{"id":5732,"date":"2017-04-12T12:50:43","date_gmt":"2017-04-12T17:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/?p=5732"},"modified":"2019-06-04T16:23:05","modified_gmt":"2019-06-04T21:23:05","slug":"missouri-western-produces-the-wedding-singer-april-21-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2017\/04\/12\/missouri-western-produces-the-wedding-singer-april-21-29\/","title":{"rendered":"Missouri Western produces &#8216;The Wedding Singer&#8217; April 21-29"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/04\/Wedding-Singer-2.png\" class=\"broken_link\"><\/a>Go back to the Eighties by attending \u201cThe Wedding Singer\u201d at Missouri Western State University April 21 through 29. The rollicking musical will close out the 2016-2017 Theatre Season in the Potter Hall Theater.<\/p>\n<p>Robbie Hart lives in his grandmother\u2019s basement in New Jersey and sings in a wedding band. His dreams of being a singer\/songwriter are long gone, replaced now by a burning desire to find the right girl and settle down. When he\u2019s left standing at the altar, he becomes a wedding planner\u2019s worst nightmare, taking out his bitterness on stage until he turns his eye \u2013 and heart \u2013 to a new love.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Wedding Singer\u201d is based upon the New Line Cinema film. Music is by Matthew Sklar, book by Tim Herlihy and Chad Beguelin, and lyrics by Chad Beguelin. Missouri Western\u2019s production is directed by Dr. Bob Willenbrink, founding dean of Missouri Western\u2019s School of Fine Arts.<\/p>\n<p>Performances are at 7:30 p.m. April 21, 22, 28 and 29, with a Sunday matinee at 2 p.m. April 23. Tickets are $14 for adults, $12 for Missouri Western faculty and staff, $8 for students and free for Missouri Western students with valid ID. Tickets are available online at mwsutix.com, by phone at 816-271-4452, or in person at the Potter Hall Box Office.<\/p>\n<p><em>Missouri Western State University is a comprehensive regional university providing a blend of traditional liberal arts and professional degree programs. The university offers student-centered, high quality instruction that focuses on experience-based learning, community service, and state-of-the-art technology. Missouri Western is located in St. Joseph, Mo., and is committed to the educational, economic, cultural and social development of the region it serves. Visit <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\"><em>www.missouriwestern.edu<\/em><\/a><em>. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Go back to the Eighties by attending \u201cThe Wedding Singer\u201d at Missouri Western State University April 21 through 29. The rollicking musical will close out the 2016-2017 Theatre Season in the Potter Hall Theater. Robbie Hart lives in his grandmother\u2019s basement in New Jersey and sings in a wedding band. His dreams of being a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[48,52,60],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5732"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5732"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5732\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8287,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5732\/revisions\/8287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}