The Wedding Singer is ready for an opening at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre, 302 West 45th Street, New York. The previews of the show will start on March 30, 2006, and the show begins on April 27, 2006. All eyes are on the tickets for the show. The Wedding Singer is based upon the 1998 comedy movie by the same name. A New Line Cinema film, it starred Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore.
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This brand new musical comedy is about Robert Hart, New Jersey's top wedding singer, who has to wait a long time for his own wedding day. He lives with his grandmother in a basement and grabs the eyes at the wedding parties. Its all fine until his fiancee ditches him in the altar. He loses his dreams of becoming a singer/songwriter and starts on a mission to wreck vengeance on every marriage. He is the nemesis that every wedding planner fears but the fire burns only until he meets a warm-hearted waitress Julia. She could be the happy climax to the story but Julia is about to get married. She is engaged to a wealthy Wall Street broker. There begins the race for Robbie. He has to do all it takes to win the love of his life.
The book of the musical is written by Tim Herlihy and Chad Beguelin. The music thats soaked in romance is by Matthew Sklar. The lyrics is by Chad Beguelin. The director is John Rando, and the choreographer Rob Ashford. Stephen Lynch stars as Robbie Hart. He was previously known
for his stand up comedy on Comedy Central. This is his broadway debut. Laura Benati stars as Julia. She is known for having replaced Rebecca Luker in The Sound of Music. She jhas also earned Toni nominations for her role in Swing. Also starring are Richard H. Blake as Glen Gulia, Kevin Cahoon as George, Felicia Finley as Linda and Matthew Saldivar as Sammy.
The show will premier at the 5th Avenue Theater in Seattle, where it is scheduled to run from January 31 through February 19. The show promises to be a huge draw and tickets are already getting hard sold. So get your tickets from an online ticket vendor if you don't want to miss the show.