Much like with b-mitzvah parties, a wedding can really set itself apart with a good theme. Beanie Feldstein and Bonnie-Chance Roberts’ summer camp themed nuptials in 2023 stood out as one of the most charming and coziest celebrity weddings in recent history. Meanwhile, Bel Powley and Douglas Booth’s red and pink wedding at a London plant nursery dripped with chicness.
Now, Jewish actors Ben Platt and Noah Galvin are joining their ranks. The couple were married this past weekend in festivities that were ostensibly “dress to dance” themed, per Vogue. But, in reality, it seems that the wedding weekend’s overarching vibe is more clearly summed up as very gay and very Jewish.
The weekend kicked off with a Shabbat welcome and rehearsal dinner at the Angel Orensanz Foundation on the Lower East Side — a former synagogue which has been restored and converted into an art gallery and performance space. (Fun fact: Sarah Jessica Parker also held her wedding there!) At the event, they both wore navy Thom Browne outfits. Noah was in a suit jacket and pants, while Ben wore a blazer and skirt. “For our Shabbat rehearsal dinner, I wanted to be a bride so I wore a skirt,” Ben told Vogue. They also donned custom navy kippot with red trim at the dinner, and Noah, helpfully, explained to the Vogue audience in the write-up that kippot are “little Jewish hats.”
The evening also featured a Shabbat meal catered by Mike Solomonov, the Israeli restauranteur who owns Brooklyn hot-spot Laser Wolf, where Ben and Noah got engaged. The tables were decorated with mismatched china and small assortments of flowers. “We wanted our Shabbat tables to feel like they do at home,” Noah said. Ben and Noah emceed the evening themselves, and included a Sondheim medley sang by Ben’s siblings.
They kept the party going on Saturday with a bar get-together at Cellar Dog in the West Village, but didn’t hold the wedding ceremony until Sunday. (Ben and Noah thoughtfully planned this so as not to exclude some of Ben’s relatives who observe Shabbat and would not have been able to attend otherwise.) Then, on Sunday, the wedding ceremony took place at Pioneer Works in the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn. Noah wore a French workwear-inspired cream set with a lace button-down and Ben donned a cream suit which had a 1970s flair paired with a similar lace button-down. For kippot, they wore cream color skull caps with navy trim. (If you’re keeping score, that’s two custom kippot designs in one weekend!) Their diamond and birthstone wedding bands were made by designer Grace Lee and Ben also wore a decorative gold ring, an heirloom belonging to his first queer role model: his great-uncle Gary Platt.
Before the ceremony began, Ben and Noah signed their ketubah. The Jewish wedding contract was on handmade paper, crafted by artist Anna Benjamin, and designed to look like the couples’ home. Then, the ceremony began. Under a chuppah of marigold fabric, Ben and Noah encouraged their loved ones to stand around them. “We wanted everyone standing and crowded around informally, like a big hug,” Ben said. The couple also stood upon a huge copy of an abstract painting Noah’s late father made, which doubled as a dance floor.
The ceremony was officiated by Rabbi David Wolpe, Ben’s rabbi, and included the Jewish tradition of the sheva brachot or seven blessings. Loved ones recited the blessings in Hebrew and English for the pair. “Our moms are terrible secret-keepers, but somehow managed to surprise us by singing their first ever duet to us at the end of the ceremony, a classic Jewish wedding song in beautiful harmony,” Ben captioned a photo of the moment. Then Noah and Ben simultaneously each broke their own glass. “And they broke, thank god!” Noah told Vogue.
Next up: Party time. The first 30 minutes were dedicated to a “raging” hora. “During the hora comes shtick, which is when groups of family and friends do a series of personalized bits replete with props and costumes — Judaism is inherently gay,” Ben clarified. Then, after a break for food and speeches from family, MUNA played a private concert and the evening ended at Sunny’s Bar in Brooklyn complete with a Shake Shack truck and a musical theatre sing-along. Besides Noah and Ben’s families, guests for the weekend included Beanie Feldstein, Zoey Deutch, Micaela Diamond, Cynthia Erivo, Lena Waithe and more. (P.S. If anyone knows why Molly Gordon was in Venice instead of at the wedding, please email gossip to Managing Editor Vanessa Friedman.)
Mazel tov, Ben and Noah! We hope your lives together are as beautiful, fun, gay and Jewish as your wedding was!
