An hour into “Sister Act 2,” Whoopi Goldberg leads a choir of students who look like they’d rather be anywhere than onstage. A young Lauryn Hill and a dozen teenagers mumble along to what sounds like ...

OH HAPPY DAY! opens tonight at The Public Theater. The play is a theatrical reimagining of Noah’s Ark from Tony Award-nominated writer and director duo Jordan E. Cooper and Stevie Walker-Webb. Read ...

The Tony-nominated playwright Jordan E. Cooper has already upended Broadway. Will Baltimore be next? “Oh Happy Day!,” the 29-year-old playwright’s first show since his maiden effort tossed the ...

Sister Act 2 celebrated its 30th anniversary last year, and the bonds among its cast are stronger than ever. On the latest episode of The View, Whoopi Goldberg reunited with the original choir from ...

As a child Jordan E. Cooper was buying DVDs of ‘70s sitcoms and putting on his own plays at his church. No wonder his new show ‘Oh Happy Day!’ is a comical retelling of a biblical flood.

The last time that the composer Heather Christian’s “Oratorio for Living Things” appeared on a New York stage, it was spring of 2022, and the act of gathering still felt a little brave. We had waited ...

The Book of Genesis is deceptive. It has a rich cast of characters: Abraham and Sarah read like the Ralph and Alice Kramden of the Bible (yes, God would be the Art Carney); then there's the tension ...

Opening on Wednesday following its 2024 premiere at Baltimore Center Stage, Oh Happy Day! turns out to be, oh well, not such a happy event for theatergoers due to its overabundance of content and an ...

THAT’S A GREAT PLACE. THIS IS JUST A SNIPPET OF THE MUSIC YOU’LL HEAR AS THE PLAY. OH, HAPPY DAY HITS BALTIMORE CENTER STAGE RIGHT NOW. CREWS ARE SETTING THE STAGE AND COSTUMES ARE GETTING THEIR FINAL ...

Blessed Lord, who caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning: Grant us so to hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that we may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed ...

Jordan E. Cooper is not experiencing the usual sophomore slump — certainly not at the Public Theater, where his newest play had its world premiere Wednesday. “Ain’t No Mo’,” his first play at the ...

Whoopi Goldberg celebrated the 30th anniversary of “Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit” by reuniting the movie’s cast on “The View” — and not just her adult co-stars like Kathy Najimy. Goldberg gathered ...