SOURCE: A review of Execution of Justice, in Variety, 19 March 1986, p. 84.

Hummler extols nearly every aspect of Execution of Justice, declaring: "It's refreshing finally to encounter a play on a pressing contemporary issue on Broadway, and Mann has packaged the volatile material in an effective, high-tech format."

Execution of Justice is both a riveting courtroom drama and a penetrating analysis of the social cost of intolerance. Emily Mann's documentary-style play about the Dan White murder trial in San Francisco, widely produced in the nonprofit legit sector, has been given a superior production for Broadway and stacks up as rattling good theater. But it may have difficulties attracting the challenge-shy Broadway public.

White was the blue collar ex-city supervisor who gunned down the mayor, George Moscone, and the city's first openly gay elected official, Harvey Milk, in 1978. His conviction for manslaughter rather than murder and a light seven-year sentence...