'Ceremony' stands Off Broadway

"Looking at Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays," an amount of short plays about same-sex matrimony, has arranged an empty-ended run that opens in October within the Minetta Lane Theater. The anthology of just one-functions -- by authors including Neil LaBute, Paul Rudnick, Doug Wright and Moises Kaufman -- preemed last season as numerous benefit occasions in L.A. The Gotham version, produced by Joan Stein and Richard Frankel, may have a rotating cast of star thesps in the reading through through-style presentation. Jose Rivera, Jordan Harrison, Wendy MacLeod, Jeffrey Hatcher and Joe Keenan offer composed vignettes for your evening. Stuart Ross helms the show, that's produced by John Shnipper. Producers plan to donate some in the Off Broadway B.O. to marriage equality orgs. The production's rotating cast structure recalls the model for "Love, Loss and A Few Things I Used," the current Off Broadway outing that has produced out a long-term of nearly couple of years getting a regularly re-energized cast list together with a femme-centric appeal. A youthful Off Broadway show about another topical problem, the dying penalty-focused docuplay "The Exonerated," also attracted attention getting an identical casting strategy. Initial roster of stars for "Ceremony" remains being introduced. Production begins previews March. 18 before an March. 24 opening. Contact Gordon Cox at gordon.cox@variety.com