Few can be stunned to listen to a Supreme Court justice talk about having childhood desires, however one specific merchandise Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson checked off her record this weekend would possibly elevate an eyebrow or two.
Jackson made her Broadway debut Saturday with a one-night-only position within the jukebox musical “& Juliet,” which, in keeping with Playbill, “flips the script on the William Shakespeare basic, imagining what would occur subsequent if Juliet hadn’t ended it throughout Romeo.”
The Broadway manufacturing introduced Jackson’s particular look in an Instagram submit final week, quoting her memoir “Lovely One,” which was launched in September. In her ebook, Jackson writes about twin aspirations she disclosed in a Harvard software essay: first, “ascending to the best court docket within the land,” and second, “to satisfy my fantasy of turning into the primary Black, feminine Supreme Court justice to seem on a Broadway stage.”
“Let’s make that teenage dream come true, Justice Jackson,” the manufacturing wrote.
Jackson’s ensemble position was written particularly for her, she informed NPR hours earlier than name time, including, “So I’m very excited.”
The day after her cameo, “& Juliet” shared behind-the-scenes footage from Jackson’s rehearsals and a choice of her moments onstage.
“Female empowerment!” she says in a single onstage clip, flashing a shaka signal as the group roars. “Sick.”
Capping off the video is one other clip of Jackson declaring triumphantly, “I did it! I made it to Broadway!”
Jarring because it might sound, the previous federal public defender’s activate Broadway isn’t utterly unlikely.
“I simply all the time beloved theater, and I felt very comfy onstage,” Jackson stated in a “CBS Mornings” section that aired Monday. During the interview, the justice spoke about acting at a younger age and feeling like “theater folks” have been all the time her kindred spirits.
Jackson even participated in theater at Harvard, showing in a manufacturing of “Little Shop of Horrors,” in keeping with NPR. In her “CBS Mornings” interview, Jackson additionally jokingly recalled outperforming Matt Damon after they have been scene companions in a drama class.
“I simply additionally assume it’s essential to remind folks that justices are human beings, that we have now desires and that we’re public servants, and we’re not so indifferent from the folks that we serve,” she stated.
“I assume this second reinforces for me that something is feasible.”
