Behind the scenes, the tone was lighter. O’Malley joked about “his big gay son” during rehearsal, teasing Chris Colfer’s Kurt that “Your mom would be so happy if she weren’t dead,” with the kind of practiced ease the comes with playing family for six years. When it came time to run the actual vows, the first few times through the actors couldn’t keep it together. It’s wordy. When they got to the parts that reference Shel Silverstein’s “The Missing Piece,” it required Colfer to stare into Darren Criss’ eyes and say “Roll away with me, Blaine” with a straight face. Criss immediately bowed at the middle in laughter, and Colfer bemoaned, “there’s no other way for me to say it, sorry.” Eventually, they made it through.

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