![]() ![]() Rachel Canelli gives a lovely performance as Julia (oh no…don’t let her last name be Gulia!). Steve Carrasco (Robbie) and Laura Watson (Holly) in Playcrafters of Skippack’s THE WEDDING SINGER, running in Skippack, PA through July 28. ![]() All 5-member boy bands need to take note of “Single” for some good ideas. All three actors look like they’re having a ball, knowing that they look ridiculous (I think we all did in the 80s), but letting the audience in on the fun. Anders, with his Flock of Seagulls hair, and Scantling (in hot-pink, heeled boots, no less), play their roles to the hilt. I’m not sure how many other actors could have played Robbie as well as Carrasco. His wedding speech to a couple right after he gets dumped is hysterical. “Somebody Kill Me” showcases his talents, where he keeps changing the song from pathetic to angry. His voice reverberated in the barn like so many 80s voices did. Steve Carrasco (Robbie), Brent Anders (Sammy), and Will Scantling (George) could not have been funnier as “the wedding band.” Carrasco was completely believable as an 80s wedding singer trying to make something of himself. The audience loved it and was laughing uproariously. THE WEDDING SINGER is just pure and simple fun. Will Scantling (George), Steve Carrasco (Robbie), and Brent Anders (Sammy) star in Playcrafters of Skippack’s summer hit, THE WEDDING SINGER. So if you’re expecting some intricate, thought-out plot, well…you should still go! Boy gets dumped at the altar, girl gets engaged to a man she doesn’t love, a series of misunderstandings ensue, and then boy and girl live happily ever after (Believe me, you could have figured out the ending from the first scene, so I’m giving nothing away). If you look away for 15 minutes and then come back to it, you won’t miss any key story points. ![]() Consistently producing some of the best theater in the area, Playcrafters of Skippack offers the breezy and fun THE WEDDING SINGER for summer 2012.īased on the movie of the same name, starring Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore, it takes place in New Jersey in 1985 (you can just imagine the hair). (Photo credit: Gay Hoyle)įor those of you nostalgic for times gone by (CD players that cost $900, Billy Idol, and “cellular” phones that are the size of your head), this production of THE WEDDING SINGER is the cure-all for that. So was Romy and Michele.Steve Carrasco (Robbie) and Rachel Canelli (Julia) in a scene from THE WEDDING SINGER at Playcrafters of Skippack. Grosse Pointe Blank, the 1997 black comedy about a hit man (John Cusack) returning to his hometown for a high school reunion, was awash in New Wave music. The Wedding Singer, of course, is not the first film to trade on '80s nostalgia. In Borderline drag, she is nothing less than gorgeous. Taylor, whose uncanny impersonation of Maureen McCormick as Marcia Brady stole The Brady Bunch Movie, does for '80s clothes here what she did for styles of the '70s _ makes them seem sexy and even downright wearable again. Mona May, who previously costumed such fashion-fueled comedies as Clueless and Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, this time dredges up such mid-'80s artifacts as off-the-shoulder Flashdance tops, Members Only jackets, Frankie Goes to Hollywood RELAX! T-shirts, a singular Michael Jackson glitter-glove and, as worn by Christine Taylor, the ultimate Madonna wannabe wardrobe, accurate down to the rubber bracelets, rosary beads and blond ringlets.
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