Chyrel Miller, director of Springfield Little Theatre s new production of Nunsense.
This is actually the fourth “Nunsense” at LT, Miller said. “We’ve done it twice before as ‘Nunsense,’ and then the third time it was done as one of the takeoffs of ‘Nunsense.’ But this one is going back to the original writing of ‘Nunsense,’ which actually was created in 1953!” (So says Dan Goggin, who created the “current” version of the show in 1985, which has logged more than 5000 performances worldwide.)
Referring to ‘Nunsense’ as a “cabaret show” should be a hint that it’s not your standard “book” or “storyline” musical. It’s the story of five nuns in Hoboken, New Jersey their order is called “The Little Sisters of Hoboken” who put on a variety show at Mount. St. Helens High School as a fundraiser. “to help them bury the last four dead sisters that are stuck in the freezer because Mother Superior spent the rest of their money on a 3D HD te
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The Little Sisters of Hoboken discover that their cook, Sister Julia, Child of God, has accidentally poisoned 52 of the sisters, and they are in dire need of funds for the burials. The sisters decide that the best way to raise the money is to put on a variety show. Here we meet Reverend Mother Regina, a former circus performer; Sister Mary Hubert, the Mistress of Novices; a streetwise nun from Brooklyn named Sister Robert Anne; Sister Mary Leo, a novice who is a wannabe ballerina; and the delightfully wacky Sister Mary Amnesia, the nun who lost her memory when a crucifix fell on her head. Featuring star turns, tap and ballet dancing, an audience quiz, and comic surprises, this show has become an international phenomenon. With more than 5000 productions worldwide, it has been translated into 21 languages.
On the Town: Warning – ‘Nunsense’ may be habit-forming By: Lillie-Beth Brinkman The Journal Record April 22, 2021
Lillie-Beth Brinkman
The “Nunsense” title alone lends itself to the description that Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma used to promote its latest production that opened Wednesday night at the Myriad Botanical Gardens in downtown Oklahoma City.
“‘Nunsense’ is habit-forming,” the news release stated, and the production lived up to that with lots of nun and light-hearted Catholic jokes, a zany storyline and, of course, in Lyric’s usual style, a very talented cast, all women.
Directed by Lyric’s Ashley Wells, the high-energy musical made good use of the round water stage in the Myriad Gardens Wednesday night, and being outdoors with the ducks and passersby again gave the production a wonderfully unique feel. I can’t urge people enough to support our outstanding cultural institutions like Lyric that continue to innovate and entertain in a m
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From wind gusts blowing around set pieces to ducks wandering onto the stage to the choreographer keeping actors out of the moat around the stage, Ashley Wells is embracing the shenanigans sometimes involved in creating outdoor theater. Yes, there s an actual moat, which is a good thing for our COVID world that we re in right now, because we don t have to worry about how close we are to the audience. . But it really does require us to think about the choreography and the blocking, said Wells, Lyric Theatre s associate artistic director. Luckily, this show is great in that we re breaking the fourth wall all the time anyway and speaking to the audience. So, if we need to talk to a duck to get it off the stage, it s totally fine. We can do that.