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It’s
time to ‘Party ‘80s Style’ as Broadway’s
‘The Wedding Singer’ ties the knot in St.
Louis, March 11-23 at The Fabulous Fox
Theater
Fox Associates is pleased to announce that the Tony©nominated
Broadway musical comedy THE WEDDING SINGER
will play March 11-23 for two weeks only at
the Fox Theatre as part of the U.S. Bank
Broadway Series.
THE WEDDING SINGER, called “One Big Party! A good-natured, high-energy
musical” by Newsday, is based upon
the 1998 hit film that starred Adam Sandler
and Drew Barrymore that grossed over $120
million worldwide.
It’s the ‘80s - junk bonds, MTV, “Dynasty,” Duran Duran, leg warmers.
Robbie Hart lives in his grandmother’s
basement in New Jersey and sings in a
wedding band.
His dreams of being a singer/songwriter are long gone, replaced now by a
burning desire to find the right girl and
settle down.
When his fiancé leaves him standing at the altar, he becomes a wedding
planner’s worst nightmare, taking out his
bitterness on stage until his eye and heart
turn to a new friend, Julia, but she’s
engaged to a wealthy Wall Street broker.
“Awesome! Audiences haven’t had this much fun since Mamma Mia!”says
Jess Cagle, WCBS TV/People Magazine.
And much of that fun comes from the tuneful and funny original score by
two of Broadway’s freshest young
award-winning talents, composer Matthew
Sklar and lyricist Chad Beguelin.
Plus, THE WEDDING SINGER has a hilarious and romantic book by Chad
Beguelin and Tim Herlihy, the screenwriter
of the hit movie and former “Saturday Night
Live” head writer.
THE WEDDING SINGER with original Broadway
direction by Tony©Award-winner John Rando, recreated by Paul Stancato; original
Broadway choreography by Tony©Award-winner
Rob Ashford, recreated by Chris Bailey and
Tony©Award-winning set designer Scott Pask.
THE WEDDING SINGER was nominated for Five Tony©Awards
including Best Musical, nominated for eight
Drama Desk Awards including Outstanding
Musical, nominated for three Drama League
Awards including Distinguished Production of
a Musical, and nominated for four
Broadway.com Audience Awards including
Favorite New Broadway Musical.
Tim Herlihy wrote the screenplay for the film THE WEDDING SINGER and also
made a cameo appearance in the film as a
bartender.
A former head writer for “Saturday Night Live,” he also penned the
screenplays for “Mr. Deeds,” “Little Nicky,”
“Big Daddy,” “The Waterboy,” “Happy Gilmore”
and “Billy Madison.”
He was executive producer for the Jack Nicholson/Adam Sandler film,
“Anger Management” and served in the same
capacity for the hit comedy, “The Longest
Yard.”
Chad Beguelin is a recipient of The Edward Kleban Award for Outstanding
Lyric Writing, the Jonathan Larson
Performing Arts Foundation Award, and was
selected as one of Variety’s “50 Creatives
to Watch.”
Beguelin wrote the book and lyrics for The Rhythm Club (Helen
Hayes Nomination), Wicked City, and
wrote the book for Disney’s stage version of
Aladdin.
Matthew Sklar’s original works include The Rhythm Club, Wicked
City and several projects for Disney,
which are currently running in destinations
worldwide.
He was worked extensively as a pianist and conductor for many Broadway
musicals including Nine, Les
Miserables, Titanic, Caroline
or Change, Miss Saigon and 42nd
Street.
Director John Rando is the Tony©Award-winning
director of Urinetown. Last year, he
directed The Downtown Plays, the
centerpiece of the inaugural Tribeca Theater
Festival. Other Broadway credits include
Neil Simon’s The Dinner Party and Tom
Selleck in A Thousand Clowns.
Choreographer Rob Ashford is the Tony©Award-winning
choreographer of Thoroughly Modern Millie.
He has staged the dances for dozens of New
York and London productions including the
recent Kander and Ebb musical, Curtains
and the West End revival of Guys and
Dolls starring Ewan McGregor. Set
designer Scott Pask won the Tony©Award
for his design of The Pillowman.
Other Broadway credits include The Coast of Utopia, Martin Short: Fame
Becomes Me, The Vertical Hour, Take Me Out,
Urinetown, La Cage aux Folles, Sweet
Charity, Little Shop of Horrors, Nine
and Amour.
With all that talent, no wonder The Wall Street Journal’s theatre
critic Terry Teachout called THE WEDDING
SINGER “A huge hit! An ingenious and amusing
musical with a blue-chip pedigree.
Crammed full of ‘80s pop-culture references, most of which are very
funny. The show delivers what it promises,
and if you long to laugh yourself silly,
it’ll do the trick.”
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