The Wedding Singer

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The Wedding Singer

Posted: 6/3/09 at 11:58pm

So I have this strange memory of "The Wedding Singer" close to the end of its run on Broadway offering some sort of 'family-friendly' matinees with less sex and language.
Did I make this memory up?

#2

re: The Wedding Singer

Posted: 6/3/09 at 11:59pm

No, i think they did it the whole run, during matinees.

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#3

re: The Wedding Singer

Posted: 6/4/09 at 12:02am

That was definitely a whole-run thing and I'm pretty sure it was just weekday matinees. Maybe specifically just Wednesday mats.

PS - that was the most random thing ever to remember about the show, haha.

Updated On: 6/4/09 at 12:02 AM

#4

re: The Wedding Singer

Posted: 6/4/09 at 12:04am

meh, well there wasn't much positive about the show, so most people have put everything else out of their mind.

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#5

re: The Wedding Singer

Posted: 6/4/09 at 12:07am

OK, so does anyone know then if MTI licenses the family-friendly version as well as the normal version? Did anyone see the 'family-friendly' version? What sort of changes were made?

Updated On: 6/4/09 at 12:07 AM

#6

re: The Wedding Singer

Posted: 6/4/09 at 12:10am

I never saw the family friendly version, but from what I heard it was just changing the more "colorful" language to more appropriate words.

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#7

re: The Wedding Singer

Posted: 6/4/09 at 12:11am

I never saw the family-friendly version, but as far as I'm aware, it was just changing the swear words and possibly something else that I can't think of off the top of my head.

#8

re: The Wedding Singer

Posted: 6/4/09 at 1:30am

The first time I saw the show was a Wednesday 2 PM performance.

The only thing I remember being changed was the line in Somebody Kill Me. Where Robbie sings f'in as oppose to singing the word ****. That is all I really recall.

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#9

re: The Wedding Singer

Posted: 6/4/09 at 1:40am

There were a few other slight dialogue changes throughout the show. Nothing else was different though. Im pretty sure I remember during the best mans speech in the opening scene, he says "We ran out of blow at like 7 o'clock", while in the family friendly version he says "We ran out of booze at like 7 o'clock."

Can't seem to recall any others. The changes of "****in" to "f'n" and "blow" to "booze" may have actually been the only changes.

#10

re: The Wedding Singer

Posted: 6/4/09 at 2:13am

I'm pretty sure Julia's "you're an a**hole" line got changed to something else, too? I don't know. Eh.

#11

re: The Wedding Singer

Posted: 6/4/09 at 10:31am

I thought I saw a production where during "Somebody kill me," on the words bull**** and f******, the word was obscured by a sudden burst of static from his guitar amp. Or maybe that was the censored version of the movie. I don't remember.

#12

re: The Wedding Singer

Posted: 6/4/09 at 11:39am

That was definitely the movie, because he didn't have an amp on stage, lol.

#13

re: The Wedding Singer

Posted: 6/4/09 at 12:12pm

I think the 'you're an a**hole' did indeed get changed to 'you're a jerk' during those performances.

#14

re: The Wedding Singer

Posted: 6/4/09 at 12:15pm

I'm pretty sure Julia's "you're an a**hole" line got changed to something else, too? I don't know. Eh.



I think she said "you're a jerk" or something to that effect.

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#15

re: The Wedding Singer

Posted: 6/4/09 at 1:03pm

"I AM a jerk." "...I've... never heard of that. Is that a vodka drink?"

Thinking of that exchange just made me laugh and it's not even that funny. Oh, I am easily amused when I am tired.

And hi, froggy and dancingthrulife! Long time no see, especially on a TWS thread.

Updated On: 6/4/09 at 01:03 PM

#16

re: The Wedding Singer

Posted: 6/4/09 at 6:12pm

This show and LEGALLY BLONDE are two shows that would be perfect for high school students to perform EXCEPT they are not very appropriate, which is too bad.
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#17

re: The Wedding Singer

Posted: 6/4/09 at 6:14pm

I'm sure high schools could do it if they did the family friendly version.

#18

re: The Wedding Singer

Posted: 6/4/09 at 6:29pm

Funny you should mention that as I am a high school teacher and that's why I asked the question originally...I'm considering putting it on our season next year. I guess I'll have to write MTI and see how flexible the script is I do teach in a fairly conservative area after all...

#19

re: The Wedding Singer

Posted: 6/5/09 at 7:25pm

i wasn't sure which wedding thread to drop this on for you guys, but i know some of you love amy spanger, soo, ENJOY!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvWxnkX64zs&feature=related

#20

re: The Wedding Singer

Posted: 6/5/09 at 8:46pm

I wish that I could belt that high, haha.

#21

re: The Wedding Singer

Posted: 6/6/09 at 5:44pm

Keep us posted, Thespian Geek, about how MTI responds. I'm curious.
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#22

re: The Wedding Singer

Posted: 6/6/09 at 6:07pm

I think you intended that "keep us posted" for MrJNLong, not me! Haha.

#23

re: The Wedding Singer

Posted: 6/10/09 at 9:31pm

I just want everyone to keep me posted.
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#24

re: The Wedding Singer

Posted: 6/10/09 at 9:46pm

I actually saw a high school do The Wedding Singer a few months ago. I never saw the show on Broadway, but it sounds like they didn't change a lot of the language (Julia still said a**hole, many of the sex references were left in, etc. The only noticeable change was during "Somebody Kill Me"--Robbie still mouthed the words, but they beeped over them like they would on television). The school even kept in the flashdance ending of the Act I finale, where Holly has water poured over herself at the club. It's a very high energy show, which made it work pretty well in the high school setting.