THE WEDDING SINGER CLOSING!!!!- Page 2

[bwayondabrain]

Posted: 11/19/06 at 7:53am

thank you, Juli!

:)

[Joelbeans]

Posted: 11/19/06 at 8:09am

I never got to see Wedding Singer, but I've listened to the recording and it sounds really fun....Key word fun there. It doesn't sound like one of those that would live on Broadway for 25+ years. But if you look at it, once this show becomes available it will be one of the most done shows community theatre-wise I bet. It won't be like these shows that are just about special evverts and flying people that most community theatres can't do. SO just wait this show will be opening somewhere close to you.

[HeartandMusic]

Posted: 11/19/06 at 9:43am

Well, on the bright side Stephen Lynch will hopefully go back to touring w/ his original material.

[billy elliot]

Posted: 11/19/06 at 9:55am

Sad to see it go before i got a chance to see it
Theatre Chat

[mijofly19]

Posted: 11/19/06 at 9:56am

"but its not like sweeney or maybe even the wedding singer where worse then the winners this year."

You can debate that Jersey Boys shouldn't have won the Tony. You could argue that Drowsy or The Color Purple should have. But no one would ever take the Tony Awards seriously if they gave The Wedding Singer the title of Best Musical. I doubt it even got one vote.

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 11/19/06 at 9:56am

It was the tony awards that messed up both this musical and Swenney revival

No offense to the Tony Awards but there have been many times when they chose awards in a way to economically help the community. So this year they gave best musical to something that was sold out and gave the best revival to a show that was already set to close.

THE WEDDING SINGER, for the 5 Tony nominations it received, can consider itself lucky that there were spots left that couldn't be filled and thus HAD TO be filled by this embarassment of a musical. THE WEDDING SINGER paled deeply in comparison to its competitors. The show got to perform at the Tonys, on live TV. The show would have closed by July had it not received its "leftover" nomination for Best Musical.

I really doubt Avenue Q would be as good as it is if it hadn't won the tony, simply because the award just made it a mroe mainstream show. i know this way of picking winners may not be fair, but its not like sweeney or maybe even the wedding singer where worse then the winners this year.

You really doubt AVENUE Q would be as good as it is if it hadn't won the Tony, because the award just made it a mainstream show? Okay, explain this argument. I saw AVENUE Q in previews and it was just as damn good as it was and still is after winning its much deserved Tony for Best Musical.

And pardon me, but AVENUE Q is mainstream? How about, AVENUE Q is good? You couldn't get any more mainstream than THE WEDDING SINGER. It was just a bad show, with humor appealing to people who didn't have the money to afford a ticket to a Broadway show.

Updated On: 11/19/06 at 09:56 AM

[mijofly19]

Posted: 11/19/06 at 9:59am

In fact, The Wedding Singer should thank the Tonys for nominating them and allowing them to perform on television. If it weren't for people seeing that performance it probably would have closed long before now.

[MistressoftheHouse]

Posted: 11/19/06 at 1:19pm

HeartandMusic, Lynch is going back to touring. He already has two concert dates set in Atlantic City for 1/12 and 1/13 along with a few west coast dates.

[SweetQintheLights]

Posted: 11/19/06 at 1:22pm

"I really doubt Avenue Q would be as good as it is if it hadn't won the tony, simply because the award just made it a mroe mainstream show."

Oh, hunny- don't even start.
A show is what it is whether it wins a Tony or not.

Look at Wicked, it didn't win the best musical Tony but it sure is doing well. An award does not necessarily make or break a show.

"And pardon me, but AVENUE Q is mainstream? How about, AVENUE Q is good? "

D@mn right, Foster!

*waits for the Wicked vrs Avenue Q Tony argument*

Updated On: 11/19/06 at 01:22 PM

[Character Actor]

Posted: 11/25/06 at 7:14am

I worked for the wedding singer all summer (coincidentally the same company markets and promotes wicked). And I'm not gonna lie I woke up every morning expecting to hear of the closing. Don't get me wrong. I LOVED it. But it's just one of those shows, ya know?

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 11/25/06 at 7:20am

Ok, moo_with_me_2, if you really want people to have no respect for you on this thread, put more exclamation points in the title. And make sure you add some major spoilers. Better yet, talk about how you yelled out stuff in the theatre.