A Time to Kill
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened May 6, 2011
Closed Jun 19, 2011
Opened May 6, 2011
Closed Jun 19, 2011
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
John Grisham's stunning first novel comes to the stage in this world premiere adaptation by Tony Award-winner Rupert Holmes. After an unspeakable crime is committed against his daughter, Carl Lee Hailey takes the law into his own hands. Now on trial for murder, Carl Lee's only hope lies with two young, idealistic lawyers who are outmatched by a formidable district attorney and under attack from both sides of a racially divided city. A Time to Kill asks audiences to consider the true meaning of justice.
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RE:A Time to Kill
While attending a conference in Washington, DC I took in an evening performance of A Time to Kill at Arena Stage. This is a beautiful theater venue. The show was quite good, but awkward in several areas. Characters often entered the stage through the audience and some even sat in the front row of the theater as if they were the courtroom audience. This was distracting for me. I would have appreciated seeing the character Tanya on stage, esp. since the storyline is derived from her horrifying experience. Seeing Carl Lees family on stage was important to show that Carl Lee had familial support, but it didnt happen and I wondered why. His family could have sat in the front row of the theater as did other characters from the show. Solid acting across the board helped make this an enjoyable show, but overall, I wanted to love it, but I only liked it and by the close, I wasnt completely satisfied. When it heads to NY, hopefully changes will be made to make this a sparkling production.
Reviewed by pathouser
on Wednesday, May 25th, 2011
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Is murder ever permissible? That's the question at the heart of A Time to Kill, the mostly satisfying stage adaptation of John Grisham's best-selling novel, now receiving its world premiere at Arena Stage.
In a small Mississippi backwater town in 1985, local lawyer Jake Brigance (played with a bracing mixture of ambition and altruism by Sebastian Arcelus) takes on the case of an African-American man, Carl Lee Haley (vividly portrayed by Dion Graham), who murders the two white men who raped and savagely beat his 10-year-old daughter.
Despite his crime, Hailey is a sympathetic figure: a strong man who loves his family and who possesses an unsettling belief that he will be able to success[...]