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SISTER ACT

May 28 - June 2, 2013

At the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts

Ta' Rae Campbell (center) as Deloris in the national tour of SISTER ACT which runs May 28th through June 2nd, 2013 at the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts.  For more information visit www.broadwayacrossamerica.com

Description

Sister Act is Broadway's feel-amazing musical comedy smash! The New York Post calls it "ridiculously fun,” and audiences are jumping to their feet in total agreement! Featuring original music by 8-time Oscar® winner Alan Menken (Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, Little Shop of Horrors), Sister Act tells the story of Deloris Van Cartier, a wannabe diva whose life takes a surprising turn when she witnesses a crime and the cops hide her in the last place anyone would think to look—a convent! Under the suspicious watch of Mother Superior, Deloris helps her fellow sisters find their voices as she unexpectedly rediscovers her own. A sparkling tribute to the universal power of friendship, Sister Act is reason to rejoice!

The Cast in the national tour of SISTER ACT which runs May 28th through June 2nd, 2013 at the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts.  Photo courtesy of www.Broadway.com.   For more information visit www.broadwayacrossamerica.com

Playing At SAROFIM HALL - THE HOBBY CENTER

800 Bagby Street
Houston, Texas 77002

Schedule

The Cast in the national tour of SISTER ACT which runs May 28th through June 2nd, 2013 at the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts.  Photo courtesy of www.Broadway.com.   For more information visit www.broadwayacrossamerica.com

Creative Team

The Cast in the national tour of SISTER ACT which runs May 28th through June 2nd, 2013 at the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts.  Photo courtesy of www.Broadway.com.   For more information visit www.broadwayacrossamerica.com

My Space: Sister Act’s Vibrant Nun Florrie Bagel Makes a Fragrant, Zen-like Backstage Convent

Features By Jesse North May 24, 2013 - 12:17PM

 
Florrie Bagel who stars as Sister Mary Patrick in the national tour of SISTER ACT lists in numerical order her backstage must-haves.  SISTER ACT runs from May 28th through June 2nd, 2013 at the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts.  Photo courtesy of www.Broadway.com.   For more information visit www.broadwayacrossamerica.com

As Sister Mary Patrick in Sister Act, Florrie Bagel’s character would probably have strict guidelines in decorating her personal space at the convent. But in her dressing room on the show's national tour, the actress makes herself at home with citrusy fragrances, a yoga mat and hilarious castmates. Check out Bagel’s tour of her backstage must-haves!

1.  “I like to surround myself with uplifting quotes, usually on cards, colorful books or little scribblings. It's nice to have inspiring words around me.”

2.  “This LUSH fragrance is lemongrass, patchouli and sweet orange, and it makes me so happy to put a little dab on. The solid perfume stick is really subtle, which is good because I don't want to flaunt my fragrance in the convent.”

3.      “I got this amazing Aladdin tea infuser tumbler, and I take it everywhere now. Backstage, I make sure to take a big ol' sip in between ‘Raise Your Voice’ and ‘Take Me to Heaven.’”

4.      “I love yoga, so my Jade yoga mat is essential. Yoga centers me and connects me to my breath. It also helps to combat the stiff shoulders and 'nun-neck' from wearing the habits and veils.”

5.  “Lael Van Keuren and Diane Findlay, who play Sisters Mary Robert and Mary Lazarus, respectively, are most certainly dressing room 'must haves.' They are lovely, kind-hearted, funny ladies who are always full of support, sweetness and a good laugh. I sure am lucky to share a dressing room with these two. There’s never a dull moment.”

See Florrie Bagel in Sister Act at Sarofim Hall at the Hobby Center from May 28 through June 2, 2013.

The Cast in the national tour of SISTER ACT which runs May 28th through June 2nd, 2013 at the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts.  Photo courtesy of www.Broadway.com.   For more information visit www.broadwayacrossamerica.com

Douglas Carter Beane Explains How Underage Drinking and Club Hopping Helped Him Create Sister Act

Features By Douglas Carter Beane May 17, 2013 - 3:05PM

Douglas Carter Beane.  SISTER ACT runs from May 28th through June 2nd, 2013 at the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts.  Photo courtesy of www.Broadway.com.   For more information visit www.broadwayacrossamerica.com

About the Author:
As the musical adaptation of Sister Act was preparing to hop the pond from the West End to Broadway, producers enlisted a veteran playwright to give the show a Broadway makeover: Douglas Carter Beane. The famously funny writer earned his third Tony Award nomination for his Sister Act efforts, having gotten nods for his two previous Rialto outings, the satirical play The Little Dog Laughed and tongue-in-cheek book for the musical Xanadu. Here, Beane reflects on the challenges of revamping a show’s existing script and shares his wisdom on what really makes “a Broadway show.”

There is such a thing as “a Broadway show,” and Sister Act needed to be a Broadway show. There’s a muscularity to it, there’s a pace to it, the characters are a certain way, and I just knew a New York audience would really go for and understand this piece. But it wasn’t there yet. As fate would have it, I happen to have grown up in Philadelphia in the '70s, when the drinking age was like a suggestion: You had to be 18 years old or very tall to get a cocktail. It was a different time! So even though I was incredibly underage, I was 6’4” and could get into clubs and I saw those amazing people that Deloris Van Cartier so badly wants to be.

From the beginning, the work was a constant spiral of drafts. As I was re-writing the first scenes I was writing the next scene so my typist, Paul Downs Colaizzo, became my assistant writer and by the end was like an associate writer. And he was a Catholic, which helped. I would sit there and go, “What’s a novena? What are the stations of the cross?” and he would shout it out. The biggest challenge was structuring a compelling story around the existing song order. Glenn [Slater] and Alan [Menken] were very committed to the song structure as it existed in the London version, and I totally understood why, so it was about writing around it while getting in the mojo and the fun and the characters. The first thing I wanted to do was think of the nuns like the townspeople in The Music Man. I wanted there to be lots of little stories going on with them, like about the nun who is maybe a little bit out of it, so I got to throw a few more characters into the mix.

After I did my first full draft, [Director] Jerry [Zaks], who was also joining the show for Broadway, and I watched the movie together again and then we polished it from there. He has an incredible mind for theater and musical theater. He just sort of knows and cuts and trims, and at the most incredible pace. I mean, I thought I was pretty abrupt but he cut my abruptness in half! “Benevolentdictator” are two words that are not misused in this case, and he would use those two words to describe himself.

Even though I was joining a project that had an existing bookwriting team, I wasn’t really nervous because I knew that I was going to be allowed to do what I needed to do. As Charles (not George) Busch says, "I’m just gonna do my trip.” The first third of the process was spent convincing people that Jerry and I perhaps had a new take on the show, and the last two-thirds of it was spent with everyone throwing their hands up and running towards us with open arms. That was really a special time.

See Sister Act when it plays Houston's Sarofim Hall at the Hobby Center from May 28 through June 2, 2013.

Ta' Rae Campbell as Deloris in the national tour of SISTER ACT which runs May 28th through June 2nd, 2013 at the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts.  Photo courtesy of www.Broadway.com.   For more information visit www.broadwayacrossamerica.com