The Sister Act The Musical 2016 UK Tour is seen as a hard habit to break. See what we did there? Produced by Whoopi Goldberg, it featured original music composed by Tony Award Winner Alan Menken. He’s the same guy that won Academy Awards for music provided on Enchanted, Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin. It also served as an appropriate throwback to the disco days. So expect some soulful approach to the music.
Based on the hit Hollywood film, Sister Act, of which Goldberg herself starred in. Sister Act The Musical is about Deloris Van Cartier. A disco diva forced to go on the run and hide where people expect her the least. That would be the convent. Turns out that she came just in time for the nuns’ choir’s need for a revamp. Church Mass attendance is dwindling. So some upbeat music is essential to get people flocking back to mass. And musical theater enthusiasts for sure see themselves flocking together to the Sister Act The Musical 2016 UK Tour.
And why not? Music found in the upcoming Sister Act The Musical 2016 UK Tour would remind some middle aged folks of their disco days. Not the entire playlist but most of the music found here. And it cannot be helped. The main influence behind the revamp has that sassy influence infused into the rehearsals. Singing according to how your heart feels. That means not relying on the music sheet alone to singing songs praising God. To rephrase one of the nuns, why whisper when singing? Besides, most songs heard here demand to “Raise Your Voice”.
“Raise Your Voice” is one of the main songs performed in high spirits at Sister Act The Musical 2016 UK Tour. It is one sequence that helped even aspiring theater performers raise their voices. Singing not according to the rules imposed or written on music sheets. But singing to express yourself heard. Surely, the nuns in the story have prayer books from which they read their lines. But reading the lines alone won’t guarantee a series of performances that would attract the audience.
Intensity and passion are essential ingredients to produce powerful voices. Just like the only novice in the story. Finding her voice in a way that Deloris motivated her. She found her own powerful voice resonating through the walls of the church. The kind of power that was contagious. Soon the entire nuns’ choir are performing complete with glittery costumes and upbeat choreography. Such performances escalate the euphoria for Sister Act The Musical 2016 UK Tour.
Soon, the devoted faithful find themselves attending the Church Mass again. It’s more about the music. The kind of music that they thought found only on radio stations playing contemporary pop fare. And some soulful renditions too of songs previously stuck in constrictive rules in accordance to the prayer book. This was best expressed in “Sunday Morning Fever”. It is an obvious reference to Saturday Night Fever. And SNF has its owwn musical theater spin-off too. The Sister Act The Musical 2016 UK Tour served as proof. Hollywood films getting musical theater spin-offs are growing in numbers.
Sister Act The Musical 2016 UK Tour kicks off on August 2016. First stop would be Palace Theatre Manchester. Tickets are now available online. Click here to grab early bird deals. View if your home city is included. Or better yet, see it all start in Manchester. It would be a blast guaranteed. Spread the love around.
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