The Divine Sister - Softcover

Busch, Charles

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0573698864 ISBN 13: 9780573698866

Publisher: Samuel French, Inc., 2011

Synopsis

Comedy

Characters: 1 male, 5 female

Multiple Sets

The Divine Sister is an outrageous comic homage to nearly every Hollywood film involving nuns. Evoking such films as The Song of Bernadette, The Bells of St. Mary's, The Singing Nun and Agnes of God, The Divine Sister tells the story of St. Veronica's indomitable Mother Superior who is determined to build a new school for her Pittsburgh convent. Along the way, she has to deal with a young postulant who is experiencing "visions," sexual hysteria among her nuns, a sensitive schoolboy in need of mentoring, a mysterious nun visiting from the Mother House in Berlin, and a former suitor intent on luring her away from her vows.

This madcap trip through Hollywood religiosity evokes the wildly comic but affectionately observed theatrical style of the creator of Die, Mommie, Die! and Psycho Beach Party.

"Cue the "Hallelujah" chorus! Charles Busch has put on a nun's habit and is talking to God, from whom he has evidently received blessed counsel. The Divine Sister, his new comedy at the SoHo Playhouse, finds Mr. Busch at peak form. This gleefully twisted tale of the secret lives of nuns - in which the playwright doubles as leading lady - is Mr. Busch's freshest, funniest work in years, perhaps decades." --The New York Times

About this title

About the Author:

Charles Busch is the playwright of the award-winning Broadway play The Tale of the Allergist's Wife, and author/star of such plays as The Lady in Question, Red Scare on Sunset, and Vampire Lesbians of Sodom. He also starred in his film version of Psycho Beach Party, and in Die, Mommie, Die!, for which he won Best Performance.

Charles Busch is the playwright of the award-winning Broadway play The Tale of the Allergist's Wife, and author/star of such plays as The Lady in Question, Red Scare on Sunset, and Vampire Lesbians of Sodom. He also starred in his film version of Psycho Beach Party, and in Die, Mommie, Die!, for which he won Best Performance.

Bergl has appeared on various television programs including NYPD Blue and ER. She has been awarded the Best Broadway Debut FANY Peoples Choice Award.

Julie Halston is the coauthor, with Donna Daley, of the Heinemann title Monologues for Show Offs (2008). One of today's busiest actresses, she's well-known to theatre audiences, having appeared in numerous Broadway and Off-Broadway shows, including Hairspray, Gypsy, Twentieth Century, The Women, and The Vagina Monologues. A founding member of Charles Busch's now-legendary company Theatre-in-Limbo, she costarred with Mr. Busch in many of their productions, including Vampire Lesbians of Sodom, The Lady in Question, and Red Scare on Sunset. She wrote and starred in her own critically acclaimed show, Julie Halston's Lifetime of Comedy, which led to a CBS development deal. Julie has been the recipient of many award nominations, including the Drama Desk, The Outer Critic's Circle, and The Drama League. Television audiences have seen her as Tina Carmello on the CBS comedy The Class and Bitsy Von Muffling on Sex and the City. Like many a New York actor, she can be seen on a number of ep

About this edition

• Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0573698864
• ISBN 13: 9780573698866
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 78