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Nunset Boulevard

The Little Sisters go Hollywood! All the nuns you love have traveled west to make it big in show biz, but their concert "at the Hollywood Bowl" turns out to be a gig at the Hollywood Bowl-A-Rama.

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Description

  • Full Length Musical
  • Comedy
  • 120 minutes

  • Time Period: Present Day
  • Target Audience: Appropriate for all audiences
  • Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings
  • Orchestra Size: Small/Combo

  • Performance Group:
  • Dinner Theatre, Community Theatre, Professional Theatre, Shoestring Budget, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, College Theatre / Student, Church / Religious Groups
The Little Sisters of Hoboken have been invited to sing at the famed Hollywood Bowl. They're thrilled at the prospect -- until they arrive and realize they've actually been booked at the Hollywood Bowl-A-Rama, a bowling alley with a cabaret lounge. When they hear about an audition for the new movie Nunset Boulevard, the Sisters fantasize about Hollywood stardom and question their life's true calling. 
REVIEWS:

"Talk about a happy habit. The nuns have done it again. Sinfully funny laughs for the entire two hours."

NBC Television News

"Nunset Boulevard is heavenly! It's hugely popular, hilarious, wacky and unpredictable."

ABC Television News

"You don't have to be Catholic to enjoy Nunset Boulevard. The show keeps the audience engaged and roaring with laughter."

Pat Norby, The Catholic Spirit

"The perfect prescription for those looking for a few hours of quality escapism. The show features witty one-liners, uproarious physical comedy, and an affable cast of characters playing their parts to perfection."

Mollee Francisco, The Villager

"Funny women, cornball jokes, silly songs, absurd situational humor, a certain irreverence for reverence, and almost assuredly packed houses."

Minneapolis/St. Paul Magazine

"A wonderful evening of hilarious fun!"

Kay Johnson, The Leader


Premiere Production:

Nunset Boulevard is the seventh in Dan Goggin's series of Nunsense shows.

Characters

  • Casting: 5F, 1M or F
  • Casting Attributes: Strong Role for Leading Woman (Star Vehicle)
  • Chorus Size: No Chorus

  • REVEREND MOTHER, SISTER MARY REGINA - An Irish nun, rather hefty - a Sophie Tucker type. She was born into a circus family of tightrope walkers and was a tightrope walker herself. Her parents were known as Two Tons on the Tightrope. She entered the convent honoring a promise she made to the Lord when he saved her parents from drowning. (Vocally: A belter.)

  • SISTER MARY HUBERT - The Mistress of Novices. She was born in New Jersey and wanted to be a nun all her life. She is constantly getting Reverend Mother out of predicaments and fells she should really be Mother Superior. She is something like a Drill Instructor, claiming her methods are "gentle but firm" (Strong singer - does the big gospel finale)

  • SISTER ROBERT ANNE - A streetwise nun from Brooklyn, New York. She is tough as nails (but has a sentimental side). The students love her because she "speaks their language." She spent part of her childhood in reform school and later had to decide between the convent and show business. With this show she thinks she might just be able to have it all! (Vocally: Needs a wide range, strong belter with a good head voice for ballads.)

  • SISTER MARY AMNESIA - An endearing nun (a Goldie Hawn-Gracie Allen type) who can't remember who she is because a crucifix fell on her head. She is constantly causing problems through her naïve take on life. She has a puppet name Sister Mary Annette who is very risqué. (Vocally: Needs to be a legit soprano, but with a workable belt range.)

  • SISTER MARY LEO - A dancer and wants to dedicate her life to God as the first nun ballerina. Reverend Mother insists on the traditional habit and will not let her wear a tutu. This is a source of endless frustration for her. She is young and has a lot to learn. (Good singer leaning toward legit and less belting.)

  • URSULDEEN (or EARL DEAN) SNEDEKER - The pinsetter for the bowling alley. She (he) appears during the "Price is Righteous" game to help out. This character can be played by the assistant stage manager or a backstage deck person.

    • Available Material

    Name Price
    Perusal Material Shipped immediately. This is optional. Order Now

    1 x Piano-Conductor's Book
    1 x Prompt Book

    		$24.00
    Rehearsal Material Shipped a minimum of 3 months before the last performance. This must be hired as a condition of the License to produce this show.

    5 x Prompt Books for Dialogue Parts
    5 x Piano-Conductor's Scores as Vocal Material
    1 x Piano-Conductor's Score
    1 x Prompt Book
    1 x Original Cast CD

    		$250.00 +$75.00/pm
    Orchestral Material Shipped a minimum of 1 month before the last performance. This is optional.

    1 x Violin

    1 x Percussion: Timpani (two pedal drums), Xylophone, Bells, Trap Set: Snare Drum, Bass Drum, Tom-Tom, Floor Tom, Cymbals (Hi-Hat, Splash, Crash), Wood Block, Cowbell, Triangle

    1 x Synthesizer (Upper Keyboard: Color Registrations -- Lower Keyboard: Bass)

    1 x Piano-Celeste (Piano-Conductor's Score sent with rehearsal material)

    		$100.00 +$75.00/pm

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