So this morning we trekked off to the Hale Center Theatre in beautiful July weather and grabbed some lunch at a nearby Greek place ("How do you know about that restaurant?" Kenny asked suspiciously when I cheerfully mentioned its deliciousness and proximity to the theater. "Oh, well, you know, I drove by it on my way to and from class..."). Then we jammed into the theater lobby shoulder to shoulder with other excited theater patrons to admire the gauzy pink tulle wrapped around the banisters and the gaudy, 80s-esque flower arrangements that totally brought me back to all the weddings I attended as a child. Kenny had especially picked out our seats to afford us a few more inches of leg room than the twelve inches of space we would otherwise be afforded, and they were perfect - except for the overpowering fog of old lady perfume hovering around us that Kenny whispered was "covering up the terrible stench of death." The prelude music was Journey, REO Speedwagon, and Chicago, and suddenly the lights went down and the revolving stage floor lit up and was filled with dancers and singers.
I enjoyed every minute of "The Wedding Singer," which proved to be as delightful, funny, and sweet in musical form as it was on the big screen. The characters were adorable and the costumes incredible and the music was so beautiful, touching, and totally 80s! Here are some photos from the show, courtesy of Hale Center Theatre's website:
Robbie Hart and his wedding band (check out the guy on the left with the "Flock of Seagulls" hair - he is totally channeling his inner John Bon Jovi!):
Julia Sullivan is so excited to get married that she'll just "wed vicariously" until her day comes:
On his first gig after getting stood up at his own wedding by his evil fiance Linda, Robbie and the "mutants at Table 9" rampage the McDonaugh wedding....resulting in Robbie being tossed into a dumpster by angry groomsmen:
George serenades a bar mitzvah:
Holly shows her shy cousin Julia how to party - Flashdance style!
Linda begs Robbie to take her back:
Glen Goulia, Julia's jerk of a fiance, tells Robbie that the only thing that matters is money:
Robbie and Julia say "I do":
3 comments:
FUUUN!!! I wish I could have gone, too. Man...I miss being able to catch a show. Oh, well. Tamsin and Camryn make up for it! They're entertaining enough as it is! And who knows? maybe one day I'll be attending one of their shows! Like...the seventh grade's production of "Annie"?
I'll never forget that experience - I was so jealous of the Twality girls and the fun they were having during practice. Why is it that the one musical that you and I were in was so chaotic as to be rather painful? Sigh!
I wished you could be there with us - it was such a fun musical, it recalled the movie in so many fun ways, and the music was great. I really enjoyed it - except for the stench around us!
Oh, and by the way, in the song "It's All About The Green," the dancers are sitting on 1980s computers. Look closely in the picture and you'll see those fossils of technology! Glenn Gulia also likes to call Julia "from the middle of the parking lot!" with his cell phone, whose battery is so big it has to be carried around in a leather case.
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