Shows from September 2011 to Present Part 14
27. Twelve Angry Men – December 7 th 2012 (Blue Cast) In 1954 Reginald Rose wrote a teleplay called Twelve Angry Men for CBS’ Studio One. The Broadway debut of Rose’s famous play came 50 years after the telecast. A lot can change in the courtroom setting of this dynamic play. Gender dynamics with the additions of women in the jury. For those getting ready to go on jury duty this is a what I call an into to what you might have to do. This one production was done at the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts presented by the Junior Drama class under the direction of Robert Frisch. Twelve Angry Men takes place in a jury room on a late Summer afternoon after closing arguments of a homicidal trail of young man is accused of murdering his father and the jurors are made to decide on the verdict of guilty (with a sentence of the death penalty), not guilty or hung jury. They all think its an open and shut case with eleven voting guilty and one v