The Tony-nominated musical tells the story of an Indiana teen barred from bringing her girlfriend to the school dance.
is ending its Broadway with a wedding, not a whimper: The show's script coordinator, Armelle Kay Harper, married actress Jody Kay Smith during the musical's curtain call on Saturday night.
The on-stage ceremony was officiated by the play's co-writer Bob Martin, who got ordained online for the occasion."You have to help me through this, I'm very nervous" Martin told the couple on stage."You have the easy part." Jody Smith Armelle Kay Harper tie the knot on stage during a curtain call for the Broadway musical"The Prom."In their vows, written by Harper, the brides agreed to commit their lives to each other:"I promise to honor and care for you, to cherish and encourage you and to love you completely you through all experiences of our lives."Harper met Smith on Bumble, a dating app, in 2017. They agreed to meet up after chatting online for about 20 minutes..
From left, Josh Lamon, Beth Leavel, Brooks Ashmankasas and Angie Schworer humbly accept their much-deserved love and adoration in ‘The Prom.’In the musical, a Midwestern teen is barred from bringing a girl as her date to the school dance. It's ultimately a story of queer self-acceptance overcoming bigotry—the perfect backdrop for their wedding, said Harper.
"There are so many shows where lesbians are secondary characters or the butt of the joke," she told the
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