The show is full of singalong tracks including "Fabulous Baby!," "Take Me to Heaven," "Spread the Love Around," and "Sunday Morning Fever." What it didn’t get was a new recording. 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Original Cast Recording), Bring It On: The Musical - Original Broadway Cast Recording, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Miller is best known for originating the role of disco diva wannabe Deloris Van Cartier in the 2009 West End and 2011 Broadway productions of Sister Act. But cast recordings don’t come into being because we think we need them. Leave feedback. 20 tracks (72:48). Brad received a League of Washington Theatres’ Offstage Honors Award for contributions to the Washington DC theater community. It got a sprucing up of its script with a host of new jokes. Rookie Patina Miller carries the show with her expansive voice and charisma, while supporting members do a terrific job with the show's choral parts and supporting songs. The show tells its story with clarity and, while a few plot points are signaled so far ahead that you start to wonder when an expected event is really going to show up, the overall impact is to carry you through the evening quite smoothly. F10834_sb_requiredFields.push('F10834_sb_feedid'); F10834_sb_requiredFields.push('F10834_sb_publisherid'); • We need a recording of her rendition of the new number that is her second act applause gatherer, “Haven’t Got a Prayer.”. As a member of the American Theater Critics Association, he hosted their 2008 annual conference in Washington and currently serves on that association’s executive committee. She is also known for her role as Commander Paylor in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay films, and her series regular role as Daisy Grant on Madam Secretary. • We need a record of Marla Mindelle raising the roof at the top of “The Life I Never Led.” Her rendition on Broadway is so much more thrilling than the version of Katie Rowley Jones of the London cast. If you happen to be in the habit of using the shuffle setting when you listen to your collection of show music, you’ll find that each time one cut from this album comes on, you’ll jump up to adjust the volume and then have to put it back to the original setting when the next song appears. The recording we have, however, does make clear just how well Sister Act fits the description “A Musical Comedy.” Alan Menken’s music is thoroughly melodic using a variety of period-appropriate beats and sounds in the pastiche numbers that reflect the late 1970s blue-collar Philadelphia setting. There are elements of the London recording that would eclipse any new recording of the original Broadway cast. • We need a recording of the new “It’s Good to Be a Nun” which has taken the slot of “How I Got The Calling” – they are completely different songs. The producers of the stage musical adaptation of the 1992 comedy film Sister Act must have faced an important decision early on about how to handle the music. It got a different co-star for Patina Miller along with an entirely new cast, many playing roles with different names and different material. At the same time, though, the ballads like "The Life I Never Led" and "Sister Act" hold the critical appeal required of any good Broadway showstopper. With lyrics this good it is a pleasure to be able to follow them whether in the theatre or on the disc. The score and lyrics might not always be revolutionary, but the music is fun from beginning to end and the voices never fail to please, and ultimately, this is the goal of any musical that falls into the category of big-budget glitzy entertainment. GET TICKETS. Refunds will be initiated via your point of purchase. Miller is best known for originating the role of disco diva wannabe Deloris Van Cartier in the 2009 West End a…, Patina Renea Miller (born November 6, 1984) is an American actress and singer. It is that the level on the disc is significantly louder, requiring the adjustment of your controls to make it fit with other recordings. However, because Sister Act: The Musical also seems to be influenced by the likes of Legally Blonde, there are also plenty of wide-span blockbuster tracks featuring that new age big-budget musical sound. var F10834_sb_wait=setInterval(F10834_sb_wait_fn,100); Reprint Policy: Our articles may not be reprinted in full but only as excerpts and those portions may only be used if a credit and link is provided to our website. (We can do without a new recording of “Do The Sacred Mass” which was dropped from the Broadway version. 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Cast, Bring It On: The Musical - Original Broadway Cast, Javascript is required to view shouts on this page. Sister Act is a musical based on the hit 1992 film of the same name, with music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Glenn Slater, book by Bill and Cheri Steinkellner and additional book material by Douglas Carter Beane. About News Cast & Creative Tickets Shop. It got two new songs and dropped two others. Patina Renea Miller (born November 6, 1984) is an American actress and singer. Sister Act is a musical based on the hit 1992 film of the same name, with music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Glenn Slater, book by Bill and Cheri Steinkellner and additional book material by Douglas Carter Beane. Let us know what you think of the Last.fm website. Not since Billy Elliot has a musical opening on Broadway cried out for a new recording like this one does. (Message Board) ... West End; New York City. With writing by Glenn Slater and music by Alan Menken, it's no surprise that this musical has the precious, restrained vibe that Disney musicals manage to bring to the stage, with a charm that reminds many of classic musicals and performances. This is in no small part a credit to the contributions of both Victoria Clark and of Fred Applegate as the Monsignor who is taken by the sounds of the church’s choir under the influence of Patina Miller’s Delores Van Cartier – “That’s Cartier as in the jewelers!”. Let us know what you think of the Last.fm website. It wasn’t that good, anyway.). try{s('F10834_sb');}catch(e){}; try{ } catch(e){} The London cast on this recording does exhibit the same attention to enunciation as the Broadway cast during a performance in the Broadway Theatre, which is to say quite a bit. London's SISTER ACT: The Musical will release its original cast recording in the UK on July 27, according to Dress Circle. Ah, but that is just a reason for those who enjoy the recording to attempt to see the show in person. Since there is already an “Original London Cast Recording” available, there apparently won’t be an “Original Broadway Cast Recording.” What a shame! Stay tuned for updates on our new opening night. var F10834_sb_requiredFields=new Array();var F10834_sb_validateFields=new Array(); This could be a pain. Since there is a completely successful spreader of that good news out there, the logic that supports spending the money on a completely new recording apparently isn’t carrying the day with the powers that be. Sh…. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umeyXYToV7A, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkNqvlC2JuA, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJstIEx6EnU, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgwrQMrknQQ&fbclid=IwAR0VLNdQm9GXjK3wKWwLny320SfqqXToZHLnPKxLPvX4xMWE0cwwexUqoEA, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXKUgjYh7lo. It got a sprucing up of its script with a host of new jokes. var F10834_sb_fieldcol='#000000'; BROADWAY UPDATE: While a date to resume performances is yet to be determined, Mrs. Doubtfire The Musical has now suspended all performances through May 30, 2021, due to COVID-19. Subsequent productions have been seen on Broadway and in many countries around the world. Sister Act Cast Recording with Raven Symone?? SISTER ACT: The Musical To Release Cast Recording 7/27 by … On the other side of the coin, the Broadway song “It’s Good to Be a Nun” is musically less inventive and lyrically less playful than London’s “How I Got The Calling” which it replaces. Glenn Slater’s lyrics are witty, clever, consistent and eminently deliverable, meaning that they are crafted to let the singer deliver meaning along with melody. A new version of Last.fm is available, to keep everything running smoothly, please reload the site. fbz_FitForm('F10834_sb'); The past decade of musical theater has seen many new shows that fall under two categories: stage versions of contemporary family comedies such as The Wedding Singer and Legally Blonde, and stage versions of blockbuster Disney movie musicals such as Beauty and the Beast and The Little Mermaid. var F10834_sb_wait_img=fbz_formMetrics(10834,1); It got a different co-star for Patina Miller along with an entirely new cast, many playing roles with different names and different material. fbz$('F10834_sb_wait_img').innerHTML=F10834_sb_wait_img; • We need a recording of Tony-nominated Victoria Clark in the role of Mother Superior. She also starred as the Leading Player in the 2013 revival of Pippin for which she won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical. Sister Act Photo Galleries on Broadway.com, the most comprehensive source for Broadway Shows, Broadway Tickets and Broadway Information. In the theatre you find that there are, as one expects these days from a musical comedy, laugh lines that also either convey character information or carry the plot forward. When the highly entertaining musical comedy Sister Act, which has been a big hit in London, got a Broadway gig at the big (1,761-seat) Broadway Theatre it got a lot more. F10834_sb_requiredFields.push('F10834_sb_cids'); He is best known locally for his work as the editor and reviewer for Potomac Stages from 2001 to 2010. It got a new director. clearInterval(F10834_sb_wait); Sister Act is a musical based on the hit 1992 film of the same name, with music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Glenn Slater, book by Bill and Cheri Steink…, Sister Act is a musical based on the hit 1992 film of the same name, with music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Glenn Slater, book by Bill and Cheri Steinkellner and additional book material b…. It’s nice that the song is captured on the London recording as sung by Sheila Hancock, but we still need a recording of the version Clark sings in the show which is quite different from the version on disc. • What is more, we need a recording of her character’s first act big number, “Here Within These Walls” delivered in her voice. Patina Renea Miller (born November 6, 1984) is an American actress and singer. They come into being because the producers make a calculation of what is going to make a profit. He and his wife Teddie live on a houseboat in Sausalito CA. The recording is at a higher volume level than most other cast records. Go directly to shout page. Klara Zieglerova’s sets, Lez Brotherson’s costumes under Natasha Katz’s lights and Anthony Van Laast’s choreography are absent from the strictly aural recording. Cabaret; Off-Broadway; Off-Off-Broadway; Dance; Opera; Classical Music; United States. Among the publications that have featured his writing are The Hill Rag, the Connection Newspapers of Northern Virginia, Show Music Magazine and The Sondheim Review. F10834_sb_requiredFields.push('F10834_sb_email'); An album spreads the news that the show has pleasures worth the price of a ticket (and that’s another story). What this all means is that the musical's score, featuring the original London West End cast, brings together everything that fans love about new musicals in the new millennium. It’s not that the music in the theatre is louder, although at least the Broadway incarnation bows to no one in the level of amplification applied. Most notably, the work of Ako Mitchell in London as the sweat-challenged policeman who gets one big first act number in ‘I Could Be That Guy” is vocally much more satisfying than Chester Gregory who has the part on Broadway. Sister Act (1992) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. fbz_SmartForm('F10834_sb',feedblitz_full_form); Miller is best known for originating the role of disco diva wannabe Deloris Van Cartier in the 2009 West End and 2011 Broadway productions of Sister Act. Sister Act: The Musical, penned and performed at the end of the first decade of the new millennium, is the first time these two "genres" of new musicals have come together.