Wedding Singer, A Review

Ever since seeing Avenue Q (my first show) on Broadway this past spring, I have been hooked on the Broadway experience.
Considering my thoughts while standing in line to see Avenue Q “I can’t believe I am going to see a play [like the ones in high school]. Not only that, but this one is $60 and has puppets!” now I can’t believe I was so short-sighted in my views of Broadway. Avenue Q was great and the score was instantly addictive with songs like [favorites listed]: What Do You Do with a B.A. in English?, It Sucks to Be Me, Everyone's a Little Bit Racist and The Internet Is for Porn.
Needless to say, I am hooked. When I was in New York for the first two weeks in October, shows would have to added to the list of things to do. I had lined up The Wedding Singer and Monty Python’s SPAMALOT for the two weeks that I was there. Unfortunately I had to bail on SPAMALOT till the next time I am in New York.
The desire to see The Wedding Singer over one of the other comedic Broadway Musicals was driven by my love for Stephen Lynch and his musical comedy. The Wedding Singer tells the story of Robbie Hart, a popular New Jersey wedding singer, who begins to ruin other people's wedding days after his fiancée leaves him at the altar. Things begin to look up after he meets Julia, a warm-hearted waitress -- who is also engaged to be married.

The Wedding Singer was a bit of a shallow show, and very predictable (especially if you saw the movie with Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore). The cast is good and the score is good but I was waiting for a breakout from one of the main characters the whole show – it never came. It is a fun “date show” that doesn’t require much thought or emotional investment. I don’t see it becoming one of those shows that is on Broadway for multiple years, like Les Miserables or RENT. If you are looking for a light-hearted comedy, see it only if you can’t get tickets to Avenue Q!