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Stage and screen veteran Glenn Close attended last night's show and stopped backstage to chat with the cast - check out photos from her visit below!

Producers Daryl Roth and Eva Price announced today that A Time to Kill, the new Broadway play adapted from John Grisham's best-selling novel, will close on Sunday, November 17, 2013 at the John Golden Theatre (252 West 45th Street). Performances began on September 28, 2013, and opening night was October 20, 2013.

In today's New York Times Arts Beat 'In Performance' video, features Patrick Page, star of the new Broadway courtroom drama "A Time to Kill.' In the show Page portrays a Mississippi district attorney, prosecuting the case against a black man who kills his daughter's two white attackers. Click here to watch the actor address the jury.

Producers of the new Broadway play A Time to Kill, based on John Grisham's best-selling novel of the same name, announced today that high-profile defense attorney Benjamin Brafman will lead a post-show conversation with members of the cast following the Tuesday, November 5th performance. The group will discuss the current state of the justice system as it relates to the narrative of A Time to Kill. The audience of that evening's performance will be invited to stay and participate in the dialogue, which is sure to generate a variety of reactions. A Time to Kill opened on Broadway on Sunday, October 20, 2013, at the John Golden Theatre (252 West 45th Street). This new Broadway play holds the distinction of being the first-ever John Grisham property to be adapted for the stage. Ethan McSweeny directs. Sebastian Arcelus, Chike Johnson, Patrick Page, Tony Award winner Tonya Pinkins, Emmy Award winner Tom Skerritt, Fred Dalton Thompson, John Douglas Thompson, and Ashley Williams plus Jeffrey M. Bender, Dashiell Eaves, J.R. Horne, John Procaccino, Tijuana Ricks, and Lee Sellars will star. A Time to Kill is produced by Tony Award winner Daryl Roth and Eva Price. For future talkback information as well as tickets and info, visitwww.ATimeToKillOnBroadway.com.

Taye Diggs and Chuck Cooper attended last night's show and stopped backstage to chat with the cast - check out photos from their visit below!

Below you can check out photos of John Grisham in the BroadwayWorld.com series 'In The Spotlight' by acclaimed photographer Walter McBride!

Below you can check out photos of Sebastian Arcelus in the BroadwayWorld.com series 'In The Spotlight' by acclaimed photographer Walter McBride!

Below you can check out photos of John Douglas Thompson in the BroadwayWorld.com series 'In The Spotlight' by acclaimed photographer Walter McBride!

Below you can check out photos of Ashley Williams in the BroadwayWorld.com series 'In The Spotlight' by acclaimed photographer Walter McBride!

Pearl Jam's Mike McCready took a night off from the group's concerts to take a trip to the John Golden Theatre to catch the show. Check out photos from backstage below!

The show opened last night, October 20, and BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge was there throughout the night to celebrate with the cast. Check out what the whole gang had to say below!

The show opened last night, October 20, and BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge was on the red caret to chat with the guest, including Joan Rivers, Bobby Cannavale, Patrick Stewart and more. Check out what they had to say below!

The show opened last night, October 20, and BroadwayWorld was there throughout the night to celebrate with the cast. Check out all of the red carpet fashion below!

The show opened last night, October 20, and BroadwayWorld was there throughout the night to celebrate with the cast. Below, check out photos from the star-studded theatre arrivals!

The show opened last night, October 20, and BroadwayWorld was there throughout the night to celebrate with the cast. Check out photos from the after party festivities below!

The show opened last night, October 20, and BroadwayWorld was there throughout the night to ceebrate with the cast. Check out photos from the curtain call below!

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Rupert Holmes' stage adaptation of John Grisham's novel has a black man in 1980s Mississippi on trial for murdering the white men who raped and beat his 10-year-old daughter.

A TIME TO KILL opens tonight, Oct. 20, on Broadway at the John Golden Theatre. The production, based upon John Grisham's best-selling novel, stars Sebastian Arcelus, Chike Johnson, Patrick Page, Tony Award winner Tonya Pinkins, Emmy Award winner Tom Skerritt, Fred Dalton Thompson, John Douglas Thompson, and Ashley Williams, plus Jeffrey M. Bender, Dashiell Eaves, J.R. Horne, John Procaccino, Tijuana Ricks, and Lee Sellars.

It's the first ever John Grisham novel to be adapted for the stage and we're excited to present a first look at the explosive courtroom drama on Broadway, before the show opens on Sunday night, October 20.