Sister Act

   Sister Act is a musical written by Cherie Steinkellner and Bill Steinkellner. It is based on the hit 1992 film comedy of the same name. It was an amazing musical that had me crying from laughter from start to finish. This musical starts with learning the story of Deloris who is a lounge singer in Reno whose singing career isn't going too well. She witnesses a murder that her married lover commits, and runs away to the police for fear of her life. A detective decides to hide her as a nun in a convent (her name is now Sister Mary Clarence). In the meantime, her ex-boyfriend is searching for her.The convent (St. Catherine's), which is located in a run-down neigborhood in San Francisco, has a very small congregation and a not-so-good choir (made up of a group of nuns). Sister Mary Clarence eventually uses her musical talent to teach the nuns how to sing in harmony, and they sound wonderful, and the cheography that Sister Mary Clarence has them doing makes them gain popularity in their community. Masses are now completely full of young and old, and the Pope even hears of the excellent choir and plans to visit the church.They are seen on television and this is how her ex-boyfriend finds where she is hiding. Deloris is soon asked to leave the convent by Mother Superior asked Deloris to leave because she will bring harm to the sisters and this is when the nuns had mlearned the truth about Deloris. Deloris soon came back to the church to help the nuns have an amazing performance for the pope. The sisters accept her back because she is one of them. Immediatley after the ex-boyfriend and his crew break in the church disguised as nuns trying to kill Deloris. The nuns help protect Deloris, and risk their own lives for her. The boyfriend was soon shot by the police officer who Deloris was starting to fall for.
   This musical is probably one of my favorite because of the many jokes and whittiness. I would see this show over and over again. This show just had everyone having a blast of a night and enjoying amazing powerful soul music and jokes of all kinds. Mary Robert is the young nun who doesnt know what she wants to do with her life and she had a wonderful voice that the audience just adored. Mary Patrick is the hilarious nun who brought humor to the show every time she spoke. Once she was introduced to the audeience she just kept making everyone laugh.
   The set in this musical can show you that less is more. There wasnt much to the set but you understood the setting. They reused parts of the set but they were different locations and it was done very well. For example, the back of the night club was also used as the bar across the street from the convent. The lighting design was also miraculous. Not only did they have regular lighting such as spot lights but parts of the set light up, such as when they were in the convent during Mass, when they had all the repairs for the church  fixed.
   One character that stood out to me the most was Curtis Jackson's nephew TJ. He over exagerated everything he did, which is what you are suppose to do in musicals. He was probably one of my favorite characters in this show. He too got many laugh and he was just so enjoying to watch.
   This was a funny show that I enjoyed very much and recomend to see!

La Boheme

   La Boheme is a terrific opera that the famous musical ‘Rent’ is based off of. It begins in an attic apartment in Paris; a group of young artists of diverse types, are living together in poverty. Their neighbor, Mimi a seamstress, presents herself by seeking light for her candle, while Rodolfo was left alone. They fall in love at first. At the Café; Rodolfo introduces Mimi to his friends, while the elderly singer Musetta abandons her elderly rich lover Alcindoro in order to meet up with Marcello. Alcindoro has been left with the bill to pay for them all. Mimi has lived with Rodolfo after time has passed, but they quarrel because of his apparent jealousy. We learn in a later scene, in the cold weather, that he has planned to leave her. Musseta a contrast in character to Mimi, later goes to the apartment of the four young men, along with her she brings the dying Mimi. They attempt to comfort her but in vain, as she dies before their eyes of the consumption that has racked her.

   This overall opera was stunning. It had the most beautiful scenery for their set, they voices on these actor were just outrageous, and the most unbelievable part that made my jaw drop was when they has snow falling on stage. I was in a state of shock when the curtain had open from intermission and there is a stage with snow falling from the sky. This part of the show has landscaped beauty. Furthermore; I ,during the entire show, was comparing and contrasting La Boheme to Rent. In my personal belief I liked La Boheme better. I might have not understood what they were stating the whole time but I knew the story and it was just miraculous. Although there were some parts that were abstruse to me, but I am young and as I grow older I believe my appreciation for the opera will grow with my age.