![]() ![]() ![]() With a number of productions waiting in the wings to find a Broadway venue, an intimate playhouse in a desirable location like the Golden is unlikely to remain empty for long. 14 perfomance, welcoming the audience with remarks on the play, the novel that inspired it and the book’s sequel.Ī Time to Kill is the first commercial casualty among the 2013-14 theater season’s plays, following the musicals Let It Be and Soul Doctor, both of which closed early. The production marked the first adaptation of a Grishem novel for the stage. ![]() The ensemble cast is headed by Sebastian Arcelus, John Douglas Thompson, Ashley Williams, Tom Skerritt, Tonya Pinkins, Chike Johnson, Patrick Page and Fred Dalton Thompson.Īnnouncing the swift closing of the open-ended run, lead producers Daryl Roth and Eva Price thanked the cast and creative team for their commitment to the project and expressed satisfaction with the response from audiences who have seen the play. However, while producers clearly had been counting on the popularity of the author, and of Joel Schumacher‘s 1996 screen version starring Matthew McConaughey, to sell tickets, audiences failed to turn out in sufficient numbers.ĭirected by Ethan McSweeny, the production also lacked major marquee names that might have helped it overcome critical indifference. When Doubleday published The Firm, Wynwood released a trade paperback of A Time to Kill, which became a bestseller. The novel was rejected by many publishers before Wynwood Press eventually gave it a 5,000-copy printing. The show’s October opening coincided with the publication from Doubleday of Grisham’s sequel, Sycamore Row. A Time to Kill is a 1989 legal thriller and debut novel by American author John Grisham. ![]()
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