Nunsense (1985)

Five Little Sisters of Hoboken stage a benefit after a culinary disaster kills most of their convent and leaves several burials unfunded. That urgent fundraising problem supplies the musical comedy's basic plot and gives the nuns a reason to perform for an audience.

The central cast is five Little Sisters of Hoboken, each helping present the benefit show. The number matters because the comedy comes from five distinct nuns sharing jobs, stage time, and control of the event.

Dan Goggin wrote the book, music, and lyrics for Nunsense. The 1985 musical comedy is therefore a Goggin-authored stage work rather than an adaptation of a film.

It is a musical comedy built around a performance the nuns put on themselves, so the audience sees both the fundraiser and the personalities running it. Its 1985 premise turns a convent crisis into direct, comic stage business instead of a solemn religious drama.