Court Is In Session! A Time to Kill, Starring Sebastian Arcelus, Begins Performances on Broadway

A Time to Kill on Broadway will now come to order! The new stage adaptation of John Grisham’s bestselling novel begins performances September 28 at the John Golden Theatre. Directed by Ethan McSweeny and featuring a stage adaptation by Rupert Holmes, the new courtroom drama features Sebastian Arcelus and Patrick Page as two lawyers who go head-to-head to fight for justice.

In addition to Arcelus as Jake Brigance and Page as Rufus Buckley, A Time to Kill stars John Douglas Thompson as Carl Lee Hailey, Fred Dalton Thompson as Judge Noose, Tony winner Tonya Pinkins as Gwen Hailey, Emmy winner Tom Skerritt as Lucien Wilbanks, Chike Johnson as Ozzie Walls, Ashley Williams as Ellen Roark, Jeffrey M. Bender as Deputy Looney, Dashiell Eaves as Pete Willard and D.R. Musgrove, J.R. Horne as Mr. Pate, John Procaccino as Drew Tyndale and W.T. Bass, Tijuana Ricks as Court Reporter, and Lee Sellars as Billy Ray Cobb, Wilbert Rhodeheaver and Terrell Grist.

Set in Ford County, Mississippi, the legal thriller tells the story of Jake Brigance (Arcelus), an idealistic young lawyer who decides to defend Carl Lee Hailey, a black man who takes the law into his own hands when a gruesome crime is committed against his daughter. When Brigance finds himself fighting against the formidable district attorney, Rufus Buckley, the entire town is thrown into upheaval.

Will justice prevail? Find out in A Time to Kill!