Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning American classic To Kill a Mockingbird comes to Broadway for the first time in a new adaptation by Aaron Sorkin and directed by Bartlett Sher.
This new interpretation of the beloved, iconic American story retells the story of one of literature's towering symbols of integrity and righteousness, Atticus Finch, in a way made even more poignant for today. Told by Atticus' daughter Scout, based on herself, we see a world of pain and inequity through the eyes youthful innocence.
The answer to that question, after seeing the lush new production at New York's historic Shubert Theater, feels like an impressed, qualified yes. While Lee's vivid snapshot of the Great Depression-era Deep South is its own valuable time capsule, the shifting sands of race and justice in America (and all the things that haven't changed, depressingly, in the more than eight decades since) is well served by at least some new perspective. And the Emmy- and Oscar-winning Sorkin - ratatat duke of dialogue, reigning king of the walk-and-talk - does feel like a smart choice to drag it all into the 21st century.
Against all odds, writer Aaron Sorkin and director Bartlett Sher have succeeded in crafting a stage-worthy adaptation of Harper Lee's classic American novel 'To Kill a Mockingbird.' The ever-likable Daniels, whose casting was genius, gives a strong and searching performance as Atticus Finch, the small-town Southern lawyer who epitomizes the ideal human qualities of goodness, tolerance and decency. Celia Keenan-Bolger, best remembered for 'The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee' but grown up now, is smart, funny, and entirely convincing as Scout, Atticus's precocious 6-year-old daughter and the narrator of the story. The rest of the large and very fine cast perform their parts with all their hearts, under Sher's impeccably fine-tuned direction.
2020 | US Tour |
First National Tour US Tour |
2021 | Broadway |
Original Broadway Production Broadway |
2022 | West End |
Original West End Production West End |
Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
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2019 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Celia Keenan-Bolger |
2019 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Jeff Daniels |
2019 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Celia Keenan-Bolger |
2019 | Drama League Awards | Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play | To Kill a Mockingbird |
2019 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Director of a Play | Bartlett Sher |
2019 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Celia Keenan-Bolger |
2019 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding New Broadway Play | To Kill a Mockingbird |
2019 | Theatre World Awards | Outstanding Broadway or Off-Broadway Debut Performance | Gbenga Akinnagbe |
2019 | Tony Awards | Best Costume Design of a Play | Ann Roth |
2019 | Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Play | Bartlett Sher |
2019 | Tony Awards | Best Lighting Design of a Play | Jennifer Tipton |
2019 | Tony Awards | Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Adam Guettel |
2019 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Gideon Glick |
2019 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Jeff Daniels |
2019 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Celia Keenan-Bolger |
2019 | Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design of a Play | Miriam Buether |
2019 | Tony Awards | Best Sound Design of a Play | Scott Lehrer |
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