Lehmkuhl Ends Run in MY BIG GAY ITALIAN WEDDING, 7/24

"The Amazing Race" star Reichen Lehmkuhl plays his last performance today as ‘Andrew," one half of the happy couple, in My Big Gay Italian Wedding, the hilarious comedy now playing at St. Luke's Theatre, 308 West 46th Street. Beginning Thursday, July 29th, Daniel Robinson (The Big Gay Musical, Hairspray) steps up to the alter to assume the role.

Daniel Robinson starred as Paul and Adam in the 2009 feature film The Big Gay Musical. His stage credits include Broadway's Hairspray (Fender, Link), the First National Tour of Oklahoma! (Will Parker) and the touring company of Happy Days: The Musical (Potsie, The Fonz), and the European tour of Grease. Robinson's upcoming projects include directing a national commercial for the fashion magazine GAZELLAND and a documentary about the Broadway Bares, the annual burlesque fundraiser for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

Best known as the winner of CBS "The Amazing Race 4," Reichen Lehmkuhl is a television/film/stage actor, a public speaker, a model, a flight instructor, an entrepreneur, a published author, a former Captain in the Air Force, and a Graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy. TV credits include "Kill Reality," "Dante's Cove," "Frasier," "The Drew Carey Show," "Days of Our Lives," "The Young & The Restless" and "The Reichen Show". Films include Ethan Greene, Partners, and The Scorned.

Planning a wedding can be hell... or a hell of a lot of fun! At My Big Gay Italian Wedding, Off-Broadway's hilarious new comedy by Anthony Wilkinson, two handsome grooms, one overbearing Italian mother, a jealous ex-boyfriend, the wedding planner from Hell, and an assortment of kooky family and friends all gather together for an evening with lots of laughs and lots of heart.

Presented by Sonia Blangiardo, Dina Manzo (of "The Real Housewives of New Jersey") in association with Anndee Productions, Donna Dicrescento, Eileen Caruso and Frank Levinson, My Big Gay Italian Wedding currently features Reichen Lehmkuhl, Anthony J. Wilkinson, Bryan Anthony, Tricia Burns, Brett Douglas, Liz Gerecitano, Leah Gerstel, Randi Kaplan, Chad Kessler, Kevin McIntyre, Carla-marie Mercun, Erik Ransom, Meagan Robar, Joe Scanio, Fabio Taliercio and Adam Zelasko. Directed by Teresa A. Cicala, the production features choreography by J. Austin Eyer, original music and lyrics by David James Boyd, scenic design by Rob Santeramo, costume design by Philip Heckman and lighting design by Graham Kindred.

When the original production of My Big Gay Italian Wedding premiered in 2003, the idea of gay marriage was a fantasy. In 2010, the International debate on Gay Marriage reaches new heights: Gay Marriage is now legal in eight and a half countries (Belgium, Canada, Netherlands, Norway, South Africa, Spain, Sweden and parts of Mexico) and six states in the US (Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont and District of Columbia). So playwright Anthony Wilkinson has gone back to the typewriter and brought his acclaimed comedy into this new era of hope and optimism for same sex marriage.

Photo Credit: Carol Rosegg

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