River City Community Players "Wedding Singer" review by goseetheatre

LOVE THIS SHOW!!!!!!

Rating: 5

The Wedding Singer

River City Community Players

I was blown away with this show! I don't go to see theatre that often and this was a very worthwhile experience. I am a huge fan of the movie of the Wedding Singer, and of the 80's and it just was super fun to watch. All of the dancing and singing was stellar and the acting was touching and great. The main character Robbie (Brian Shortess) did an amazing job of keeping me entertained and not comparing him to Adam Sandler. He sang beautifully, had great movement and was super fun to watch…his hair was silly but made him all the more adorable, just a super cute guy and it made you want to hug him when he feels sad! Julia(Vanessa Harker) was so beautiful in the role and sang so great…I really envied her, I was enthralled with every note and every move she made…she seemed so sweet and tender…when her fiancé is walking all over her you just want to slap the jerk yourself, she was my favorite in a show of wonderful performances. Holly and Sammy were great and had a wonderful chemistry on stage… they had two of the best numbers in the show… I found it odd that the stage show changed the Sammy character but it worked. The Boy George kid and the Grandma made fine showings as well…both were super funny and super cute at times. Robbie's Ex fiancé Linda was entertaining and I enjoyed her musical numbers…the effect of the smoke during her first one gave her a ghostly quality in her number and I really enjoyed that, great rocker voice. I felt the Glen Gulia guy was a jerk in just the right way…I always disliked that character from the movie so I was glad to see that it didn't suck that much in the stage show. He also sang really well and had kind of an interesting look, his one song though ended up being my favorite number… it reminded me of Wall Street, and in the 80's Greed was good! The ensemble was great and the set had a techno color feel that just screamed 80's. Great cameos at the and fun numbers from the first to the last make this a must see show for any fan of musicals, the movie or romance… Would make a great date… it did for me.

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