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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