Breaking: Richard Thomas Will Play Atticus Finch in TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD on Tour
by Nicole Rosky - May 13, 2019
To Kill A Mockingbird, Aaron Sorkin's new play, directed by Bartlett Sher, and based on Harper Lee's classic novel, will launch its coast-to-coast National Tour in August 2020 at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in the heart of the nation's capital. The tour will be on the road for over two years. According to the Hollywood Reporter, stage and screen star Richard Thomas will lead the production as Atticus Finch.
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD Becomes Highest Grossing American Play in Broadway History
by Stephi Wild - May 10, 2019
The Broadway production of To Kill a Mockingbird, Aaron Sorkin's new play, directed by Bartlett Sher, and based on Harper Lee's classic novel, has become the highest-grossing American play in Broadway history. The now history-making gross of $40,113,926.13, was set this week. To Kill a Mockingbird opened to critical acclaim at the Shubert Theatre on Thursday, December 13, 2018.
Aaron Sorkin Reveals Lawsuit Induced Changes to TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
by Julie Musbach - April 30, 2019
It's no secret that To Kill a Mockingbird went through quite a fight to make it to Broadway. These included a battle with the Harper Lee Estate's executor Tanja Carter who required changes to be made before the script was allowed to be performed. In a recent interview, Sorkin discussed these changes as well as his early process and character choices he made that varied from the original novel.
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD Recoups its Investment on Broadway
by Stephi Wild - April 26, 2019
Producer Scott Rudin announced today that the new Broadway production of To Kill a Mockingbird, Aaron Sorkin's new play, directed by Bartlett Sher, and based on Harper Lee's classic novel, has recouped its entire investment, a mere 19 weeks after opening to critical acclaim on Thursday, December 13, 2018.
BWW Exclusive: Adam Guettel Talks the Sound of TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD- Plus a Clip from His Score!
by Robert Diamond - April 25, 2019
Atticus Finch might be the voice we remember from To Kill a Mockingbird- the classic story that Aaron Sorkin brought to Broadway this season- but Adam Guettel is the man who made Mockingbird sing. The Broadway composer traded musical theatre for drama this season as he created the score for the critically-praised hit.
Below, Guettel tells us all about how he found the sound of the play, and shares an exclusive clip from the To Kill a Mockingbird score.
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD Faces New Litigation After Regional Shut Downs
by Julie Musbach - March 8, 2019
BroadwayWorld previously reported cancellations of a number of productions of the Christopher Sergel stage adaptation of To Kill A Mockingbird. According to the New York Times, president of Dramatic Publishing Company Christopher Sergel III says he will be suing for damages.
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD Tickets Now On Sale Through November 1, 2019
by Julie Musbach - January 7, 2019
The Broadway production of To Kill A Mockingbird, Aaron Sorkin's new play, directed by Bartlett Sher, and based on Harper Lee's classic novel, has released a new block of tickets through November 1, 2019, exactly one year from the first Broadway performance at the Shubert Theatre, 11/1/18.
BWW Review: Jeff Daniels is Atticus Finch in Aaron Sorkin and Bartlett Sher's Exquisite Adaptation of TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
by Michael Dale - December 13, 2018
Without knowing any better, one might easily mistake the new stage adaptation of Harper Lee's Pulitzer-winning 1960 novel 'To Kill A Mockingbird' for a revival of a classic Golden Age Broadway drama. So earnest in tone and full of plainspoken poetics is Aaron Sorkin's thoroughly engaging text. So old-school honest are the performances given by director Bartlett Sher's 24-member cast, beautifully framed in rural elegance designed by Miriam Buether (set), Ann Roth (costumes) and Jennifer Tipton (lights).
BWW Flashback: A Look Back at Aaron Sorkin's Best Scenes
by Julie Musbach - December 13, 2018
There are two kinds of people: those who say The West Wing is the greatest television series ever written and those who are wrong (and they can stand there in their wrongness and be wrong). We're taking a look back at some of Aaron Sorkin's best scenes. See some of the best of the best from The West Wing, Sports Night, The Newsroom and more!
TV: Aaron Sorkin, Jeff Daniels & More Talk Bringing TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD From Page to Stage
by Nicole Rosky - December 5, 2018
Previews are currently underway at the Shubert Theatre for the Broadway production of Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird, a new play by Aaron Sorkin, starring Jeff Daniels as Atticus Finch. Daniels, Sorkin, and the rest of the company just met the press to talk all about bringing the classic story to life onstage. Find out what they had to say below!