Sister Act Cast Recording Due in July

By Andrew Gans
and Mark Shenton
July 10, 2009

The original London cast recording of Sister Act, the new musical comedy based on the hit film of the same name, is due in stores in the U.K. July 27, according to the Dress Circle website.

The single CD features Patina Miller in the lead role of Deloris Van Cartier with Sheila Hancock as Mother Superior, Ian Lavender as Monsignor Howard, Chris Jarman as Shank, Ako Mitchell as Eddie, Katie Rowley Jones as Sister Mary Robert, Claire Greenway as Sister Mary Patrick, Julia Sutton as Sister Mary Lazarus, Thomas Goodridge as TJ, Nicolas Colicos as Bones and Ivan De Freitas as Dinero.

Sister Act features a score by Academy Award winner Alan Menken and lyrics by Glenn Slater with a book by Cheri and Bill Steinkellner.

The complete track listing for the new recording follows:

Prologue
Take Me To Heaven
Fabulous, Baby!
Here Within These Walls
How I Got The Calling
When I Find My Baby
Do The Sacred Mass
I Could Be That Guy
Raise Your Voice
Take Me To Heaven (Reprise)
Sunday Morning Fever
Lady In The Long Black Dress
Bless Our Show
Here Within These Walls (Reprise)
The Life I Never Led
Fabulous, Baby! (Reprise)
Sister Act
The Life I Never Led (Reprise)
Sister Act (Reprise)
Spread The Love Around

Sister Act officially opened at the London Palladium June 2.

Dress Circle, the London showbiz shop, is currently accepting pre-orders for the new CD, which is priced £12.99. Visit www.dresscircle.co.uk for more information.