Musical theatre audiences love big, splashy musical numbers. And what could be better than those? Big splashy musical numbers… with nuns! Sister Act, which will open at the Lauderhill Performing Arts Center (LPAC) on February 18th and run through March 6th, is chock full of both!
‘Sister Act’ Cast: Where Are They Now?
By Johnni Macke of US Weekly |
Take them to church!
Sister Act pulled back the curtain on what it’s like to be a nun and gave life to a musical film with impact that’s lasted nearly 30 years.
Whoopi Goldberg made nun life seem cool when she starred as Deloris Van Cartier, a lounge singer who joins a convent after being placed in witness protection in the 1992 film.
After taking on the persona of Sister Mary Clarence in order to stay safe until she testifies against her ex-boyfriend Vince (
Harvey Keitel), who she saw kill someone in Reno, Nevada she creates life-long friendships with Sister Mary Patrick (
The original Sister Act was not one of my favorite movies, but I would have expected a sequel to follow in its footsteps. What s strange about Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit is that it abandons most of what people liked about the first movie and replaces it with a formula as old as the hills. This is another one of those dreary retreads about a bunch of kids with no faith in themselves, and about how an inspiring teacher coaches them into the State Finals, where they upset the snobs from the rich school.
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I ve seen this formula applied to singing, dancing, basketball, football, bicycle racing, bobsled teams and every single one of the martial arts. I ve even seen it applied to trigonometry (in Lambada. Look it up.) Sister Act 2 has studied the same movies. We even get the obligatory Dramatic Late Arrival Shot near the end. You know the shot. One of the talented kids has a mother who forbids her to perform. The kid goes on anyway. Just when she s in the spotlig