Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson made her Broadway debut Saturday night by appearing in “& Juliet.”
Jackson became the first member of the nation’s highest court to appear on Broadway.
“& Juliet” is a musical comedy that explores a ‘what if’ scenario, where Juliet decided not to kill herself at the end of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.
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Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson starred in a Broadway Musical.
ABC reports it was her “lifelong goal” to be the first Black female Supreme Court Justice to perform in a Broadway show. pic.twitter.com/VKy6BHvKmt
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Social media users described the show as a woke rendition of Romeo and Juliet.
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Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson performs in woke remake of Romeo & Juliet on Broadway.
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Per USA TODAY:
In her recent memoir “Lovely One,” Jackson said it was a dream to be the first, Black female justice to take the Broadway stage.
“I just also think it’s very important to remind people that justices are human beings, that we have dreams, and that we are public servants,” Jackson told “CBS Mornings” in an interview before the performance. The segment aired Monday after her debut. “I guess this moment reinforces for me that anything is possible.”
Jackson has already made history by becoming the first Black woman to sit on the Supreme Court. She was nominated by President Joe Biden and confirmed in 2022, a liberal addition to a court with a conservative majority.
Her memoir, released in September, chronicles her upbringing in Miami, her education at Harvard and some of her first moments as a member of the high court.
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson experienced a dream come true over the weekend as she made her Broadway debut with a speaking part in the musical “& Juliet.” https://t.co/Unka0L9l5R pic.twitter.com/p6Pq0uGKB2
— ABC News (@ABC) December 16, 2024
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On Saturday night, Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson fulfilled a childhood dream: making her Broadway debut.@vladduthiersCBS spoke with Justice Brown Jackson about taking on the one-time, walk-on role written specifically for her in @AndJulietBway: “I feel very much… pic.twitter.com/0MzZyPsCR1
— CBS Mornings (@CBSMornings) December 16, 2024
NPR reports:
Jackson appeared in a one-night-only walk-on role on Saturday night in the Tony-nominated romantic comedy musical & Juliet, a modern take on Shakespeare’s tragedy that imagines what would have happened if the female protagonist survived and took control of her own life.
The show announced Jackson’s performance several days in advance, writing on Instagram that the justice would also participate in a talkback with the audience afterward. Jackson also spoke about it on Saturday’s episode of NPR’s Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me, recorded in New York City hours before she took the stage.
“They have invited me to do a special walk-on role that I’m told they wrote for me,” she said. “So I’m very excited.”
Later, & Juliet posted behind-the-scenes footage on social media showing Jackson rehearsing songs and choreography, getting her hair and makeup done and trying on her monochromatic teal costume featuring baggy jeans, a tunic and a corset.
It also captures the moment when a cast member brings Jackson onstage, at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre, introducing her by name as the night’s “very special guest.” Jackson ran onto the stage — and later took her final bows — to roars of applause.
“I did it!” Jackson exclaims at the end of the video. “I made it to Broadway.”
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