This Broadway musical, based on the equally entertaining 1992 flick starring Whoopi Goldberg, is worthy of praise. Between a desperate convent of nuns and Deloris, a sassy street “sister” whose gangster boyfriend is dead set on putting her in the grave, there’s plenty to be said about the power of divine intervention. When the two come together, it’s a blessing in disguise — or so you’ll think when you hear the gospel choir gone wild. (Anita Overcash)