Ford’s Theatre Mounts a Predictable But Praiseworthy Sister Act

Ford’s Theatre Mounts a Predictable But Praiseworthy Sister Act

In a world where The Sound of Music and Nunsense already exist, what use could there be for another musical about a cloister? And, since we’re asking questions, why are so many modern stage musicals adaptations of movies? Both are valid questions. But Sister Act, a musical based on the smash hit movie from 1992 and now playing at Ford’s Theatre, suggests there’s still plenty of humor to be wrung from nuns acting goofy and plenty of new life to b…