My Big Gay Italian Wedding
| My Big Gay Italian Wedding | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Anthony J. Wilkinson |
| Date premiered | November 14, 2003 |
| Place premiered | Actor's Playhouse New York City |
| Original language | English |
| Subject | Same-sex marriage |
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My Big Gay Italian Wedding is a play written by Anthony J. Wilkinson that includes original music and lyrics written by David James Boyd. It premiered off-Broadway in 2003, at the Actor's Playhouse in New York City. In September 2009, a revised version produced by Dina Manzo of Bravo's The Real Housewives of New Jersey and co-starring Scott Evans played a benefit performance at the St. George Theatre in Staten Island; the play then opened with a new cast that included Reichen Lehmkuhl in May 2010 at the St. Luke's Theatre on West 46th Street, in Manhattan, for an open-ended run that conclude on August 20, 2011. As of November 2012, My Big Gay Italian Wedding also ran at the St. Luke's Theatre in an open ended run (now closed) with the cast below. Los Angeles and UK productions were running currently.
My Big Gay Italian Wedding satirizes the controversies surrounding same-sex marriage as well as gay and Italian stereotypes. Anthony Pinnunziato, a gay Italian-American from a large chaotic family, wishes to marry his boyfriend Andrew Polinski in a traditional Italian ceremony. Anthony's overbearing mother won't give her blessing unless Andrew's estranged mother also gives her blessing and the ceremony is performed by a priest. Matters are further complicated by Andrew's ex-boyfriend, intent on breaking up the couple.
My Big Gay Italian Wedding premiered at the Actor's Playhouse in November 2003, where it played in repertory with the musical Naked Boys Singing. Wedding was directed by Peter Rapanaro and featured a costume design by Chris March of Bravo's reality television series Project Runway. The production moved to Theatre Four on West 55th Street in Manhattan, where it played for 38 weeks with a new cast that included James Getzlaff, star of the Bravo reality series Boy Meets Boy.
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