'Sister Act' enters final weeks

January 18, 2018 at 6:10PM
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Regina Marie Williams, center, in "Sister Act" at Chanhassen Dinner Theatres.
Regina Marie Williams in “Sister Act” at Chanhassen Dinner Theatres. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

'Sister Act'

Director Michael Brindisi's heat-generating revival of this Alan Menken musical continues to raise a righteous ruckus at Chanhassen Dinner Theatres as the show enters its final weeks. Regina Marie Williams continues to sparkle as Deloris, the profane, street-savvy singer who seeks refuge in a nunnery after seeing her gangsta boyfriend off one of his own henchmen. Deloris teaches the nuns a thing or two, and also learns from them, all the while dancing to Tamara Kangas Erickson's lyrical choreography. The standouts in this tight, funny musical include Norah Long, who evokes a deadpan Julie Andrews as Mother Superior, Britta Ollmann as a questioning postulant, Seri Johnson as a rapping sister and Andre Shoals as Deloris' boyfriend. (8 p.m. Tue., Thu.-Fri.; 1 & 8 p.m. Wed., Sat., 6:30 p.m. Sun. through Feb. 24. Chanhassen Dinner Theatres, 501 W. 78th St., Chanhassen. $50-$74. 952-934-1525 or chanhassendt.com

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