Sister Act was no great shakes as a movie, but the musical stage version has a delightful air to it. Alan Menken's music and Glenn Slatter's lyrics resurrect 70's disco soul to perfection.
Ronald Harwood's two plays closely examine whether it's ever right for great artists to go on producing great art under oppressive regimes. There are no easy answers.
As with all of Wallace Shawn's plays. this one is both exhilarating and exasperating. It walks a non-naturalistic tightrope between dream and nightmare. And don't even ask about the thing with cats.