The run closed December 31, 2006
- Opened
- February 16, 2006
- Closed
- December 31, 2006
- Performances
- 285
- Previews
- —
- Theatre
- Al Hirschfeld Theatre
Of the 395 productions we hold that opened in the 2000s and record a performance count, this is the 73rd longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.
Who was in it26 named
Felicia Finley
Adinah Alexander
Matt Allen
Tracee Beazer
Cara Cooper
Ashley Amber Haase
Nicolette Hart
Peter Kapetan
J Elaine Marcos
T Oliver Reid
Matthew Stocke
Eric Lajuan Summers
David Eggers
Nick Kenkel
Jon Paul Mateo
Dennis Stowe
10 of these 26 names have a person record behind them and link to one. The other 16 are set from the identifier in the cast list, which is a slug of the name — so hyphens and full stops are lost and a few come out wrong. We hold nothing else about them. Nobody here is matched to a character: the cast list records who was in the company and not what they played.
Characters9 roles recorded
Stephen Lynch Robbie Hart
Laura Benanti Julia Sullivan
Amy Spanger Holly
Matthew Saldivar Sammy
Felicia Finley Linda
Richard H. Blake Glen Guglia
Kevin Cahoon George Stitzer
Rita Gardner Rosie
Adinah Alexander Angie
Only 512 of 13,459 productions carry role names, and these came out of a wiki table — the names arrived with the table's own cell markup on them and have been stripped back. They are not linked to person records because the identifiers in that table do not resolve to ours.
Creative team
- Director
- John Rando, John
- Choreographer
- Rob Ashford
- Orchestrations
- Irwin Fisch
A producer is one string on this record, however many people or companies it names. Directors and choreographers are held both as text and as identifiers; where an identifier exists the name links to a page.
Tony Awards 0 from 0 nominations
| Best Musical | Nominated |
Around this production
The Wedding Singer is a musical with music by Matthew Sklar, lyrics by Chad Beguelin, and a book by Beguelin and Tim Herlihy. It is based on the 1998 film of the same name. The musical revolves around Robbie, who sings at weddings, his failed relationship with his former fiancée, and his romance with a new love, Julia. The musical premiered on Broadway in 2006 and had several US tours starting in 2007. It was nominated for the 2006 Tony Award for Best Musical. It subsequently has had many international productions.
Memorable Opening Night Note: Definitely J. Elaine Marcos’ pamphlet called “The I-Melta-Da Fat OFF Workout” by Imelda Marcos (her character in the show)! Hilarious! The Playbill Broadway Yearbook June 1 2005 May 31 2006 Viagas Robert Second Annu, p. 415
- Ashford, Rob Curtains Promises, Promises Thoroughly Modern Millie Wedding Singer, The Broadway Musicals Show By Show Seventh Edition Stanley Green Cary Ginell, p. 387
- It's Not Easy Being Green (Shows in which significant characters were, at some point, green): Wicked, Seascape, Avenue Q, Tarzan and The Pillowman. Also: The Wedding Singer had a song titled “All About the Green.” The Colors of My Life: The Color Purple, Woman in White. Also: Ring of Fire contained a song “The Man in B… The Playbill Broadway Yearbook June 1 2005 May 31 2006 Viagas Robert Second Annu, p. 13
- Memorable Gifts: Our opening night jacket. We always wear it and look like some sort of olympic team when we're together. The Playbill Broadway Yearbook Third Annual Edition Viagas Robert 3rd Annual Ed , p. 438
- Between 2001 and 2014 the majority of new musicals were based on successful movies; these include: ... The Wedding Singer, Tarzan, Grey Gardens, Mary Poppins, High Fidelity, Xanadu, Young Frankenstein, The Little Mermaid, Cry Baby, Billy Elliot: The Musical, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, Shrek, 9 to 5, Women on the… A History of the American Musical Theatre No Business Like Nathaniel Hurwitz Tay, p. 287
Passages naming this production, found by keyword across 178 books. Where it turns up in the literature, not curated notes about it.
What this page does not know
- No photograph of this staging. 48 of 13,459 productions hold one.
- No recording is held for The Wedding Singer at all.
- Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.