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Play about Prop 8 makes its Broadway debut

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 20:00:51 +0000

(New York) A play based on last year’s federal court fight over California’s gay marriage ban made its Broadway debut on Monday night with an all-star cast, only hours after a federal judge(...)

Judge: Prop 8 trial videos to be release to public

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 17:30:39 +0000

U.S. District Judge James Ware directed that the Prop 8 trial videos be released to the public after Sept. 30. The stay allows the anti-marriage side to make an appeal.

But Ware said he found(...)

Whitford, Lithgow to join one night only Prop 8 play reading on Broadway

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 13:00:53 +0000

(New York) A new play about the legal battle over same-sex marriage in California keeps attracting big-name talent.

Producers announced Thursday that the cast of “8″ will include John Lithgow,(...)

Calif. gay marriage ban faces pivotal hearing

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 12:08:06 +0000

(San Francisco) California’s same-sex marriage ban faces its next legal test Tuesday when the state’s highest court attempts to shed light on whether the voter-approved measure’s backers have(...)

Pro-gay judge sworn in to Calif. Supreme Court

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 12:56:18 +0000

(Sacramento, Calif.) Gov. Jerry Brown swore in University of California, Berkeley, law professor Goodwin Liu to the California Supreme Court on Thursday, just three months after Liu withdrew(...)

Legal sparring over Prop 8 videos continues

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 20:05:57 +0000

(San Francisco) The legal sparring over California’s same-sex marriage ban returned to a San Francisco courtroom Monday with a federal judge hearing arguments on whether he should unseal video(...)

Judge mulls unsealing videos of gay marriage trial

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 15:00:48 +0000

(San Francisco) The legal sparring over California’s same-sex marriage ban is set to return to a San Francisco courtroom.

A federal judge is scheduled to hear arguments Monday on whether he(...)

Morgan Freeman, Cheyenne Jackson to star in play reading on Broadway

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 18:39:22 +0000

(New York) Anthony Edwards, Morgan Freeman, Cheyenne Jackson, Christine Lahti, Rob Reiner, Yeardley Smith and Marisa Tomei will appear in a one-night-only reading on Broadway of a play about(...)

Prop 8 trial returns Sept. 6

logointern3 — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 20:00:42 +0000

California’s Proposition 8 trial is set to continue Sept. 6, where the California Supreme Court will hear appeal arguments on Judge Vaughn Walker’s original decision – that Prop 8 was(...)

New play about Proposition 8 to get on Broadway

logointern3 — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 18:00:22 +0000

(New York) – A new play about the battle over same-sex marriage in California by the Oscar-winning screenwriter of “Milk” is slated for a one-night-only reading on Broadway.

Dustin Lance Black’s(...)