Supreme Court Justice’s teenage dream comes true as Broadway walk-on role
Judiciary
Supreme Court justice’s teen dream comes true with Broadway walk-on role
December 11, 2024, 11:21 am CST
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, who is a teen, will walk on stage in the musical comedy & Juliet in a one night performance. (Photo from the Supreme Court).
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson will appear in a performance of the musical comedy & Juliet on Saturday in a one-night walk-on role.
The show announced Jackson’s Dec. 14 appearance and an audience “talkback” after the performance in an Instagram post.
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Jackson revealed in her memoir Lovely One that her Harvard University application essay expressed a desire to become “the first Black, female Supreme Court justice to appear on a Broadway stage.”
“Let’s make that teenage dream come true, Justice Jackson,” the Instagram post said.
The show & Juliet considers what would happen if the William Shakespeare character Juliet did not kill herself after the character Romeo’s death.
Jackson once performed an acting scene with actor Matt Damon in a Harvard drama class.
“He’s not going to remember this, of course,” Jackson told CBS News’ Sunday Morning in September. Jackson told CBS News’ Sunday Morning in September that Matt Damon would not remember the scene she performed with him.
