The Wedding Singer
The Gorleston Theatre company proudly present their production of the popular musical ‘The Wedding Singer’.
Robbie Hart is New Jersey’s favorite wedding singer until his fiancee leaves him at the altar. Heartbroken, he is forced to reexamine the meaning of love and marriage with the help of Julia, a waitress from one of his wedding-singing venues.
See the full synopsis and character list below.
Performances are as follows:
Wednesday 24 October 2012 7:30pm
Thursday 25 October 2012 7:30pm
Friday 26 October 2012 7:30pm
Saturday 27 October 2012 7:30pm
Tickets are priced at:
Adults £12
Concession £10
To book online pleasefollow this link to the Pavilion website
Open night
Wednesday 16th May 8pm @ Bradwell Community Centre.
Read through of some of the script
Listen to some of the music
Discuss auditions and give out audition pieces.
Auditions
Sunday 27th May 10-1 @ Bradwell Community Centre
Show: 24th – 27th October @ the Pavilion Theatre, Gorleston
For more info: call Anna Stagg 07733 374 927 or email a.stagg@live.co.uk
I’d really like it people could let me know if they are intending to attend auditions so email or phone call would be great!
Synopsis
It’s 1985 and rock-star wannabe Robbie Hart, who still lives in his grandmother’s basement, is New Jersey’s favourite wedding singer. He’s the life of the party until his fiancée, Linda, leaves him at the altar. Shot through the heart, Robbie makes every wedding as disastrous as his own. When he meets Julia, an admiring young waitress, Robbie falls madly in love. Only trouble is 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. With a score that pays loving homage to the pop songs of the 1980s, The Wedding Singer takes us back to a time when hair was big, greed was good, collars were up, and a wedding singer might just be the coolest guy in the room.
More detailed synopsis
Act 1
Robbie Hart, a wedding singer, lives with his Grandma Rosie. He and his band play a great wedding gig and during his usual “warm-up-the-crowd routine,” Robbie announces that he will be married to his fiancée Linda the next day. After the gig that night, Robbie tries to write a love song to Linda, with help from his waitress friend, Julia Sullivan, whom he had just met during the previous wedding. The following day, however, Linda dumps Robbie at the altar, with only a note; meanwhile, an anxious Julia goes out to dinner with her boyfriend, Glen Guglia, hoping he will pop the question, which he does.
Robbie falls into a deep depression but is urged by his band mates Sammy and George and even his grandmother to get back on his feet. However, the angry Robbie does nothing but enrage the guests at the next wedding gig and he is soon thrown into the dumpster by the bridal party. With some convincing from his friend Julia, Robbie changes his singing gigs strictly to bar mitzvahs plus Julia convinces Robbie to help her register for her wedding, as her fiancée Glen is, as usual, busy.
While at the mall, Robbie and Julia meet up with Julia’s cousin and best friend Holly, who convinces the “faux duo” that Julia needs to practice her wedding kiss. Robbie and Julia awkwardly–and lovingly– kiss, only to be interrupted by the reality that Julia is marrying Glen. After seeing the kiss, Holly decides that she should go out with Robbie. Julia, still shocked by the kiss, hastily agrees with Holly. Much later that night, Robbie, Holly, Julia, Glen, Sammy, and George go to a club in New York City. Here Robbie finally realizes that Glen is a cheater and that he, Robbie, loves Julia. Holly realizes this too and tells Robbie that Julia is marrying Glen because of his money and security. Upon hearing this, Robbie exclaims, “Maybe I could change!”
Act 2
The next morning, Robbie visits Glen at his office to get a job and learn how to be like him in order to secretly impress Julia. Later, Julia and Holly recall the events of the night before and Julia begins to question if rich men are truly better people. Sammy arrives and tries to woo Holly, but is given the cold shoulder, but Holly can’t help but feel that despite his flaws, there is no other man who could replace Sammy. Later in the evening, a Robbie finds Julia at his doorstep and tries to woo her. When that doesn’t work, he accuses her of marrying Glen for his material possessions. Julia is stung and walks away from Robbie, throwing a present in his face: personalized blank sheet music. After all, Julia truly cares about Robbie and wants him to sing at weddings again, especially her wedding.
Robbie realizes what he’s done and drinks his sorrows away at a local bar. Sammy and George go to the bar and try to convince Robbie that staying “Single” is the right thing to do. Inadvertently, Sammy and George end up persuading Robbie into going to Julia’s house to tell her how he really feels. Robbie looks into Julia’s window and sees her trying on her wedding dress and smiling at her reflection. He thinks it’s because she’s marrying Glen, but Julia is smiling only because she’s imagining being Mrs. Robbie Hart. Robbie goes home drunk and dazed only to find Linda in his bed, wanting him back.
The next day Julia goes to Robbie’s house to tell him how she really feels, only to find Linda instead. This scares Julia into eloping with Glen to Las Vegas. Meanwhile, Robbie wakes up and promptly kicks Linda out. At his Grandma Rosie’s 50th anniversary party, Robbie finds out from Holly what happened to Julia.
With urging from his grandmother and Sammy, Robbie goes to the airport and gets on the next plane to Vegas. With the help of a group of Vegas impersonators (Billy Idol, Ronald Reagan, Tina Turner, Mr. T and many others), Robbie crashes Julia’s and Glen’s wedding at the Little White House Chapel and sings his new song to Julia. Robbie proposes to Julia and she says yes.
The musical largely follows the same storyline as the 1998 film of the same title which starred Adam Sandler opposite Drew Barrymore.
Famous song that people who watched the film will remember “Somebody Kill Me” sung by Robbie.
Cast details
Cast size: Medium (11-20)
Cast Type: Ensemble Cast – Many featured roles, Star Vehicle – Male, Strong/Large Chorus
Dance requirement: Standard (Musical Staging/Some Dance/Optional)
Character Breakdown
Angie Julia’s mother who cannot wait for her daughter to marry a rich man.
50-60 yrs old
George the wedding band’s keyboardist. A sensitive bachelor. The foil to George’s guy’s guy attitude.
25-35 yrs old
Glen Guglia Julia’s fiancé. Wall Street broker. Rich. Womanizer.
30-45 yrs old
Holly Julia’s cousin. Sexually promiscuous but wants to be loved.
25-35 yrs old
Julia Sullivan Waitress. Girl next door. Engaged to Glen but falls in love with Robbie.
25-35 yrs old
Linda Robbie’s fiancé who leaves him at the altar
20-30 yrs old
Robbie Hart the lead singer of a band. Bit of a dreamer. In love with love. A truly “nice” guy.
25-35 yrs old
Rosie Robbie’s grandmother. Motherly. Tries to remain “hip” despite her age.
50-80 yrs old
Sammy the bass player in the wedding band. A guy’s guy. Pretends to love being a bachelor but is actually in love with Holly.
25-35 yrs old
Ensemble
Wedding Guests, Couples, Stockbrokers, etc.
Various Ages