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Jan 19, 2012
Broadway Impact and the American Foundation for Equal Rights announced an all-star cast for the West Coast premiere of “8,” Dustin Lance Black’s play based on the federal trial of California’s anti-gay Proposition 8.
AFER board member Rob Reiner is directing the Los Angeles premiere – an AFER benefit – set for March 3. Reiner’s cast includes himself, George Clooney, Jane Lynch, Matthew Morrison, Jamie Lee Curtis, Martin Sheen, Matt Bomer, Campbell Brown, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Cleve Jones, Christine Lahti, Rory O’Malley, Yeardley Smith and George Takei.
Clooney and Sheen will play the lead attorneys for AFER, David Boies and Theodore B. Olson, who argue for marriage equality in the trial.
Lahti and Curtis will play plaintiffs Kris Perry and Sandy Stier, a lesbian couple together for 11 years and the parents of four boys.
Morrison and Bomer will play plaintiffs Paul Katami and Jeff Zarrillo, a gay couple together more than 10 years.
Lynch will play marriage equality opponent Maggie Gallagher, co-founder and former chairman of the National Organization for Marriage.
