Too Much Disposable Income!

In case we needed another example of why the superrich have too much disposable income, producers announced plans to turn Adam Sandler’s “The Wedding Singer” into a Broadway musical. For once, the Times is appropriately snarky:

In the history of Broadway, it is the names of composers that echo in the ether: Cole Porter. Stephen Sondheim. And now, Adam Sandler.

That’s right. If all goes forward as planned, Mr. Sandler, the star of popular teenage films like “The Waterboy” and “Billy Madison” and the composer of the holiday-themed “Hanukkah Song,” will soon be represented on the Great White Way in a new musical version of his 1998 movie, “The Wedding Singer.”

The producers of the show, including Margo Lion (“Hairspray”), said yesterday that they planned to open the show on Broadway next April after a tryout run at the 5th Avenue Theater in Seattle. And while Mr. Sandler’s exact role is still being worked out, Ms. Lion said that two of the film’s original songs, composed by Mr. Sandler with Tim Herlihy, will be part of the stage version.

Ms. Lion, who hit gold with “Hairspray,” set in 1960’s Baltimore, said she suspected that “The Wedding Singer,” set in 1980’s New Jersey, would touch a similar chord with audiences.

“The real appeal of this was that like ‘Hairspray,’ it takes place in a very specific time and place,” she said. “Plus, we can finally say we’re doing a show for all the good people who live in New Jersey.”

A surprise hit on screen, “The Wedding Singer” tells the story of a brokenhearted, mullet-headed crooner (played in the film by Mr. Sandler) who falls for a woman who already has a fiancé. Much hilarity ensues.