Author John Grisham Toasts Broadway's A Time to Kill on Opening Night
Guests also included Patrick Stewart, Sandy Duncan, Dee Snider, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Brooke Shields, Tony La Russa, and more.
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Celebrated novelist John Grisham joined the cast of Broadway's A Time to Kill, inspired by his book of the same title, on its opening night at the John Golden Theatre on Sunday, October 20. Following the performance, Grisham and the cast, led by Sebastian Arcelus and John Douglas Thompson, headed to the Bryant Park Grill to toast the new production.
Adapted for the stage by Rupert Holmes, A Time to Kill is directed by Ethan McSweeny. The production also features Fred Dalton Thompson, Patrick Page, Tom Skerritt, Ashley Williams, Tonya Pinkins, Chike Johnson, Jeff Bender, Dashiell Eaves, J.R. Horne, John Procaccino, Tijuana Ricks, and Lee Sellars.
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Patrick Page, Sebastian Arcelus, and John Douglas Thompson bow.
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Fred Dalton Thompson and Tom Skerritt drink in the audience’s applause.
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Tonya Pinkins and Ashley Williams are overjoyed as they take their opening-night curtain call.
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Sebastian Arcelus, who leads the company as attorney Jake Brigance, smiles alongside his lovely wife, Tony nominee Stephanie J. Block.
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John Douglas Thompson returns to Broadway as Carl Lee Hailey, a vigilante on trial for murdering the two men who raped his ten-year-old daughter.
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Patrick Page, who plays District Attorney Rufus R. Buckley, spends the opening with his talented wife, actress Paige Davis.
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Tom Skerritt makes his Broadway debut as disbarred lawyer Lucien Wilbanks.
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Ashley Williams, seen her with her sister, actress Kimberly Williams-Paisley, makes her Broadway debut as young law student Ellen Roark.
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Actor, senator, and presidential candidate Fred Dalton Thompson appears as Judge Omar Noose. Here, he poses with New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly.
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Tony Award winner Tonya Pinkins plays Carl Lee Hailey’s wife, Gwen.
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Tony Award winner Rupert Holmes brought John Grisham’s bestseller to life on stage.
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Director Ethan McSweeny and his girlfriend, actress Nancy Anderson, pose with Tony La Russa, the former Major League Baseball manager with three World Series titles and six league championships to his name.
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John and Renee Grisham are ready to see his classic novel given the stage treatment.
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Brooke Shields looks beautiful as she arrives for the opening.
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Kimberly Williams-Paisley is excited to support her sister Ashley Williams’ Broadway debut.
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It’s date night for Patrick Stewart and Sunny Ozell.
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Journalist Barbara Walters is eager to see A Time to Kill.
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Joan Rivers is ready for a colorful opening night on Broadway.
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“Rock on, Broadway!” says Twisted Sister front man Dee Snider.
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Zachary Quinto arrives at the Golden Theatre following a matinee of his own show, The Glass Menagerie.
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New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly (with his wife, Veronica) knows a thing or two about the law and justice.
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Sandy Duncan dances her way to the John Golden Theatre.
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Bobby Cannavale poses for photos on the red carpet.
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Breaking Bad star Betsy Brandt is ready for a night on Broadway.
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Curtains pals Debra Monk and David Hyde Pierce reunite at the opening of A Time to Kill.
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Real Housewife Countess LuAnn de Lesseps waves to the cameras.
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S. Epatha Merkerson proudly cheers on her Law & Order pal, Fred Dalton Thompson.
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Shuler Hensley and Paula DeRosa spend their Sunday night at a Broadway opening.
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Fresh off her first weekend of previews in Broadway’s After Midnight, Adriane Lenox takes in another show on her night off.
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Country music cowboy John Rich rode his horse into the city to see A Time to Kill on Broadway.
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Producers Daryl Roth and Eva Price flank the production’s director, Ethan McSweeny.
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Chiké Johnson appears as Ford Country sheriff Ozzie Walls.
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John Procaccino, who plays Dr. W.T. Bass, is thrilled to spend the evening with his girlfriend, the Tony Award-winning director Pam MacKinnon.
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J.R. Horne plays court deputy Vernon Pate.
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Dashiell Eaves appears as accused rapist Pete Willard and D.A. co-counsel D.R. Musgrove.
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Lee Sellars plays accused rapist Billy Ray Cobb.
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Tijuana Ricks completes the company as court reporter Norma Gallo.
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