Walking papers from the act movie#
Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn ends its season with the Broadway hit musical Sister Act, based on the movie of the same name.
While this version of the show is a sparkly sequined treat for the eyes, other aspects of the show are lacking. The result is a nice if mediocre event, but one that Paper Mill’s usual audiences will probably find a rousing entertainment. Would-be lounge singer Deloris Van Cartier (Nicole Vanessa Ortiz) sees her manager/boyfriend, Curtis Jackson (Akron Watson), kill a police informant. A childhood friend, police lieutenant “Sweaty Eddie” Souther (Jarran Muse), hides Deloris in the one place Curtis would be unlikely to look: a convent run by a disapproving Mother Superior (Jennifer Allen). Deloris, now “Sister Mary Clarence,” takes over the direction of the convent’s choir, bringing a much-needed infusion of cash but also media exposure leading her and the nuns into danger. Led by Ortiz, Muse, and Allen, the cast provided several fine and sometimes funny performances and displayed outstanding vocal abilities. Broad comic relief came from Kara Mikula as Sister Mary Patrick Belinda Allyn as postulant Sister Mary Robert and Paper Mill favorite John Treacy Egan as Monsignor O’Brien, who all fall under the spell of show business. Horman, and Anthony Alfaro provide laughs as Curtis’ three bumbling hitmen. Findlay’s Sister Mary Lazarus, an older nun, and Alaina Mills’ Sister Mary Martin-of-Tours, a vision-receiving nun, also provide some comic moments.
While the cast tries its best, they are up against the less-than-hilarious book by Cheri and Bill Steinkellner (with additional material by Douglas Carter Beane) and the often predictable lyrics of Glenn Slater.
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