Monday, November 5, 2012

“NUNSET BOULEVARD” SAILS INTO THE PALACE TONIGHT!

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Since 1985, playwright Dan Goggin has made a career of showcasing the Catholic nuns of his school days in a variety of adventures, all in the name of good, clean fun.  He’s writing about nuns after all.  His latest installment is tonight, for one show only, when he puts his humorous spotlight on “Nunset Boulevard” and his beloved Little Sisters of Hoboken, with the incomparable Cindy Williams of “Laverne & Shirley” fame as Mother Superior.  Waterbury’s Palace Theater will be the place to be at 7:30 p.m. when all the nunsense and nonsense will begin.

The good sisters are thrilled that they have been invited to perform their singing and dancing routines at none other than the Hollywood Bowl in Hollywood, California.
Imagine their dismay, however, when they travel to the sunshine state and discover their
gig is really at the Hollywood Bowl-A-Rama.  These heavenly ladies of the cloth soon recover their equilibrium and decide to give the best performance of their show business careers.

Mother Superior who has a family history of tight rope walkers in the circus leads the charge and she is ably joined by Sister Mary Hubert, her second in command, who counts Elvis and a Little Rascal among her ancestors, Sister Robert Anne whose dad back in Brooklyn was a jazz musician, Sister Mary Leo who dreams of being discovered in a drug store and Sister Amnesia who yearns to be a country western star.

Strutting the runway as every drama queen from Ginger Rogers to Mae West, these gals are made for toe-tapping fun.  When they learn a big Hollywood movie producer is holding auditions,  right across the street,  for a new movie musical about the life of Dolores Hart, the famous movie star who became a nun, nothing can hold them back. They scurry to shine in the spotlight for their chance on the silver screen.  Yet when it looks like one of their order may actually have what it takes to be a star, confusion as to their real calling ensues.

For tickets ( $75 and $45), call the Palace Theater, 100 East Main Street, Waterbury at
 203-346-2000 or go online at www.palacetheaterct.org.  As part of a special fundraiser for the Abbey of Regina Laudis in Bethlehem, Connecticut, where Sister Dolores Hart currently resides, a portion of ticket proceeds from the Palace’s presentation of this show will benefit the Abbey’s New Horizons Fund. Before the show, Sister Dolores will meet and greet patrons in the orchestra lobby, and after the show, patrons who purchased a $75 ticket will be invited to attend a post-show reception meet-and-greet in the mezzanine lobby with star Cindy Williams, director Dan Goggin and other members of the cast.

At 5:30pm, Emily’s Catering Group will prepare a pre-show dinner in the Palace’s Poli Club, located on the Mezzanine level of the theater. The dinner is $40 per member and $50 per non-member, which includes tax, service fees, coffee, and tea. A cash bar is also available. Seating is limited, and reservations can be made when purchasing tickets through the Box Office.

During its original 1985 New York run, “Nunsense” became the second longest running musical in Off- Broadway history, eclipsed only by “The Fantasticks.” For more information, visit www.nunsense.com.

Come dancing along with this merry troupe of ladies as they discover their talents and happily share them like the angels that they are.

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