Musical 'Bernadette' makes a bold theatrical bet on Lourdes' famous saint

Producing a lavish musical like "Bernadette de Lourdes" would represent a massive risk no matter where it was being staged. It's far from a sure thing that audiences would embrace a religious-themed story packed with power ballads and rousing songs about a 19th-century teenage saint who claimed to see visions of Jesus' mother.

But "Bernadette" faces othe…