![]() ![]() The director played the role of David Blankenhorn, the founder of the Institute for American Values, in the New York reading and may reprise the role again in L.A., “but not if I find a better actor for the part. “As heterosexuals, it’s hard to look someone in the eye and say we deserve more than you do.” Tom looked in high spirits as he posed with Matty, 23, in a sweet selfie at. “It feels like this is the last big piece of the civil rights puzzle,” he said in a phone interview. Toms husband Dustin Lance Black was notably missing from the celebrations as he is currently working in Canada. ![]() Reiner said that his involvement with the play stems from his political involvement in the Prop. He said he will continue working on “8” and that he hopes it will one day have full productions in New York and L.A. but Black said some of the New York cast will return. “It loses potency if you change their words,” he said. The playwright said one of the challenges of writing “8” was remaining faithful to what was said in court while keeping the play at a manageable length. “A lot of that comes from testimony on the stand and interviews done outside of the courtroom.”īlack said he took out about 10 minutes of legal arguments “that I felt was repetitive … and replaced that with more details about our plaintiffs and their lives,” including their children. “I wanted to hear more from our plaintiffs and to personalize their stories,” Black said in a phone interview. ![]() Edgar,” said he has revised the play since its New York reading. Black, who won an Oscar for his screenplay of “Milk” and also wrote this year’s “J. ![]()
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