Photo Coverage: SISTER ACT Opening Night Red Carpet

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by Walter McBride

SISTER ACT began preview performances March 24 and opened last night Wednesday, April 20, 2011 to a great set of reviews. BroadwayWorld.com was there to capture the star studded opening night red carpet arrivals!

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 and Enchanted, lyrics by Tony Award-nominee Glenn Slater The Little Mermaid, a book by multi-Emmy Award winners Cheri and Bill Steinkellner "Cheers", and additional book material by 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...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.

The Broadway company of SISTER ACT features Olivier Award-nominee Patina Miller as Deloris Van Cartier, Tony Award-winner Victoria Clark as Mother Superior, Fred Applegate as Monsignor,Sarah Bolt as Sister Mary Patrick, John Treacy Egan as Joey, Demond Green as TJ, Chester Gregory as Eddie, Kingsley Leggs as Curtis, Marla Mindelle as Sister Mary Robert, Audrie Neenanas Sister Mary Lazarus and Caesar Samayoa as Pablo.

The ensemble of SISTER ACT includes: Jennifer Allen, Natalie Bradshaw, Charl Brown, Christina DeCicco, Holly Davis, Madeleine Doherty, Alan H. Green, Blake Hammond, Wendy James, Carrie A. Johnson, Kevin Ligon, Louise Madison, Marissa Perry, Ernie Pruneda, Corbin Reid, Lance Roberts, Rashidra Scott, Jennifer Simard, Lael Van Keuren, Roberta Wall and Alena Watters.

When disco diva Deloris Van Cartier witnesses a murder, she is put in 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 and community, 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. Based on the mega-hit feature film, SISTER ACT features an original Alan Menken/Glenn Slater score with a vast inspiration of musical styles from Motown, soul and funk to great big disco anthems and Barry White inspired musical comedy.

Photos by Walter McBride / Retna Ltd.


Theatre Marquee for the Broadway Opening Night Performance of 'Sister Act' at the Broadway Theatre n New York City.


Theatre Marquee for the Broadway Opening Night Performance of 'Sister Act' at the Broadway Theatre n New York City.


Theatre Marquee for the Broadway Opening Night Performance of 'Sister Act' at the Broadway Theatre n New York City.


Theatre Marquee for the Broadway Opening Night Performance of 'Sister Act' at the Broadway Theatre n New York City.


Boutique at the Broadway Opening Night Performance of 'Sister Act' at the Broadway Theatre n New York City.


Boutique at the Broadway Opening Night Performance of 'Sister Act' at the Broadway Theatre n New York City.


Theatre Marquee for the Broadway Opening Night Performance of 'Sister Act' at the Broadway Theatre n New York City.


Douglas Carter Beane


Lewis Flinn & Douglas Carter Beane


Joy Behar


Joy Behar


J. Smith Cameron


J. Smith Cameron


Mario Cantone


Mario Cantone


Sheldon Epps


Barbara Walters & Elisabeth Hasselbeck


Elisabeth Hasselbeck


Elisabeth Hasselbeck & Barbara Walters


Whoopi Goldberg


Grace Hightower & Whoopi Goldberg


Joy Behar, Grace Hightower, Whoopi Goldberg & Mario Cantone


Glenn Slater, Joop Van Den Ende & wife, Whoopi Goldberg & Alan Menken


Joop Van Den Ende & wife & Whoopi Goldberg


Barbara Walters, Whoopi Goldberg & Elisabeth Hasselbeck


Hunter Ryan Herdlicka


Hunter Ryan Herdlicka


Grace Hightower


Grace Hightower


Patti Murin & Curtis Holbrook


Cady Huffman


Freddie Jackson


Irene Gandy & Freddie Jackson


Susan Haskell & Thorsten Kaye


Susan Haskell & Thorsten Kaye


Adam Lambert & date


Adam Lambert


Adam Lambert


Adam Lambert


Aaron Lazar


Aaron Lazar


Glenn Slater


Alan Menken


Glenn Slater & Alan Menken


Alan Menken & Family


S. Epatha Merkerson


S. Epatha Merkerson


Chazz Palminteri


Adam Riegler


Brooke Shields


Brooke Shields


Brooke Shields


Sly Stallone


Sly Stallone


Sly Stallone


Whoopi Goldberg, Sly Stallone, Barbara Walters, Elisabeth Hasselbeck & Douglas Carter Beane


Whoopi Goldberg & Sly Stallone


Elizabeth Stanley


Elizabeth Stanley


Bill Steinkellner & Cheri Steinkellner


Bill Steinkellner & Cheri Steinkellner


Jessica Sutta


Jessica Sutta


Jessica Sutta


Jason Tam


Jason Tam


La La Vazquez


La La Vazquez


Jerry Zaks & Douglas Carter Beane


Jerry Zaks


Jerry Zaks & Family


Jerry Zaks & Douglas Carter Beane


Theatre Marquee for the Broadway Opening Night Performance of 'Sister Act' at the Broadway Theatre n New York City.


Theatre Marquee for the Broadway Opening Night Performance of 'Sister Act' at the Broadway Theatre n New York City.