Wedding Singer, Constantine Maroulis joins cast

Former American Idol contestant Constantine Maroulis joined the cast of Wedding Singer assuming the role of Sammy from Matthew Saldivar, on the 8 Sep 2006 as originally announced.

It was originally announced that Constantine Maroulis would make his Broadway debut on the 8 Sep 2006, but this was later amended to say he would join the musical sometime in September 2006.

Constantine Maroulis has toured the USA playing Roger in Rent and is currently working on his debut CD.

Wedding Singer opened at the Al Hirschfeld on 27 Apr 2006, following previews from 30 Mar and is currently booking to 17 Dec 2006.

The musical opened to mixed notices, the New York Times called it "An example of recycled recycling, or second-hand nostalgia." The Journal News wrote "A good-natured musical with a great big hole in the middle" ans The Record printed that its "A good-natured musical with a great big hole in the middle." Barbara Mehlman said of the musical "A truly clever, and often hilarious score." You can read all of Barbara's review, and more of what critics said of the show here.

Wedding Singer: It�s 1985 and rock-star wannabe Robbie Hart is New Jersey's favorite wedding singer. He�s the life of the party - until his own fianc�e 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 the decade, the girl of his dreams will be gone forever.

Wedding Singer has book by Tim Herlihy & Chad Beguelin, music by Matthew Sklar, lyrics by Chad Beguelin

Directed by John Rando and choreographed by Rob Ashford, Wedding Singer features Stephen Lynch (Robbie Hart), Laura Benanti (Julia Sullivan), Amy Spanger, Rita Gardner (Rosie), Richard Blake (Glen Guglia), Kevin Cahoon (George), Felicia Finely (Linda) and Matthew Saldivar (Sammy).

Set design is by Scott Pask, with costumes by Gregory Gale, lighting by Brian MacDevitt and sound by Peter Hylenski.