Direct from Broadway, “Sister Act,” the hilarious, five-time Tony-nominated musical smash, is coming to the Lied Center for Performing Arts Oct. 28-29 with 7:30 p.m. performances each day.
Produced by Whoopi Goldberg, Troika Entertainment and Sister Act On Tour, LLC, “Sister Act” received 2011 Tony Award nominations for Best Musical, Best Original Score (Alan Menken, music/Glenn Slater, lyrics), and Best Book of a Musical (Cheri and Bill Steinkellner, and Douglas Carter Beane).
Tickets, starting at $46 for adults, are available at http://www.liedcenter.org, at the Lied Center Box Office, 301 N. 12th St., or by phone at 402-472-4747. Tickets to most Lied Center shows are available to students for 50 percent off.
When disco diva Deloris Van Cartier witnesses a murder, she is put into 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.
“To hear people laugh and cheer the way they do at ‘Sister Act’ – a show people think they know but are pleasantly surprised to discover is not what they are expecting – is a magical experience for a producer,” Goldberg said. “Happily, audiences across the country are able to get in on the fun as Deloris and her fabulous sisters spread the love nationwide.”
“Sister Act” features an original score with music by Menken, a multi-Academy, Grammy and Golden Globe Award-winning composer (“Little Shop of Horrors,” “Beauty and the Beast,” “The Little Mermaid” and “Enchanted”); lyrics by Slater, a Tony and Academy Award-nominee (“The Little Mermaid”); and a book by multi-Emmy Award winners Cheri and Bill Steinkellner (“Cheers”), with additional book material by Beane, a Tony and Olivier Award nominee (“Xanadu,” “The Little Dog Laughed”). 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.
