Sister Act (musical) Sister Act (musical) Sister Act is a musical based on the hit 1992 film of the same name with music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Glenn Slater, book by Bill and Cheri Steinkellner, and additional book material by Douglas Carter Beane. After having a regional premiere in 2006 in Pasadena, California, the original West End production opened on June 2, 2009 at the London Palladium, starring Patina Miller and produced by Stage Entertainment and Whoopi Goldberg. Subsequent productions have been seen on Broadway and in many countries around the world. In Philadelphia, Mother Superior declares that the convent is in
The Devil in a Convent démons, le sabbat. 3. Le clergé, l'exorcisme"). In 2010, the Cinémathèque Basque received a donation of a box of 35mm films, recovered by a private individual in 1995 from a garbage bin in Bilbao. The box was found to contain 32 films, including hand-colored prints of "The Devil in a Convent" and another 1899 Méliès film, "The Mysterious Knight". Previously, these two films had only been available in black-and-white copies. The hand-colored print of "The Devil in a Convent" was judged to be in too advanced a state of decomposition to be restored completely; however, the third scene of the