The Wedding Singer (theatre review) @F_C_Productions

Last night, after a full day of marking, I thought I deserved a couple of hours of fun. I had already booked part of the evening to have dinner with Jason Sanders and then head over to witness opening night of The Wedding Singer (the most recent production of Fighting Chance Productions, and superbly directed by Ryan Mooney), so I put the pedal to the metal and spent the whole day marking, hoping I’d have a lot of fun at this wonderful movie-turned-theatrical-play. I was not disappointed, and that’s putting it lightly. Seriously, I’ve been witnessing some fantastic theatre performances.

The Wedding Singer was an absolute delight, even despite the possible jitters that any opening night can give to even the most seasoned actors. The initial song (“It’s Your Wedding Day” by Stephen Lynch) did require the actors to step their voices up (I don’t really like the sound-proofing of Jericho Arts, it doesn’t seem to lend itself to musicals). Minor challenges aside, I was completely delighted to see that there was not an empty seat on opening night of The Wedding Singer. The ensemble and cast delivered, and boy did they deliver!

We laughed, we shed tears, we sang along. It was probably one of the nicest musicals I’ve seen in a long time. I had already seen RENT by Fighting Chance Productions and it was nice to see their work again and meet some of the actors that I’ve met before. Every person has his/her own favorite songs of this fantastic musical, but if I had to pick the one that is absolutely worth the price of admission, it is “It’s All About The Green” by Richard H. Blake). The cast and ensemble perform acrobatic dance maneuvers, sing amazingly in sync and harmony and tell a beautiful story about how sometimes, and for some people, it IS all about the money! (we’ll discover in the end, that good triumphs over evil, but that’s to be expected of any Hollywood story-turned-theatre-show).

I know that there are people who wondered why Fighting Chance Productions ended up producing a theatrical play based on a popular movie. I am so glad they did, because I am certainly bringing along a bunch of my friends to a repeat performance of The Wedding Singer. Andrew Halliwell completely embodied Robbie Hart, and Lexy Campbell is great as Julia Sullivan. A fairly tale of love, peppered with some struggle and sadness, FCP’s production is a total delight. You should see it, because I fully recommend it. And for the record, I think so does Jason.

Disclosure: The tickets to attend the play were sponsored very generously by Fighting Chance Productions. Thanks to Ryan Mooney for always being so generous with tickets for me and for my readers. While I did not pay to attend the musical, I will very gladly pay to attend a repeat performance, as it is a great production. This post hasn’t been paid for either. In any review I write or publish on my site, I retain editorial control at all times, and producers and publicists are well aware of this. Should you have any questions/concern feel free to contact me via e-mail through my contact form.

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