Opening Night: 8

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Dustin Lance Black

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On Monday, September 19, the world premiere of Dustin Lance Black’s 8 was presented at Eugene O’Neill Theatre in a star-studded reading. The play chronicles the historic trial in the federal legal challenge to California’s Proposition 8.

Chad Griffin, David Boies, John Lithgow, and Theodore Olson

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Cast member John Lithgow joined American Foundation for Equal Rights (AFER) Board Member Chad Griffin and lawyers David Boies and Theodore Olson, the legal team who brought the Proposition 8 case to trial, to celebrate the world premiere of Dustin Lance Black’s 8 which was presented at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre on Monday, September 19.

Morgan Freeman

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Stage and screen star Morgan Freeman took part in the world premiere reading of Dustin Lance Black’s 8 which was presented at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre on Monday, September 19.

Bradley Whitford and Bob Balaban

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Bradley Whitford and Bob Balaban were also part of the cast for the world premiere reading of Dustin Lance Black’s 8 which was presented at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre on Monday, September 19.

Matt Bower, Jeff Zarillo, Paul Katami, and Cheyenne Jackson

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Cast members Matt Bower and Cheyenne Jackson joined plaintiffs Jeff Zarillo and Paul Katami to celebrate the world premiere reading of Dustin Lance Black’s 8 which was presented at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre on Monday, September 19.

Judith Light

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Judith Light — who will return to Broadway this season in Other Desert Cities — was in the audience for the world premiere reading of Dustin Lance Black’s 8 which was presented at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre on Monday, September 19.

Yeardley Smith

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Yeardley Smith — who recently appeared Off-Broadway in Love, Loss, and What I Wore — was part of the cast for the world premiere reading of Dustin Lance Black’s 8 which was presented at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre on Monday, September 19.

Fran Drescher and Peter Marc Jacobson

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Fran Drescher joined her ex-husband Peter Marc Jacobson to enjoy the world premiere of Dustin Lance Black’s 8 at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre on Monday, September 19.

Gavin Creel, Adam Umhoefer, Jenny Kanelos, and Rory O’Malley

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Broadway Impact board members Gavin Creel, Jenny Kanelos, and Rory O’Malley joined AFER board member Adam Umhoefer to celebrate the world premiere reading of Dustin Lance Black’s 8 which was presented at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre on Monday, September 19.

Anthony Edwards

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Anthony Edwards was part of the cast for the world premiere reading of Dustin Lance Black’s 8 which was presented at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre on Monday, September 19.

Campbell Brown was part of the cast for the world premiere reading of Dustin Lance Black’s 8 which was presented at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre on Monday, September 19.

Larry Kramer was part of the cast for the world premiere reading of Dustin Lance Black’s 8 which was presented at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre on Monday, September 19.

Christine Lahti — currently starring in the CBS medical-family drama The Doctor — was part of the cast for the world premiere reading of Dustin Lance Black’s 8 which was presented at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre on Monday, September 19.

Stephen Spinella — set to star in the NYTW one-person rendition of Homer’s epic poem, An Iliad — was part of the cast for the world premiere reading of Dustin Lance Black’s 8 which was presented at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre on Monday, September 19.

Kate Shindle was part of the cast for the world premiere reading of Dustin Lance Black’s 8 which was presented at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre on Monday, September 19.