“As fine as this production is, it is all nearly stolen by Meg Bussert’s sensational performance as the Mother Abbess. One of the most gifted musical actresses of our time, this marks her return to the professional stage after seven years of teaching. Bussert imbues this often stuffy character with infinite humanity, and her “Climb Every Mountain” is so heart felt and musically dazzling that is literally gave me goose bumps – and don’t ask me how long its been since anything in a theatre did that! The nuns are all depicted with particular realism and sensitivity, and their choral singing is downright sumptuous. But it is Bussert whose powerful performance commands the audience attention and sets off the cheers.”