Why did the wedding singer close?

[Fiyero13]

Posted: 4/10/08 at 5:29pm

it seems like such a great show

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 4/10/08 at 5:30pm

Silence. I kill you.


no, seriously.

[jondouglas]

Posted: 4/10/08 at 5:31pm

fiyero13.....you said it.........it SEEMED like a good show. So, did you not see it? It was trash.....really, really bad.

[blaxx]

Posted: 4/10/08 at 5:32pm

Because the fans never learned about capitalization.

[Fiyero13]

Posted: 4/10/08 at 5:40pm

i've seen a bootleg of it and i really enjoyed it, why did people not like this show?

[JRybka]

Posted: 4/10/08 at 5:43pm

I liked the music but then again, I am sucker for any musical and I usually already like it going in and then go from there....

[BustopherPhantom]

Posted: 4/10/08 at 5:47pm

There is a WEDDING SINGER Love Thread buried somewhere on Broadway World, sir. Go find it, and you'll find a lot more people like you.

The reason WEDDING closed is the reason all "season" shows close: because they aren't good enough to sustain public interest for anything longer than a season, barring divine intervention. Granted, WEDDING didn't even last a season, but still...

I like the music. The problem was that the show was an 80's show made for everyone who didn't go through the 80's. If you read the Wedding Singer Reviews thread, you'll find a few comments from people who lived through the 80's, and didn't want to go back. So once the nostalgia audience ran out...

[SporkGoddess]

Posted: 4/10/08 at 5:48pm

The score was annoying and the movie was better.

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 4/10/08 at 5:48pm

Well, I'm a fan of the show but I think that one of the reasons behind its failure was that instead of simply being a musical comedy simply set in the 80s with a few clever 80s pop references sprinkled throughout like they did in the movie(for example, MY favorite joke from the movie, which I knew from the minute I bought the cast recording was not gonna be in the show, is a joke where a guy says, "Hold on, I'm watchin' Dallas. I think JR might be dead or somethin'. They shot 'im."), they decided to hit the audience over the head with them. So every third line, you had jokes about Mr. Belvedere, the Orange Julius, cell phones, insider trading, and then came the final scene of Act 2 where they dragged out as many pop culture icon impersonators as possible.

[SporkGoddess]

Posted: 4/10/08 at 6:00pm

The characters were more exaggerated, too. For instance, Holly was dumber and trampier, Sammy was more boorish, etc. They were less believable than the movie characters, IMO.

[BustopherPhantom]

Posted: 4/10/08 at 6:07pm

Oh, and a lesson to all writers: you have NO EXCUSE for using the "misunderstanding" trick in writing.

WEDDING SINGER: When Julia comes back to Robbie's place and thinks he's back together with Holly because she's there...

[secondcity]

Posted: 4/10/08 at 6:20pm

One Word

RANDO

[Liverpool]

Posted: 4/10/08 at 6:21pm

Umm the fact that it was terrible probably had something to do with it.

[Actinggbugg474]

Posted: 4/10/08 at 6:24pm

BustopherPhantom, I think you mean Linda.

[BustopherPhantom]

Posted: 4/10/08 at 6:26pm

Sorry about that, Actinggbugg. It's those kinds of things you can't really be bothered with remembering. Because THE WEDDING SINGER sucks.

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 4/10/08 at 6:29pm

Well, excuse me for trying to shed some light and try and specify its flaws.

[broadwayboy522]

Posted: 4/10/08 at 6:31pm

Because it wasn't making money?

[SporkGoddess]

Posted: 4/10/08 at 6:32pm

BustopherPhantom: That's in the movie. It's not just that Linda was there, but she was also wearing nothing but Robbie's Van Halen t-shirt.

Updated On: 4/10/08 at 06:32 PM

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 4/10/08 at 6:49pm

It closed because the show was a disaster that got mediocre reviews and Tony nominations to fill the category.

It had so much potential...it just didn't know what it wanted to be.

[folkyboy]

Posted: 4/10/08 at 7:00pm

Lestat was robbed of that nomination spot!

[TooDarnHot]

Posted: 4/10/08 at 7:46pm

it was like a bad version of what "Hairspray" and "Mamma Mia" would produce, if they made love.

Enough said, loves.

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 4/10/08 at 7:48pm

You just joined and I already don't like you!

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 4/10/08 at 7:50pm

It wasn't completely terrible - it was a lot of fun. It just didn't sell well.

[rich.hanson59]

Posted: 4/10/08 at 7:57pm

I liked it. I thought the cast was great. The score was enjoyable and the book was funny. But don’t worry, I’m only a teenager so my opinion doesn’t count around here.

[i*heart*fame]

Posted: 4/10/08 at 8:39pm

BWW is accepting of MANY teenagers(myself included) as long as you are respectful of the basic rules of English and type out intelligent reasons to support your beliefs. It is statements like yours that annoys many members because those statements are unfairly judgemental of the users. Just be intelligent and/or support your arguments and avoid chat speak and you will be fine.