Onstage wedding brings a broadway happy ending to life
But all that glittered was rivaled after Saturday evening’s performance when two brides, gleaming in rose-gold sequins, exchanged marriage vows onstage. Armelle Kay Harper, a script coordinator for “The Prom,” and Jody Kay Smith, an actress and singer not affiliated with the production, wanted a small wedding before a bigger ceremony in Smith’s hometown next month.
But, with the entire cast of “The Prom” surrounding them onstage, and roughly a thousand strangers looking on from the audience, it wasn’t exactly an intimate affair. For the couple, this musical that celebrates inclusivity — in it, a small-town Indiana lesbian couple face opposition to attending the prom together and get help from an unlikely source — was the perfect backdrop. The brief ceremony came as a surprise to the audience after the cast took its bows. Bob Martin, one of the show’s writers, was ordained online and officiated.
The couple hope to honeymoon in San Juan. Getting to this point hasn’t been easy for Harper, who grew up in an “incredibly homophobic” environment. Most of her family will not be coming to the wedding next month. “Even coming from that background, I’ve never felt a pinch of regret or shame,” she said. “Loving Jody is worth everything. And being myself is worth everything.”
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