By Dan Marrin and Tom Liddy
DNAinfo Staff
MANHATTAN — L'Chaim!
Puppets from the hit Broadway Musical "Avenue Q" tied the knot Sunday in a real life same-sex ceremony with Congregation Beit Simchat Torah.
Rod, a buttoned Wall Street banker, and Ricky, a "Chelsea boy," toasted the first day of legalized gay marriage outside the city clerk's office under a rainbow-colored chuppah.
After a couple, Stephen Hoerz, 35 and Guy Rozenstrich, wed, puppeteers Jed Resnick and Howie Michael Smith jumped popped into place with their props.
Rod, handled by Smith, and Ricky, handled by Resnick, gave each other a kiss, followed by a quick exchange of vows led by Reverend Sharon Kleinbaum.
The crowd erupted into cheers and a rendition of "Siman Tov v'Mazeltov" to congratulate the pair, who meet it the show through an online personal ad.
"To have this finally happen for us — especially so soon after Will and Kate — is unbelievable to me,” Rod said in a statement at the time of the engagement.
“I realize there are a lot of broken hearts out there now that Ricky and I are off the market — step back, all you chorus boys! — but I've known since Day One that Ricky is the husband for me."
Avenue Q is playing at New World Stages, 340 W. 50th St., in Hell's Kitchen.
