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"8:A Play about Marriage Equality"
Screenwriter Dustin Lance Black (the guy who wrote Milk) wrote a play called "8" based on the transcripts from the Perry v Schwarzenegger trial to overturn Proposition 8 in California. This past Saturday, a bunch of celebrities (Brad Pitt, Kevin Bacon, George Clooney, Martin Sheen, Jane Lynch, Jamie Lee Curtis, etc) did a reading of it, and it was broadcast live over you-tube.
You can watch it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlUG8F9uVgM&feature=youtu.be
It's about an hour and a half long (when you click the 'skip ahead to start button, it takes you to about the 29 minute mark. Don't worry, you are at the beginning, I think they had a place holder letting people know that it was getting ready to start before they actually went live when they first showed it), but very much worth watching if you have the time.
You can watch it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlUG8F9uVgM&feature=youtu.be
It's about an hour and a half long (when you click the 'skip ahead to start button, it takes you to about the 29 minute mark. Don't worry, you are at the beginning, I think they had a place holder letting people know that it was getting ready to start before they actually went live when they first showed it), but very much worth watching if you have the time.