The story of Sister Rosetta Tharpe — the singer and guitarist often called the godmother of rock-and roll — was untold for so long that any attempt to bring it to life had to be seismic. An early rumbling arrived in 2007 with the release of Gayle F. Wald’s biography “Shout, Sister, Shout!” Ten years later came the tremors of a new musical by playwright Cheryl L. West (“Jar the Floor”) at the Pasadena Playhouse, based on Wald’s book. In 2019, actress Carrie Compere was cast as Tharpe in a production of “Shout Sister Shout!” at the Seattle Repertory Theater. Today, Compere is reprising the role, through May 13, at Ford’s Theatre.