[NoHo Arts District, CA] – The Colony Theatre has announced a new production of the hit musical comedy, The Wedding Singer, running June 5-29.
The Wedding Singer premiered on Broadway in 2006 and was nominated for five Tony Awards, including Best Musical.
About The Wedding Singer
Based on the 1998 hit movie starring Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, and Christine Taylor, The Wedding Singer harks back to a time when hair was big, greed was good, collars were up, and a wedding singer just might be the coolest guy in the room. It’s 1985, New Jersey, and rock star wannabe Robbie Hart is New Jersey’s favorite wedding singer. He’s the life of the party until his own fiancée leaves him at the altar. Shot through the heart, Robbie makes every wedding as disastrous as his own. Enter Julia, a winsome waitress who wins his affection. As luck would have it, Julia is about to be married to a Wall Street shark, and, unless Robbie can pull off the performance of a decade, the girl of his dreams will be gone forever.
“I have been wanting to produce this show for a very long time,” said Colony Theatre Producing Artistic Director Heather Provost. “The music is fantastic — it’s one of my most favorite Broadway scores. We are thrilled to bring this show to our stage and to give our audiences a chance to laugh and have a truly special experience at our theatre. The team of creative all-stars being assembled is very exciting. This production will bring so much joy to everyone who sees it.”
The Cast
Along with the previously announced Blake Jenner (Glee, What/If) and Kay Cole (original Broadway cast of A Chorus Line), the cast will feature Hannah Sedlacek, Juliane Godfrey (original Broadway cast of SpongeBob SquarePants), Michael Austin Deni, Colin Huerta, Chris Bey, Natalie Holt MacDonald, and Whitney Kathleen Vigil. The company includes (in alphabetical order) Madison AiSanaye, Mike Baker, Lisa Dyson, Chris Ho, Liv Kaplan, Samantha Lawrence-Mata, Kailyn Leilani, Veronica Carolina Leite, Almand Martin Jr., Honza Pelichovský, Michael Wells, and Stephen Wilson.
The Team
This new production of The Wedding Singer will be directed by nine-time Artios Award-winner Michael Donovan, choreographed by Michelle Elkin (Broadway’s Wonderland–associate choreographer, Sutton Foster Live, Young Sheldon, Younger, Sister Act, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Ragtime), and musical director is Brent Crayon (The Little Mermaid, It’s Only Life–world premiere, A Night With Janis Joplin – Broadway HD).
Scenic design is by Mark Mendelson, lighting design is by Justin Huen, costume design is by Jenna Bergstraesser, sound design is by Robert Arturo Ramirez, properties design is by John McElveney, and wig design is by Leland Stephens. Assistant director is Coby Rogers, and Madison AiSanaye is assistant choreographer and dance captain. Production stage manager is Iliana Solorzano, assistant stage manager is Corey Near Ansari, and general manager is Matthew Herrmann. Casting is by Michael Donovan, CSA, and Richie Ferris, CSA.
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