404-881-2000.
Performances are Tuesday through Saturday at
8PM and Sunday at 6:30PM with matinees Saturday at 2PM and Sunday at 1PM.
SISTER
ACT received
five 2011 Tony Award nominations: BEST MUSICAL, BEST ORIGINAL SCORE (Alan Menken
(music)/ Glenn Slater (lyrics)), BEST BOOK OF A MUSICAL (Cheri & Bill
Steinkellner and Douglas Carter Beane), BEST ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL (Patina
Miller), and BEST FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL (Victoria
Clark).
SISTER ACT
is
produced by Whoopi Goldberg, Stage Entertainment, and Troika Entertainment,
featuring an original score with music by multi-Academy, Grammy and
Golden Globe Award-winning composer Alan Menken (Little Shop of
Horrors, Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid and Enchanted),
lyrics by Tony and Academy Award-nominee Glenn Slater (The Little
Mermaid), and a book by multi-Emmy Award winners Cheri and Bill
Steinkellner (“Cheers”) with additional book material by Tony and Olivier
Award nominee Douglas Carter Beane (Xanadu, The Little Dog
Laughed). Directed on Broadway by four-time Tony Award winner Jerry
Zaks (Guys and Dolls, A Funny Thing…Forum, Smokey Joe’s Café), the
production features choreography by Tony and Olivier Award nominee Anthony
Van Laast (Mamma Mia, Bombay Dreams) and is based on the Touchstone
Pictures motion picture Sister Act written by Joseph
Howard.
When disco diva Deloris
Van Cartier witnesses a murder, she is put in protective custody in the one
place cops are sure she won't be found - a convent! Disguised as a nun, she
finds herself at odds with both the rigid lifestyle and an uptight Mother
Superior. Using her fabulous disco-ness and killer voice to inspire the choir,
Deloris breathes new life into the church, but in doing so blows her cover.
Soon it’s nun-on-the-run time but she finds salvation in the heavenly power of
her newly found sisterhood. Based on the mega-hit feature film, SISTER
ACT features an original Alan Menken/Glenn Slater score with a vast
inspiration of musical styles from Motown, soul and funk to great big disco
anthems and Barry White inspired musical comedy.
SISTER
ACT
features scenery by Klara Zieglerova, costumes by Lez Brotherston,
lighting by Natasha Katz, and sound by John Shivers. The music department
includes Musical Supervisor Michael Kosarin, Music Director Brent-Alan Huffman,
and orchestrations by Doug Besterman.
Elisabeth Vincentelli of
The New York Post calls SISTER ACT, “One of the season’s
happiest surprises! Off the charts and packed with goodies, to which we say:
Amen!”
Joe Dziemianowicz of The New York Daily News raves “A
blessed event has landed on Broadway. Sister Act is a feel-good crowd
pleaser worth celebrating. It keeps on purring from one happy moment to the
next.”
Charles Isherwood of The New York Times says, “When the
wimples start quivering and the nuns start rocking to raise the Gothic rafters,
all’s right in the kingdom of musical comedy!”
Mark Kennedy of The
Associated Press calls SISTER ACT, “In a word, divine. This
is a musical that hits all the right spots, achieving something close to
Broadway grace. It will convert you.”
For more information,
please visit www.sisteractthemusical.com
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