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Prop 8 reading: Top actors and global audience
2012-03-07
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The American Foundation for Equal Rights (AFER) and Broadway Impact presented the West Coast premiere reading of the play 8 March 3 before a sold-out crowd in Los Angeles and a worldwide audience watching on YouTube, according to an AFER press release.
The production is an account of the Federal District Court trial in Perry v. Schwarzenegger (now Perry v. Brown), the case filed by AFER to overturn Proposition 8, which denied marriage equality in California.
The West Coast premiere reading of 8 was written by Academy Award-winning screenwriter and AFER founding board member Dustin Lance Black and directed by founding board member Rob Reiner. Bryan Singer, director of The Usual Suspects and X-Men, was the presenting sponsor.
The benefit event raised more than $2 million for the fight to secure full federal marriage equality. Photos by Michael Underwood/ABImages; more pics online at www.WindyCityMediaGroup.com |
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