History
The interactive, environmental comedy Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding is the creation of the Artificial Intelligence comedy troupe. Thirteen original cast members also share copyrighted authorship: Kevin Alexander, Tom Allen, James Altuner, Elizabeth Dennehy, Mark Campbell, Nancy Cassaro, Chris Fracchiolla, Jack Fris, Mark Nassar, Patricia Cregan Navarra, Larry Pellegrini, Susan Varon, and Moira Wilson.
The show was first performed in an American Legion Hall on West 14th Street on November 11, 1985. The Off-off-Broadway production opened on February 6, 1988 with its first wedding held at the Washington Square United Methodist Church in Greenwich Village and the reception at another location, Carmelita's, a reception hall at 150 East 14th Street. It then played at St. John's Lutheran Church on Christopher Street before moving to a long run at St. Luke's Theatre then at the Edison Hotel and finally at Sweet Caroline's before ending its 22-year continuous New York run on July 25, 2010. The original cast included the above 13 actors and also Joe Corcoran, Eli Ganias, Jacob Harran, Jennifer Heftler, Elizabeth Herring, Monica Horan, Denise Moses, Phil Rosenthal, Kevin A. Leonidas, Joanna Cocca, Mickey Abbate, Tom Hogan, Vincent Floriani, Michael Winther, Kia Colton, Charlie Terrat and Towner Gallaher. It was originally produced by Joe and Dan Corcoran, two Hofstra alums who were just starting out on Wall Street.
Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding has been hosted in many cities including New York City, Las Vegas, Vancouver where it had a run of 14 years, closing only due to the 2010 olympic games, Toronto, Montreal, Detroit, Dallas, Orlando, San Francisco and Chicago.
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