Wedding Singer - Closing or not? — Page 2

It's not going to break any records for longest running show by any means, but it's certainly not doing badly enough to close.

It'll finish out the year at least (barring some huge box office drop).

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"DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNRELS - a show that has (or had) more star power, better reviews, and a Tony award - has still not yet made back it's money."

Then how in the world is Broadway a profitable business??! I mean, it seems like the only way to make a profit is to have a show so small and cheap (like Ave. Q) that you don't have that much to make before you've recouped, or have a smash hit like Wicked that will pack houses long enough to profit. I just don't get how musicals keep getting cranked out when even hit shows like Millie and Scoundrels don't make any money!

I guess it's like Mel Brooks says..."NEVER put your own money in a show!"

Personally, my initial interest in the show was sparked from Stephen and Stephen alone. I've been a huge fan of his for going on seven years now, and when I heard he was going to be Robbie last year, I thought "Now THAT is perfect casting. I have to go see him in that."

I just have to say, it is SO cool how many people knew of stephen way before wedding singer even came up! hehe, seriously, I mean obviously I knew he was like big in the comedy world, but not many people I ever talked to knew of him,so I was starting to think maybe he was still relatively unknown! haha. But its very nice to see that he's not, because um... his comedy is friggin BRILLIANT :P like, seriously, BRILLIANT.

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I don't think it will be at all like Wicked. They need to put in a star or they are going to get bad business. It just seems that when the tourists leave the city come September, the show may face a closing notice. They did not win a single tony after all. The Color Purple is doing well even when it won the Best Actress Tony.

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omg, that would be amazing1 the thanksgiving day parade! i hadnt even thought about that. maybe that could give me a chance to see the cast again! ha ha. yea, i think all the show needs is more publicity and word of mouth and it'll be a hit. it really is a great show!

It's not gonna close in the next two weeks or so, is it, because I have tickets and can't wait. Or am I just being totally paranoid?

You're paranoid.

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A lot of people who've been in college over the last decade or so know who Stephen is from his comedy CDs and his tours where he primarily worked college campuses. Those people are now turning into Broadway audience members. I know when my wife and I went to NYC, we knew we wanted to see The Wedding Singer simply for the fact that Stephen Lynch was in it. I think his popularity is crucial for "some" of the success.

I really couldn't imagine the show without Stephen Lynch, but if I had to think of someone who'd be a great Robbie... I'd pick Norbert. Obviously it's never gonna happen, but still - Norbert clearly has the right amount of insanity to pull off that role. It'd be fun to see.

I'd also never heard of Stephen Lynch before TWS, but that's just because I never had cable until about 2 weeks ago. His comedy gets tons of views at YouTube, though.

It bothers me that this will last longer than complicated shows like WIW, that audiences just couldn't handle.

Unfortunately, that seems to be what audiences favor, though. They want to be entertained. Period. Nothing more, nothing less. LOL Well.. most audiences, anyway.