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constance jewell lopezMusical Theatre West’s Sister Act starring Constance Jewell Lopez runs April 8-24th

Sister Act!

By Ken Werther
Photo By Neil Reinhold

The Broadway musical Sister Act began its life in Southern California at The Pasadena Playhouse in 2006, breaking box office records to become the highest grossing show ever at the venue. After a production at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta in 2007 and a newly refined and revised version produced in London in 2009, Sister Act finally arrived on Broadway in 2011. The much lauded, much loved musical will be presented this month by Musical Theatre West in Long Beach for 13 performances only.

The show is based on the 1992 film starring Whoopi Goldberg which was one of the most financially successful movie comedies of the early 1990s. It’s a wacky story about Deloris Van Cartier, a Reno lounge singer who is put under protective custody in a convent (and must therefore pretend to be a nun) when a mob boss puts her on his hit list.

In the upcoming MTW production in Long Beach, Deloris will be played by Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award-winner Constance Jewell Lopez (who has wowed local audiences in Celebration Theatre’s production of The Color Purple and DOMA Theatre’s Dreamgirls). The director is Ovation Award-winner Michael Matthews … and here’s the thing — any show with Lopez and Matthews attached is guaranteed to be stupendous. That’s right, I said guaranteed!

To purchase tickets and more information on Musical Theatre West, click here.

NEWS RELEASE — CONSTANCE JEWELL LOPEZ WILL STAR IN “SISTER ACT” AT MUSICAL THEATRE WEST

CONSTANCE JEWELL LOPEZ
SET TO STAR IN SISTER ACT
AT MUSICAL THEATRE WEST
APRIL 8—24

constance jewell lopezCritically acclaimed actress and singer Constance Jewell Lopez has been set to star in the leading role of Deloris Van Cartier in the Musical Theatre West production of Sister Act, running April 8—24 at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center on the campus of CSU Long Beach. Opening is set for Saturday, April 9 at 8pm.

Constance Jewell Lopez was born in Memphis, Tennessee and raised in the San Francisco Bay area. She started out as a vocalist in cabarets and soon joined forces with rapper Lyrics Born and traveled with him nationally as a vocalist for 15 years. She also performed as a backup singer for Huey Lewis and the News. Her first show as a professional actress was in a production of Oklahoma! at Woodminster Amphitheater in Oakland, CA. Constance was then cast in American Girls Revue in Los Angeles and performed in the show for two years. Following that, she became a company member at the Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum in Topanga. Most recently, her performances as Sofia in The Color Purple at Celebration Theatre and as Effie in Dreamgirls with DOMA Theatre Company garnered both popular and critical acclaim. On television, she has appeared on Melissa & Joey, The Office, and in a national AT&T commercial.

Based on the 1992 film comedy of the same name, the Broadway production of Sister Act ran for 562 performances and was nominated for five Tony Awards. The Musical Theatre West production will be directed by two-time Ovation Award-winner Michael Matthews, with musical direction by David Lamoureux. Tickets for Sister Act may be purchased online at www.musical.org or by phone at (562) 856-1999, ext. 4.

For more on Constance Jewell Lopez, visit www.constancejewelllopez.com.

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03-08-16

Constance Jewell Lopez. Photo by Neil Reinhold.