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Michael Arden and Andy Miantus in Somerset, England after becoming engaged

Actors Unknowingly Plan Dueling Marriage Proposals While On Vacation In England
Broadway star Andy Mientus technically beats fiance, Michael Arden of TV's Anger Management, to the question by mere minutes

Greg Hernandez
July 15, 2014

Michael Arden, currently a regular on TV’s Anger Management, went to great lengths to plan a marriage proposal to actor Andy Mientus who was one of the stars of NBC's Smash.

What he didn't know was that Mientus had an elaborate plan of his own.

Mientus is appearing on Broadway in the 2014 revival of Les Misérables and when he had a break, the currently bi-coastal couple made plans to meet up in England for a holiday.

They then each hatched a plan to propose marriage to each other without the other knowing with some tight-lipped friends in on both plans and just waiting to see how it played out.

‘I guess we were both were ready,’ Arden tells Gay Star News. ‘We know that we’re both sure about it – we both wanted it.'

Arden had designed a scavenger hunt while the two were in Somerset with all kinds of clues that would lead to a chapel where he would propose.

When Arden went to get the keys to the chapel then met Mientus back at their room.

Before he could begin the scavenger hunt, Mientus asked him to take a look at a random YouTube video where he suddenly appears on the screen and pops the big question.

Then several of their close friends appear on the screen and began telling Arden why he should say yes.

He didn’t need much convincing and say yes right away. He then explained that he too had planned an elaborate proposal.

‘You couldn’t make it up,’ Arden says, ‘it’s like a Noel Coward play.’

The couple plan to be married in the fall of 2015.