Spur of the moment Theater

It’s a week before the wedding,  so this weekend is low key and relaxing, or so we thought.  Not wanting to go see Godzilla, I looked up the local plays in the area. Living 5 minutes from the NoHo Theater district means that for  the price of a movie ticket we often get to see wonderful small live theater instead.

So when I saw A Big Gay North Hollywood Wedding I immediately snagged two tickets.  The Theater is in a Church, for this production at any rate.  Five minutes after arriving I of course bump into friends, the gay crowd is out to have a fun night at the theater.IMG_2396As you can see the quality of  pictures isn’t great, but it was so fun. Here the brother and mother arrive.IMG_2380Aunt Rosie arrives from New Jersey. IMG_2386Kyle Lewis – the long ago boyfriend who can’t let go.IMG_2399It was so much fun actually having this part of the play in the Church. Throughout the performance the cast was interacting with the guests – as if we were guests at the wedding. I was having so much fun playing the part, at one point we got up and danced. Hey, got to prepare for next weeks real event.IMG_2417Where else are you going to see a Chuppah in a Church, with a rainbow no less.IMG_2424We then moved to the social hall.  What was brilliant was that the theater group sold refreshments at this point. And here we have  the grand entrance of the grooms.IMG_2427Sharing Challah, which is part of a Jewish wedding.IMG_2429Cutting the cake, and to top it off, they brought out cake for all of us to share!

We laughed the whole time, thoroughly enjoying being part of the spectacle. Of course there was a lot of drama and all the familiar tropes of what can go wrong with a wedding, especially one like this.  Next week I am looking forward to our own Big Gay wedding, which should be as my DIL says ‘Classic, refined and full of joy.’

Leah