![]() ![]() Legal disputes during production Sorkin and the Harper Lee estate ĭuring development of the play, the Lee estate believed that the proposed script varied too much from the book, and a complaint was filed in an Alabama federal court in March 2018. įrom December 2022 Matthew Modine took over as Atticus Finch. It eventually opened on 31 March 2022 with Rafe Spall replacing Ifans as Atticus Finch, and Gwyneth Keyworth as Scout. In 2019 it was announced that the production would transfer to London's West End to the Gielgud Theatre opening in May 2020 with Rhys Ifans as Atticus Finch before being postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On July 29, 2022, it was reported the Broadway production would not reopen after producer Scott Rudin decided that he did not have confidence in the climate for plays the following winter. However, Girl From the North Country's run at the Belasco is slated to run through June 11 and a new opening date for Mockingbird has not been announced. Greg Kinnear was set to resume as Atticus Finch when the production reopened. On January 12, 2022, it was announced the show would play its final performance at the Shubert Theatre on January 16, and reopen at the Belasco Theatre on June 1. A new executive producer, Orin Wolf, took over. The play resumed performances on Octoat the Shubert Theatre, with the original cast of Jeff Daniels and Celia Keenan-Bolger returning. On March 12, 2020, the play suspended production due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The production began previews at the Shubert Theatre on November 1, 2018, prior to an official opening on December 13, 2018.ĭuring production the show was involved in two legal disputes, one with the Harper Lee estate, and the other against licensed productions of the Christopher Sergel adaptation. Celia Keenan-Bolger and Will Pullen were also announced to play Scout and Jem Finch, respectively. On February 15, 2018, it was announced that Jeff Daniels would star in the production as Atticus Finch. ![]() The book had previously been adapted for the stage but Rudin specified that this production would be completely unrelated to the prior pieces. It was announced in February 2016 that Aaron Sorkin would bring the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel to Broadway, in a new production produced by Scott Rudin and directed by Bartlett Sher. To Kill a Mockingbird at the Shubert Theatre in 2019 Broadway (2018–2022)
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