Standing On Ceremony - The Gay Marriage Plays

By Tony Adams
A star-studded collection of short marriage equality plays and a champagne drenched full-tilt wedding reception benefitted Marriage Equality New York, The Human Rights Campaign and New York Theater Workshop last  night at the  Angel Orensanz Center on Norfolk Street. (One of the plays began with Matthew Broderick stating - in character -  "I like cock." Who could ask for more?) Two of my favorites were Kathy Najimy's Maddy Marriage which she wrote and performed, and London Mosquitoes by Moises Kaufman performed by Judd Hirsch. Manhattan Borough President Scott M. Stringer was the Event Chair.

Judd Hirsch and Kathy Najimy

Gloria Steinem and Kathy Najimy

Robin Kradles and Jeffrey Wallach

More photos (including handsome B.D. Wong) after the break.

NYC Food Charter

Posted by Father Tony

I can sign this pledge because the objectives of the NYC Food Charter are not foreign to me, and because I worry about the way food impacts New Yorkers in lower income neighborhoods and communities of color.

Even on the Upper West Side, in my own neighborhood (Lincoln Center), I frequently pass the loading dock of the Food Emporium on Broadway & 68th. The homeless know the schedule and easily rummage through the dumpsters for the perfectly good food that has reached some expiration date or is slightly bruised. On a recent night, I was arrested by the sight of a tray of red and yellow peppers. Exactly what I was intending to purchase inside that store. I didn't care who saw me. I had to stop and examine this discarded produce.