{"id":11815,"date":"2012-03-03T23:32:41","date_gmt":"2012-03-04T07:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/?p=11815"},"modified":"2012-03-03T23:32:41","modified_gmt":"2012-03-04T07:32:41","slug":"8-a-play-about-the-fight-for-marriage-equality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2012\/03\/03\/8-a-play-about-the-fight-for-marriage-equality\/","title":{"rendered":"8: A Play About The Fight For Marriage Equality"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tonight, by pure happenstance, I came across a play\u00a0called “8”\u00a0that was performed\u00a0and streamed\u00a0live on YouTube and presented by the American Foundation for Equal Rights<\/a>. From their website: “George Clooney, Martin Sheen and Jane Lynch join an all-star cast for a one-night-only benefit reading of \u201c8,\u201d the new play by Academy-award winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black (Milk, J. Edgar) that chronicles the landmark federal trial of California\u2019s Prop. 8 using the actual court transcripts and first-hand interviews.”<\/p>\n

The other actors included\u00a0Brad Pitt, Kevin Bacon, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Matthew Morrison, Chris Colfer, Christine Lahti, Matt Bomer, John C. Reilly, George Takei, Yeardley Smith, James Pickens, Jr., Vanessa Garcia, Cleve Jones, Rory O’Malley, Jansen Panettiere and Bridger Zadina. It lasted about an hour and a half and wasn’t dry and boring transcript reading. There was some very powerful and moving moments from Chris Colfer as well as some lighter, humorous ones care of John C. Reilly’s performance. NBC\/CNN’s Campbell Brown acted as the occasional narrator. The play was very well presented and everyone involved did an exceptional job with their roles.<\/p>\n

The \u00a0show ended with Rob Reiner introducing Dustin Lance Black as well as the four actual plaintiffs and their two attorneys who were in the audience.<\/p>\n

This is another powerful example of what amazing content the Internet is capable of bringing to a worldwide audience (minus China).<\/p>\n

The recorded performance is available to watch on the AFER website<\/a> or on\u00a0their YouTube channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Tonight, by pure happenstance, I came across a play\u00a0called “8”\u00a0that was performed\u00a0and streamed\u00a0live on YouTube and presented by the American Foundation for Equal Rights. From their website: “George Clooney, Martin Sheen and Jane Lynch join an all-star cast for a one-night-only benefit reading of \u201c8,\u201d the new play by Academy-award winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black … <\/p>\n

Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1s2SN-34z","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11132,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2012\/01\/22\/george-and-annas-house\/","url_meta":{"origin":11815,"position":0},"title":"George And Anna’s House","date":"January 22, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Visited the Marston House Museum and Gardens with some family and friends for my very first time today.\u00a0We spent a little time in the formal gardens, which didn't quite live up to my expectations, before entering the residence.\u00a0While the exterior of this turn-of-the-century craftsman-style home seemed a bit dilapidated and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Balboa Park"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2118,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2010\/10\/01\/work-and-play-at-the-zoo\/","url_meta":{"origin":11815,"position":1},"title":"Work And Play At The Zoo","date":"October 1, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"First I met with Rick, the San Diego Zoo Ambassador, to talk about his interest in one of my pictures. 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