Articles Tagged With: The Wedding Singer

Olivianna Angulo (left) as George with Austin Barnes (center) as Robbie Hart, and Johnny Drew (right) as Sammy in Artistic Synergy of Baltimore's The Wedding Signer

The Wedding Singer at Artistic Synergy of Baltimore

Reviews May 10, 2024 Erin Klarner

author: Erin Klarner

The Wedding Singer at Artistic Synergy of Baltimore, the company-in-residence at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Rosedale, is directed by Bryan Brown, assistant directed by Lou Otero, and music directed by Darwin Ray, with choreography by Suzy Zacker. This stage musical – book by Chad Beguelin and Tim Herlihy, music by Matthew Sklar, and lyrics also by Chad Beguilin – is based on a popular 1998 movie (of the same title) which this reviewer has never seen,

Seth Fallon (left) as George with Xander Conte (center) and Henry Cyr (right) in The Wedding Singer. ????Ana Johns

The Wedding Singer at Silhouette Stages

Reviews March 22, 2023 Amanda N. Gunther

I’m going to be honest. I’m not Adam Sandler’s biggest fan— or even really a fan, period— by any stretch of the imagination. I don’t like most of his movies, I think he thinks he’s funnier than he actually is, and on the whole, although we’re living in the golden “Oprah Era” of musicals (“…you get a musical, you get a musical, you get a musical, everybody gets a musical!”) and this particular one is not ‘new’ per se,

Something Old; Something New; Something Borrowed; Something Blue: An Interview with Jeremy Goldman about The Wedding Singer at Silhouette Stages

Interviews February 28, 2023 Amanda N. Gunther

Is it your wedding day? Do you hear music starting to play? Because love is going to find you! Love of musical theatre that is! It’s a retro-toss-back to the 80’s, baby! Silhouette Stages is putting on a big ol’ wedding— well— they’re putting on a big ol’ production of a wedding with the musical The Wedding Singer. Something old? That’s the 80’s. Something new? Jeremy Goldman…who is new to directing. Something borrowed?

It’s Not That Kind of Thing: A “Love”-ly Interview with ASGT’s Director Mark Briner and Co-Stars Jamie Austin Jacobs and Hayley Briner

Interviews May 31, 2016 Amanda N. Gunther

The year is 1985! The hair is big. The greed is good. The collars are up. And love is in the air. Actually, it’s 2016 and the hair is pretty flat, all things considered, greed is grody, and the collars are thankfully back down where they belong. Love is, however, STILL in the air and more potent than ever as Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre kicks off their 50th season with a production of the 80’s-themed The Wedding Singer.

Review: The Wedding Singer at Cockpit in Court

Reviews June 13, 2015 Amanda N. Gunther

What’s love got to do— got to do with it? Who needs a heart when you can have an entire cast full of fun at Cockpit in Court this summer season? Kicking off their musical series with The Wedding Singer, is a great way to put love in the air for the summer. Directed by Greg Dorsey, with Musical Direction by Nathan Christopher Scavilla, this 80’s based on the New Line Cinema film is sure to get you dancing to the well-loved riffs of the era all throughout the night.

WATCH Award Nominations

News January 18, 2015 Amanda N. Gunther

It’s that time of year, folks! The Washington Area Theatre Community Honors have come around again to honor all of the truly exceptional theatre being performed in community venues across the Washington DC and surrounding metropolitan area. The 2014 award nominations were presented live this evening at The Birchmere in Alexandria, VA.

There were 111 different productions– 34 musicals and 77 plays– adjudicated over in the 2014 theatrical season. 31 community theatre companies participated in WATCH adjudication in 2014.