Standing on Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays officially opens on November 13 at off-Broadway's Minetta Lane Theatre. The first members of the show's rotating cast include Mark Consuelos, Beth Leavel, Richard Thomas, Craig Bierko, Harriet Harris and Polly Draper.
Expected audience members at the opening night performance include Kelly Ripa, Jerry Seinfeld, Andy Cohen, Larry Kramer, Alex McCord, Simon Van Kempen and Tovah Feldshuh.
Conceived by Brian Shnipper and directed by Stuart Ross, Standing on Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays features short plays from writers including Mo Gaffney, Jordan Harrison, Jeffrey Hatcher, Moises Kaufman, Joe Keenan, Neil LaBute, Wendy MacLeod, Jose Rivera, Paul Rudnick and Doug Wright.