In some feel-good news, the cast and crew of hit Broadway musical The Prom has played host to a gorgeous onstage wedding.
According to The New York Times, the show's script coordinator, Armelle Kay Harper, and singer/actress Jody Kay Smith said 'I do' in front of approximately 1,000 audience members at New York's Longacre Theatre following a recent performance.
The pair met in 2017 on Bumble and it was love at first swipe.
“We’re both really witty people, and it’s hard to find someone who can keep up,” Harper told The New York Times. “But she really got me, and she made me laugh. Plus those blue eyes. What can you do? Gorgeous.”
Only 19 days after the pair met, they were engaged. The creative wedding, however, was the brain child of Bob Martin, one of The Prom's writers.
“He said, ‘Well, I’ve married people onstage before, so if you wanted to just get it over with and do it at curtain call, we can do that,’” Smith recalled.
“There are so many shows where lesbians are secondary characters or the butt of the joke,” Harper added. “We all love Fun Home, but it’s a drama. So The Prom is really unique in that it’s a celebration, and it’s funny without being at the expense of lesbians. It’s just so much joy.”
“Even coming from that background, I’ve never felt a pinch of regret or shame,” she continued.
“Loving Jody is worth everything. And being myself is worth everything.”
Directed by Casey Nicholaw, The Prom is inspired by the real-life stories of LGBTIQ+ kids who were banned from taking their same-sex partners to school prom.
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