Photo Flash: First Look at Riverdale Rising Stars' THE WEDDING SINGER

The year is 1985, and the place is New Jersey: hair is big, greed is good, collars are popped, and a wedding singer might just be the coolest guy in the room. The award-winning teens of Riverdale Rising Stars present THE WEDDING SINGER, the Broadway musical based on the hit movie of the same, for six performances only, now through December 20, 2015 at the Riverdale YM-YWHA, located at 5625 Arlington Avenue (just off of Riverdale Avenue and West 256th Street), in Riverdale, Bronx, NY. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast onstage below!

Rock-star wannabe Robbie Hart is New Jersey's favorite wedding singer. He's the life of the party, until his own fiancée leaves him at the altar. Shot through the heart, Robbie makes every wedding as disastrous as his own. Enter Julia, a winsome waitress who wins his affection. As luck would have it, Julia is about to be married to a Wall Street shark, and unless Robbie can pull off the performance of a decade, the girl of his dreams will be gone forever.

A cast of 30 teenage performers from Riverdale, Yonkers, Upper Manhattan and beyond perform in THE WEDDING SINGER, which is directed Riverdale Rising Stars Artistic Director Laurie Walton, with choreography by Emily Walton andmusic direction by Kelly Erin Martin. The design team includes Tony Wan (Set Building), David Pentz (Lighting), Penelope Margeotes (Costumes), and Denise Eberly (Sound Design).

Featuring music by Matthew Sklar, lyrics by Chad Beguelin, and book by Beguilin and Tim Herlihy, THE WEDDING SINGER received five Tony Award nominations, including "Best Musical." Sklar and Beguelin also wrote the score for the Broadway musical Elf, and Beguelin wrote book and additional lyrics for the current Broadway production of Aladdin. THE WEDDING SINGER is based on the 1998 film starring Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore.

General admission tickets are $15 for adults and teens, and $10 for children under the age of 10. Tickets may be purchased online at www.RiverdaleY.org/wedding or at the door prior to showtime. Tickets may also be purchased by phone 24/7 by calling Brown Paper Tickets at 1-800-838-3006 and selecting option 1. For more information, visit www.RiverdaleRisingStars.com.

Photo Credit: Stacey Natal, Total City Girl