NORAH O’DONNELL: For many, serving on the Supreme Court is a dream role, it was for Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, but she also had another dream. Broadway.
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O’DONNELL: Jackson made history as the first Supreme Court justice in a Broadway production, when she took the stage Saturday in the musical "And Juliet." I spoke with Justice Jackson earlier this year about her theater ambitions, something she wrote about in her Harvard application.
“As I believe it might help me (quote) to fulfill my fantasy of becoming the first black female Supreme Court justice to appear on a Broadway stage."
KETANJI BROWN JACKSON: Yes. Because I love theater. I mean, I did a lot of theater in college, and there was a time when I thought, “should I go into acting as opposed to law?” but, you know, I stuck with law, and so I thought this is a good way to combine the two.
O’DONNELL: Well, the verdict in this landmark case was a standing ovation for Jackson. The play "And Juliet" explores what if Juliet hadn’t ended her life for Romeo, and had been given a second chance at love and life on her terms.
