Jimmy Carter hopes the play ‘Camp David’ comes to Broadway

FILE - In this March 26, 1979 file photo, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, left, U.S. President Jimmy Carter, center, and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin clasp hands on the north lawn of the White House after signing the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel in Washington. Carter is hoping Lawrence Wright’s play “Camp David” can find a Broadway theater and remind New York audiences about the bravery that went into the landmark peace treaty. “Camp David” centers on the 13 grueling days of negotiations between Egyptian President Anwar el-Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin that led to the Middle East’s most durable peace treaty. (AP Photo/ Bob Daugherty, File) FILE - In this March 26, 1979 file photo, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, left, U.S. President Jimmy Carter, center, and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin clasp hands on the north lawn of the White House after signing the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel in Washington. Carter is hoping Lawrence Wright’s play “Camp David” can find a Broadway theater and remind New York audiences about the bravery that went into the landmark peace treaty. “Camp David” centers on the 13 grueling days of negotiations between Egyptian President Anwar el-Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin that led to the Middle East’s most durable peace treaty. (AP Photo/ Bob Daugherty, File)

By Associated Press June 25, 2015 1 min read

NEW YORK (AP) – Jimmy Carter has been a governor, the nation’s commander in chief and a Nobel Prize winner. One thing he still would like to see is himself on a Broadway stage.

The 39th president is hoping Lawrence Wright’s play “Camp David” can find a Broadway theater and remind New York audiences about the bravery that went into the landmark 1979 Egypt-Israel peace treaty.

The 90-year-old Carter says: “It will be quite an emotional experience for me to see it on Broadway,”

“Camp David” centers on the 13 grueling days of negotiations among Carter, Egyptian President Anwar el-Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin that led to the Middle East’s most durable peace treaty.

The play made its world debut last spring at Arena Stage in Washington, D.C.