Sister Act - UK Tour

Alexandra was ok. A few funny moments. But even with the songs lowered she couldn't belt some of the big notes. Obviously not her fault but it is frustrating. She may need more time with cast as it felt like lots of people doing their own thing on stage and not together. She's got a good voice though and was very good in "Sister Act". I find her a little raspy which doesn't help with diction

As I say, with IGTBAN and HIGTC, they could've just swapped the arrangements as the latter would've worked just as well without 'proper' singing.

The 'negro' line. It's a tricky one, as I said, it could've been better developed up to that point. The word itself just sounds completely awful in my ears. I guess they must've researched it so it's 'appropriate' for the time. In the London cast at certain points Deloris, Eddie, Curtis and Mother Superior were all black along with ensemble members. The same was true on Broadway and the UK Tour (minus Mother Superior (Whoopi)). Anyway, I don't really want to get too far into this discussion this late at night as my eyes are extremely tired after a 6 hour drive and I don't want to seem flippant or say the wrong thing.

Thanks for the feedback, appreciate it.
As it was only the second preview tonight, hopefully they can tighten things up! I gather Craig was in the audience taking notes again tonight so I'm sure he'll have pointers for the cast.

Now who is the one being racist...?

I agree. I can see why it might be a bit awkward, making jokes at the expense of the 'other' etc. It's not racist to point that out, however not sure if I agree with the original post in this context. 

I was in a production of Sister Act last year and cannot for the life of me remember a line about "gay boys", when does it happen in the show?

In the Fabulous Baby reprise/meltdown section, she speaks something along the lines of "Lights! Glamour! Gay Boys!". Changed from the original production (Lights! Glitter! Glamour!) and I'm also firmly in the camp of believing it to be totally unnecessary.

I did the show at drama school and it was and remains one of my favourite musicals. Completely adored it in London and the score is one of my all-time favourites. However, I've no idea why some of the changes got through! The above being one which really stuck out, replacing How I Got The Calling is another, cutting Do The Sacred Mass which I thought was a fab song and some other random script changes, most notably a weird self-referencing line where Deloris claims that to hide from Curtis and go undercover, she's going to have to go "incognegro". Just don't understand why they tinkered with a show that was pretty great!

I much preferred How I Got The Calling as a song. I did understand they didn't want the nuns to be "singing well" at that stage of the show, but I think audiences are sophisticated enough to understand they're not performing, they're just singing the story. It didn't confuse me when I saw it in London.
I forgot they'd cut Sacred Mass. That scene just seemed really short and again lacking cohesion in this production. "Incognegro" was another line I personally didn't like.
I absolutely loved this show in London.

Weren't most of these changes done before the Curve production though? 

I'm not sure. I was mainly referring to how Curve always changes the sets for shows and usually it just doesn't look as good (ie Hairspray, Legally Blonde etc)

If it's their own production, then why can't they change the set and put their own stamp on the production?

It seems that not everyone likes the changes which were introduced with the Broadway production.

I have to admit that I do really like 'Do the Sacred Mass' and am sorry that it was cut from the show. 

Although Alexandra's voice has a different tone to Patina and Cynthia's, hoping she can do it justice in her own way! I disagree with some others who said she didn't fill Beverley's shoes in the Bodyguard. I much prefer the tone of Alexandra's voice, Bev is amazing but can sound a little shrill at times in her upper register (my other half insists she sounds like a strangled cat and refused to see her in the Dominion, though that is a little harsh!). I also thought AB was a much better actress.

Still, each to their own!