live during the wedding reception in Act II of the play. In May 2011, My Big Gay Italian Wedding celebrated one full year Off-Broadway at St. Luke's Theatre. In June 2011, the show celebrated Gay Pride Month by alternating drag queens in the role of Rodney each week. The drag queens included Hedda Lettuce and RuPaul's Drag Race contestants Mimi Imfurst and Stacy Layne Matthews. In August 2011, My Big Gay Italian Wedding made its European debut playing at The Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The production was directed by Paul Taylor-Mills and transferred to The White Bear in London following its Edinburgh run. In September 2012, the play made its Asian debut in Hong Kong, directed by Wendy Herbert at The Hong Kong Fringe Club. In May 2018, a Los Angeles run was announced at the Actor's Company from May 11 to May 27, presented by Italia Spettacolo in collaboration with the Italian Institute of Culture Los Angeles, with actor Gianfranco Terrin in the role of Anthony Pinnunziato". Cast The original cast included Anthony J. Wilkinson (Anthony), Bill Fisher (Andrew), Joe Scanio (Joseph), Meredith Cullen (Maria), Maria Nazzaro (Carmela), JC Alvarez (Father Rosalia), Nick Scarnati (Mario), and Vincent Briguccia (Gregorio). Cast recording In July 2010, a recording featuring Boyd's original songs was made available on iTunes. In March 2011, Marty Thomas, along with David J. Boyd, recorded an updated version of the original track "Love Conquers All", which thereafter was featured and sung by Marty in the show during curtain calls. Hairstyle contest Tabatha Coffey returned to My Big Gay Italian Wedding March 3–5, 2011 as a special guest in the show, similar to her run in December. Her appearance coincided with My Big Gay Italian Weddings "The Higher the Hair, the Closer to God" hair salon contest, in which Coffey was one of the judges for the semifinals alongside Dina Manzo and Elvis Duran of Z100. Open to all salon owners and employees in the greater New York area, the contest challenged contestants to create "to create an innovative, modern, high, big, trendy hair style/theme" to be used in My Big Gay Italian Wedding. Winner Michael Mortensen from Visage Hair Studio, Grant City, received a $5,000 grand prize and a walk-on role in the play. Sequels Wilkinson wrote three sequel plays, My Big Gay Italian Funeral and My Big Gay Italian Midlife Crisis and “My Big Gay Italian Christmas”. Film