UMMTA is incredibly excited to present our first semester production for 2010, The Wedding Singer!
UMMTA presents The Wedding Singer
Performances 14th – 22nd May
Union Theatre, University of Melbourne
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If you’ve seen the movie, you’ll know the story of The Wedding Singer – it’s 1985, and Robbie Hart is a hugely popular wedding singer in New Jersey. He’s a hopeless romantic who could say all the right things to salvage any situation, but his luck changes at his own wedding to high school sweetheart Linda. Unfortunately Robbie is left standing alone at the altar – he sinks into a deep depression and ends his career as a wedding singer altogether.
Things are looking down for Robbie, until Julia Sullivan appears. She’s a new waitress at the banquet hall where Robbie plays his wedding gigs, and is engaged to Glenn, a fabulously wealthy junk bond dealer. Robbie and Julia quickly become friends, and while planning her wedding together, romance develops between the pair. What ensues is a comedy of errors – unless Robbie can pull off the performance of the decade, the girl of his dreams will be gone forever!
With a brand-new score that plays loving homage to the pop songs of the 1980’s, The Wedding Singer takes us 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. Slap on your spandex and enjoy the ride!
Presented by the University of Melbourne Music Theatre Association
Music by Matthew Sklar
Lyrics by Chad Beguelin
Book by Chad Beguelin and Tim Herlihy
14-15, 19-22 May 2010 at 7:30pm, Matinee Saturday 22 at 2pm
Union Theatre, ground floor, Union House
University of Melbourne VIC 3052
Tickets: Full $23, Concession $18
Phone bookings 0406 330 825
| Robbie Hart | Tyson Legg | |
| Julia Sullivan | Luisa Tascone | |
| Sammy | Giancarlo Salamanca | |
| George | David Miles | |
| Holly | Adriana Tascone | |
| Glen Guglia | Josh Burton | |
| Rosie | Kimberley Colman | |
| Linda | Cecilia de la Motte | |
| Ensemble | Grace Agnew Sarah Calsina Kate Cameron Rafaela Cleeve-Gerkens Alexandra Cole Hannah Denison Clinton Elliott Brianna Evans Richard Gwatkin Jonathan Law Jonathan Lean Sarah Murphy-Gamble Brittany Myers |
Felicity Oakes Bree O’Dwyer Jessica Prinzi Julian Raff Cameron Ryan Riyana Razalee Alice Russell Caitlyn Staples Allie Sutherland Lauri Uldrikis Jack Van Staveren Anthony Austen Wishart |
| Director | Brad Dylan |
| Assistant Director | Dylan Morgan |
| Musical Director | Lucy O’Brien |
| Choreographer | Grace Taylor |
| Set Designer | Chris Alleyn |
| Costume Designer | Hana Maeorg |
| Lighting Designer | Giancarlo Salamanca |
| Sound Designer | Dean Gourley |
| Production Manager | Alec Kensit |
| Technical Director | Gabriel Townsend |
| Stage Manager | Dylan Morgan |
| Assistant Stage Manager | Dave Kelly |
| UHT/Construction Consultant | Tristan Lawrence |
| Publicity Coordinator | Tegan Jones |
| Publicity Assistant | Flick Coleman |