SISTER ACT National Tour Opens 12/3 at The Orpheum
Direct from Broadway, SISTER ACT, the hilarious, five-time Tony-nominated musical smash, is coming to Memphis, TN. Called "In a word, DIVINE!" by the Associated Press, SISTER ACT opens at the Orpheum Theatre on December 3 for a limited engagement!
Produced by Whoopi Goldberg, Stage Entertainment, and Troika Entertainment, SISTER ACT received five 2011 Tony Award nominations: BEST MUSICAL, BEST ORIGINAL SCORE (Alan Menken (music)/Glenn Slater (lyrics), BEST BOOK OF A MUSICAL (Cheri & Bill Steinkellner and Douglas Carter Beane), BEST ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL (Patina Miller), and BEST FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL (Victoria Clark).
"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 were expecting - is a magical experience for a producer," says Producer Whoopi Goldberg. "Happily, audiences across the country will be able to get in on the fun when Deloris and her fabulous sisters start spreading the love nationwide."
SISTER ACT features an original score with music by multi-Academy, Grammy, and Golden Globe Award-winning composer Alan Menken (Little Shop of Horrors, Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, Enchanted), lyrics by Tony and Academy Award-nominee Glenn Slater (The Little Mermaid), and a book by multi-Emmy Award winners Cheri and Bill Steinkellner ("Cheers") with additional book material by Tony and Olivier Award nominee Douglas Carter Beane (Xanadu, The Little Dog Laughed). Directed on Broadway by four-time Tony Award winner Jerry Zaks (Guys and Dolls, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Smokey Joe's Café), 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.
Ticket are on sale now and available for purchase online at the official Orpheum Theatre website, www.orpheum-memphis.com, The Orpheum Box Office (901.525.3000), the ticket counter at The Booksellers at Laurelwood, and all Ticketmaster centers (901.743.ARTS).
For more information, please visit www.sisteractontour.com.
Photo by Joan Marcus
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