SUCH a fun show! I've seen it twice!
Rating: 5
The Wedding Singer
River City Community Players
Overall the River City Community Players' production of The Wedding Singer is both highly entertaining and eye-popping! The show has such a great energy that at times it is difficult to sit still in your chair, especially during the musical numbers! I love the whole look of the show, the sets, the costumes, and the dancing really make me feel like I am in the 80's. This show does have some adult themes and language, but less than the movie version. That being said, it is love story with a message that really speaks to me: Love yourself and others will love you too. Robbie, the show's main character learns that he doesn't need fame or fortune to deserve the love of his life, Julia, he just needs to be himself. The two leads have a good chemistry which grows stronger as the show progresses, and both are strong vocalists, dancers and actors. Robbie and Julia are complemented by a wonderful supporting cast of lively characters, like Holly, who does a great job of being both over -the-top sexy and feisty, but likable at the same time, Sammy is a comical charmer with a "flock of seagulls' hair", George is a firecracker on the stage, Rosie, a grandma who can bust a move like nobody's business, and Linda and Glenn, whom I can't decide if I love or hate! The brilliant cast is carried by a marvelous ensemble full of animated and funny cameos who really breathe life into the show! The show's musical numbers are at times a bit rough around the edges, but the vocalists make up for it with feeling and heart, and you can tell they have fun with the music. At certain points in the show you just want to jump on the stage and start dancing and singing with them! You'll laugh hard, maybe shed a tear or two, cheer like crazy when it's over, and want to see it again!
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