Despite the New York Times’ announcement that “To Kill a Mockingbird,” Aaron Sorkin’s stage version of Harper Lee’s renowned coming-of-age classic, would return to Broadway, it will not.
It was the play’s final performance at the Shubert Theatre on January 16 after it premiered on Broadway in 2018. The Belasco Theater in New York City has announced
Later, the date was changed to Nov. 2, and the location was changed to the Music Box Theater on purpose. The Times has now decided to cancel the production entirely.
An e-mail sent by the Times on Thursday night to the cast and crew of “The West Wing” blamed the decision on the show’s original lead producer Scott Rudin.
Sorkin and Sher wrote E-mails that purportedly stated Rudin had “reinserted himself as producer and for reasons which are, frankly, unfathomable to us both, he stopped the play.
Rudin sent Sorkin and Sher an email on Friday in which he linked the producer’s decision to considerations about the show’s profitability should it open later this year
At the 2019 Tony Prizes, it was nominated for nine awards, with Celia Keenan-Bolger winning for her performance as Scout Finch. As a result of Rudin’s lawyers closing dozens of neighborhood
With average weekly ticket sales of $2 million and a return on investment of 19 weeks, “To Kill a Mockingbird” opened in 2018 as a financial success right away.
After the Broadway suspension in March 2020, the play resumed performances last October, with original actor Jeff Daniels returning to the role of Atticus Finch.
The drama launched on London’s West End in March with Rafe Spall and Gwyneth Keyworth playing Atticus and Scout. In addition, a tour of the United States began in Boston earlier this month.