Amy Spanger News

On Saturday, August 26th Georgie's Bar and Grill on Fifth Ave., Asbury Park will host the month long drawing of 4 VIP tickets and backstage passes to the Broadway hit The Wedding Singer

Members of the cast of Broadway's Rent, The Wedding Singer, Avenue Q, Wicked, Tarzan and Jersey Boys will be appearing in Songs for Soraya, a special benefit concert for 9 year-old Soroya Jackson.

Daphne Rubin-Vega, Amy Spanger, Eden Espinosa and more are lined up for the 'Songs for Soraya' benefit, presented by the cast of Rent, on August 27th

The Wedding Singer star Laura Benanti will be out of the show for 4-6 weeks on medical leave. During that time, standby Tina Maddigan will play the lead.

The '106.7 Lite fm Presents Broadway in Bryant Park 2006' series continued on Thursday, July 27th on the Bryant Park Stage with performances by cast members from The Wedding Singer, Hairspray, Tarzan and Rent, and BroadwayWorld was there for the concert!

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A Wedding Singer sweepstakes held in New Jersey will allow fans the chance to win tickets to the hit show, memorabilia and more!

The Wedding Singer is the first Broadway show to participate on ksolo.com, and is the proud sponsor of the site's entire catalog of 80s tunes.

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It may have rained, but fans still poured into Shubert Alley on June 7th to catch 'Stars in the Alley,' and BroadwayWorld was there for the excitement!

The Wedding Singer will launch its national tour in Minneapolis in September of 2007, while other news has also recently been announced for the hit show

Life imitated art on the '42nd Street' tour for Cara, who's now an expert at last-minute understudying.

The 51st Annual Drama Desk Awards were presented on Sunday, May 21, 2006 at 9:00 PM, at the LaGuardia Concert Hall at Lincoln Center, and BroadwayWorld was there for the starry arrivals!

The 51st Annual Drama Desk Awards were presented on Sunday, May 21, 2006 at 9:00 PM, at the LaGuardia Concert Hall at Lincoln Center. The annual awards honor excellence in theater for Broadway, Off Broadway and Off-Off Broadway during the season.

On May 18th, Chita Rivera will be presented with the New Dramatists' 2006 Career Achievement Award at a luncheon featuring dozens of stars

The track listing for the upcoming cast recording of The Wedding Singer has been announced

Tyne Daly hosted Manhattan Theatre Club's Spring Gala on May 15th; the evening featured performances by the casts of The Drowsy Chaperone, The Wedding Singer, The Color Purple and Jersey Boys

Audra McDonald, Brian Stokes Mitchell, the Jersey Boys, Daniel Jenkins, Kate Burton, Lynn Redgrave and Matthew Broderick took part in the Actors' Fund's May 8th gala, and BroadwayWorld was there!

At the April 29th performance of The Wedding Singer, Robbie Hart's marriage proposal to waitress Julia wasn't the only one taking place onstage. Audience member Andrew Wolfe, of Whitestone, Queens, asked Debbie Hirsch to be his wife.

With its arch sense of humor and intentional tackiness, this new musical comedy proudly exalts its awkwardness in the most entertaining way imaginable