F.U.D.G.E. Theatre Company Presents THE WEDDING SINGER 7/24-8/1

F.U.D.G.E. Theatre Company announces The Wedding Singer, a musical comedy, book By Chad Beguelin and Tim Herlihy, with music by Matthew Sklar and lyrics by Chad Beguelin. The Wedding Singer opens on July 24th at 8:00pm and plays through August 1st, 2009.

""We are very excited to be producing THE WEDDING SINGER this summer. Our last production in the Arsenal Center was the Boston Premiere of the BARE, so this will be quite a different experience for our audiences there. While the musical is based on the Adam Sandler/Drew Barrymore film of the same name, those who are familiar with it will certainly see some major differences (aside from the singing and dancing), while at the same time experience their favorite parts of the movie live on stage" says Joe DeMita, Fudge Theatre Company's President and this production's Director. The Wedding Singer features Chris Bott, Kira Cowan, Samuel Moscoso, Justin Colombo, Trevor Croft, Sara Brodsky, Paige MacLean and Katie Preisig.

In THE WEDDING SINGER, it's 1985 and rock-star wannabe Robbie Heart is New Jersey's favorite wedding singer. He's the life of the party, until his own fiancee 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. Only trouble is 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. With a brand new score that pays 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 might just be the coolest guy in the room. The F.U.D.G.E. Theatre Company, Inc. provides quality, affordable theatre productions to the people in the greater Boston area, cultivating an appreciation for and understanding of the arts, and providing a learning opportunity for those interested in a genuine theatre experience.

Joe DeMita (Director) is one of the founders of The F.U.D.G.E Theatre Company, Inc. Directing credits include Jake's Women (Stonehill Theatre Company), Company (Winthrop Playmakers), and the F.U.D.G.E. productions of Once On This Island, Working, Rumors, Urinetown, Dedication or The Stuff of Dreams, I Sing!, The House of Blue Leaves, Into the Woods, Bat Boy, I Love You Because (Boston Premiere), Fuddy Meers, and bare (Boston Premiere). Joe has also served as the directing intern to Rob Ruggiero at TheatreWorks Hartford on productions of The Exonerated (featuring TV/Film star Kim Fields) and the world premiere musical Ella: Off the Record (starring Broadway's Tina Fabrique). In the Boston area, Joe served as the assistant director to Adam Zahler on the Lyric Stage's production of Talley's Folly.

At the Arsenal Center for the Arts, 321 Arsenal St, Watertown, MA. Tickets are $16 for members, $18 for students and seniors, and $20 for adults. Visit www.fudgetheatre.com.