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MUSICALS: The Wedding Singer, Palace Theatre, from Friday 22nd

Kate Stirrup
20/ 2/2008

ONE of 1998’s most unlikely cinema hits was the Eighties-set romantic comedy The Wedding Singer.

Audiences fell for the sweet tale of waitress Julia (played by Drew Barrymore) and wedding crooner Robbie Hart (who knew Adam Sandler could be so appealing?)

The story centred on washed-up wannabe rock star Robbie, now making a living playing every wedding and bar mitzvah in town. That is, until he gets jilted at the altar. Robbie then makes every wedding as disastrous as his own. Enter Julia, a waitress who wins his heart – only trouble is, Julia’s about to be married!

The movie combined ironic gags about the decade that fashion forgot and loads of classic tunes from the time.

While not technically a musical as such (although Sandler spent a good part of the film singing – remember I Wanna Grow Old With You and Love Stinks?) a Broadway version of the movie opened in 2006 and now the show is touring the UK. Taking the title roles of Julia and Robbie are Natalie Casey and Jonathan Wilkes.

Natalie will be best known to TV viewers of Hollyoaks or Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps, but she is no stranger to the theatre, having just finished a run in the West End as Serena Katz in Fame. And Jonathan is one of the UK’s best-known musical theatre stars, having appeared in Grease, Tommy and The Rocky Horror Show. The Wedding Singer is running until March 1.


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