The Wedding Singer

[MrJNLong]

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?

[ZONEACE]

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

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

[thespian geek]

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

[ZONEACE]

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.

[MrJNLong]

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

[ZONEACE]

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.

[thespian geek]

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.

[winston89]

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.

[xerotheory7803]

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.

[thespian geek]

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.

[darquegk]

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.

[thespian geek]

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

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

[froggy2]

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.

[dancingthrulife04]

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.

[thespian geek]

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

[me2]

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.
Broadway Mouth: Legally Blonde, Omigod, That Libretto!

[thespian geek]

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

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

[MrJNLong]

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...

[muse for hire]

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

[thespian geek]

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

I wish that I could belt that high, haha.

[me2]

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

Keep us posted, Thespian Geek, about how MTI responds. I'm curious.
Broadway Mouth: Legally Blonde: Omigod, That Music! (Part 1)

[thespian geek]

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

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

[me2]

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

I just want everyone to keep me posted.
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[BroadwayGuy12]

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.