Star-studded night at THE WEDDING SINGER! 4.1.06

Ohhh yay that's so great to hear! Did most people like it?

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What did they have for merchandise at the show. Did they Have posters for the show Yet.

I dont like the movie. Will I like the show?

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capnhook- I HATED the movie when I saw it. I loved the show, though!

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As I said first thing in my original post, I LOVED the show. I don't think anything should be cut. There wasn't a moment I was bored. I didn't feel it was too long at all. The rest of the audience loved it too. They started clapping and screaming the moment the lights went down! The audience was VERY into it. I think it has a good shot at Best Musical this year.

And no, they don't have posters yet. Just keychains, t-shirts, and hats.

you can download free "grow old with you" on myspace

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I was there last night. The show is horrendous. Just a big, unfixable mess. The 2 leads are completely miscast and are given no direction whatsoever as what to do with their characters. Most of the book is irrelevant to the story. The score is a joke. What a sad, sad big expensive disaster of a show. The only good part of the show was Amy Spanger, but her role could have easily been eliminated, along with most of her songs. There's too much extra crap in this show. Expect zero acting nominations, no directing nomination, no book or score nominations, and Tarzan would have to be pretty awful for this plotless Broadway transfer of "The Awesome 80s Prom" to get a nomination for Best Musical. What a painful night at the theater.

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Updated On: 4/2/06 at 07:46 AM

The others.

I loved the movie, will I like the show? lol- Sounds fun.

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I say believe the critics. Wait until the reviews come out, just wait. Brantley's going to have a field day with this one.

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Ditto to what Foster said. I'll try not to repeat him or Munk.

It's pointless nostalgia set to music (ripped off from Billy Joel, Van Halen, etc.). I've never seen the movie, nor do I intend to now. But throwing together Ronald Reagan's love of jellybeans, Imelda Marcos, Pong (which was already obsolete in 1985, BTW) and "Where's the beef?" into a paper-thin love story does not a show make. I found myself paying much more attention to the ensemble than the main characters.

Aside from the weakness of the main plot, it's full of secondary plots that go nowhere. Poor Felicia Finley. She deserves a lot better than being reduced to playing an impression of Tawney What's-her-face.

Will it last? Probably, and it might even score a few Tony noms from technical categories. There's no question that most of the audience last night loved it, judging from their reaction and the comments I overheard on the way out. But it was a lot like Spamalot -- people were laughing and cheering things that I had no idea why they would be funny, so I can only assume that they were laughs of recognition from the movie (which the girl behind me mentioned was her all-time favorite, so go figure).

Near the end, there's a Cyndi Lauper impersonator on stage (don't ask), dressed in the outrageous style Cyndi hasn't used in decades. I got a chuckle out of that just because I knew Cyndi was just a few blocks away looking nothing like that. She's left the 80s behind. So should we.

I also mostly agree with Foster, Munk and Calvin. This show is complete trash!!! I love the '80's but this was overkill! After a while I was groaning instead of laughing. Most of the audience seemed to be having a good time which I just didn't understand. I felt as if I was in some parellel universe or something. I always feel bad for the actors in these situations because it certainly is not their fault. They are doing their best with god awful material. How and why does this happen? How do shows like this make it to Broadway???

Updated On: 4/2/06 at 12:01 PM