For Reuters, Frank Scheck writes that "The show did seem to please the audience, and there might be enough Jersey tourists who will be delighted at its gentle sending up of their home state. But "The Wedding Singer" seems unlikely to provide New Line Cinema with another screen-to-stage-to-screen transformation a la its hugely successful "Hairspray."
Howard Kissel in The Daily News writes that "When the curtain goes up on the musical version of "The Wedding Singer," the stage rocks with energy. The large cast - garishly dressed, even though many of them are wearing the most inoffensive of colors, yellow - are wedding guests singing an infectious song called "It's Your Wedding Day." They're dancing jerkily in a witty parody of '80s steps. For about 10 minutes, you have the feeling it's going to be an evening of fun. Then suddenly the mood quiets down. It never quite reaches that level of excitement again. What could have gone wrong, you wonder. And then you realize, this is a musical version of a mediocre film - how good could it be?"
For the Associated Press, Michael Kuchwara writes that " Brought to Broadway by the same producing team that gave us "Hairspray," the show, which opened Thursday at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre, is, unfortunately, more relentless than inspired. All the ingredients, particularly a promising score by Matthew Sklar and Chad Beguelin, seem to be in place. So why doesn't "The Wedding Singer" deliver a bigger kick, transporting us to that electric if rarified world of musical-theater bliss? For one thing, the musical seems to be over-enamored of its own concept -- obsessively referencing the decade in which it is set when time might better be spent fleshing out the people on stage."
1. It's Your Wedding Day
2. Someday
3. A Note From Linda
4. Pop!
5. Somebody Kill Me
6. A Note From Grandma
7. Casualty of Love
8. Come Out of the Dumpster
9. Today You Are a Man
10. George's Prayer
11. Not That Kind of Thing
12. Saturday Night in the City
13. All About the Green
14. Someday (Reprise)
15. Right in Front of Your Eyes
16. Single
17. If I Told You
18. Let Me Come Home
19. If I Told You (Reprise)
20. Move That Thing
21. Grow Old With You
22. It's Your Wedding Day (Finale)
23. Prime Rib or Fish
Wedding Singer The Musical
