An example of the incredible resilience in Australia's live entertainment industry, David Venn Enterprises is proud to announce new opening dates for the feel-good '80s spectacular, The Wedding Singer, at Sydney's State Theatre from 5 January, followed by an encore season at Arts Centre Melbourne's State Theatre from 27 January, with more cities to be announced.
Iâm embarrassed to admit I really enjoyed The Wedding Singer musical
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By Cameron Woodhead
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Athenaeum Theatre until June 5
It seems I have reached the point in my career where I must publicly confess to enjoying a musical based on
The Wedding Singer. I know. Itâs embarrassing â also a surprise, given I disliked the 1998 romcom starring Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore.
The late American film critic Roger Ebert was right when he lambasted the movie as a product of a dumbed-down Hollywood which forced audiences âto watch the goofy plots of the 1930s played sincerely, as if they were really deep.â And in that respect, musical theatre does