Ten years ago, "My Big Gay Italian Wedding," a production by playwright/actor Anthony J. Wilkinson that satirizes the controversy surrounding same-sex marriage while drawing on larger-than-life gay and Italian characters, was signed for a six-week run at the Actors' Playhouse in Manhattan's Greenwich Village. Six months became a year, then the show moved uptown to Theatre Four.

Then after another six months there, the show closed and began revamping for what would soon become the Off-Broadway equity production that continues to run at St. Luke's Theatre and has played in more than 20 major cities worldwide.

Having seen over 100 actors and multiple celebrities over the past decade, the show will celebrate on Nov. 2 with a special performance, followed by a video presentation at the theater and press party to follow.

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