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This weekend, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg traveled to New York City to attend the Saturday night performance of What the Constitution Means to Me, an “achingly human” play about the intersection of the U.S. Constitution and women’s rights within America. Of course, as soon as audience members and cast members alike discovered that the Notorious RBG herself was in the house, the scene turned into “an incredible circus.”
The play features one of Justice Ginsburg’s oft-repeated quotes about when she thinks there will be enough women on the Supreme Court: “When will there be enough women on the court? My answer is, when there are nine.”
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And that’s when all hell broke loose:
And then if you have seen it, there was a moment where you'll know that everyone lost their minds and wept and gave RBG a standing ovation midshow, and then Heidi said "Oh wow, we still have another part of the play."
— Charles Haugland 🌻🌻 (@charleswha) June 16, 2019
The “Heidi” that Haugland is referring to is Heidi Schreck, who is not only the show’s Pulitzer-nominated playwright, but also one of its Tony-nominated performers.
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Here’s what it looked like when Justice Ginsburg left the theater:
https://twitter.com/jessicalustig/status/1140091590679126017
Supreme Court justices: They’re just like us! They see Broadway plays about the Constitution too! (Well, not all of us… not everyone is this nerdy.)
Staci Zaretsky is a senior editor at Above the Law, where she’s worked since 2011. She’d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Twitter or connect with her on LinkedIn.