100 Centre Street

100 Centre Street was a short-lived courtroom television drama created by Sidney Lumet and starring Alan Arkin. The show takes its name for the street address of the criminal division of the New York Supreme Court for New York County. The show aired in the United States on the A&E Network cable television channel from 2001-2002. Some called it a more gritty and accurate version of "Law & Order", although unlike "Law & Order", "100 Centre Street" focused more on the personal lives of its characters. Episodes focused on the friendship between Judge Rifkind, a liberal Jew, and Judge Sims, a conservative lesbian African American, as well as the romance between Bobby and Cynthia, Ramon's infidelity to his wife Cassandra, J.J.'s potentially corrupt mob ties, Fatima's drug addiction, Rebecca Rifkind's estrangement from her father, and Spiegelman and Byrnes' political scheming.

Regular cast

*Alan Arkin as Judge Joe Rifkind
*Val Avery as Sal Gentile
*Bobby Cannavale as ADA Jeremiah "J.J." Jellinek
*Joel de la Fuente as ADA Peter Davies
*Paula Devicq as ADA/private attorney Cynthia Bennington
*Manny Perez as Legal Aid attorney Ramon Rodriguez
*Latanya Richardson as Judge Atallah Sims
*Joseph Lyle Taylor as ADA/PI Bobby Esposito
*Michole White as Legal Aid attorney Fatima Kelly

Recurring guest stars

*Sidney Armus as DA Spiegelman
*Dennis Boutsikaris as Executive ADA Gil Byrnes
*Paul Butler as Det. Willard Block
*Sarita Choudhury as ADA Julia Brooks
*Chuck Cooper as Charlie the Bridgeman (bailiff)
*Tawny Cypress as Cassandra Rodriguez
*Margo Martindale as Legal Aid supervisor Michelle Grange
*Phyllis Newman as Sarah Rifkind
*Amy Ryan as Rebecca Rifkind

Notable guest stars

*Matthew Arkin
*Jude Ciccolella
*Terry Serpico
*Anna Deavere Smith
*Roma Torre
*Floyd Vivino
*Kerry Washington
*Judy Reyes
*Eric Millegan

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0260596/ "100 Centre Street"] at Internet Movie Database
* [http://epguides.com/100CentreStreet/ "100 Centre Street"] episode guide