Taylor Trensch & more join TKAM

[inception]

Posted: 10/3/19 at 11:01am

Regarding article on BWW's front page, Taylor Trensch will play the character of Dill Harris in TKAM. For anyone who has seen this, is this a significant role? Does it make you want to see it with him? I'm a fan of how he played Evan Hansen, & of course he was grest in Curious Incident. I haven't really wanted to see Mockingbird, but this might change my mind.

[JBroadway]

Posted: 10/3/19 at 11:07am

It's a significant enough role that it earned Gideon Glick a Tony nomination. 

As far as the cast changes go, I think the most interesting one is Russell Harvard as Boo Radley. Type-wise he's a natural fit for the role, and he's also a deaf actor - should be interesting to see how they do that. 

[inception]

Posted: 10/3/19 at 11:12am

OK thanks, didn't realize he was replacing Gideon Glick. I actually read the article on Playbill about this & not the BWW one & I didn't see that there.
Also, wondering about if it woukd be feasible to see a 7pm TKAM & have enough time to get to a 10pm Freestyle Love Supreme?

[JBroadway]

Posted: 10/3/19 at 11:21am

inception said: "Also, wondering about if it woukd be feasible to see a 7pm TKAM & have enough time to get to a 10pm Freestyle Love Supreme?"

Yes, Mockingbird will probably let out around 9:40, and it will take about 30 seconds to get from the Shubert to the Booth (they're right next to each other) 

Updated On: 10/3/19 at 11:21 AM

[Mike Barrett]

Posted: 10/3/19 at 11:34am

They're actually connected buildings even lol, you should be all set! Also, do we know who's replacing Cecilia? 

[JBroadway]

Posted: 10/3/19 at 11:43am

Mike Barrett said: "They're actually connected buildings even lol, you should be all set! Also, do we know who's replacing Cecilia?"

 

We sure do! It's Nina Grollman! 

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Taylor-Trensch-Kyle-Scatliffe-and-More-Will-Join-TO-KILL-A-MOCKINGBIRD-20191003

Let's read the press release, folks!  

[quizking101]

Posted: 10/3/19 at 11:58am

JBroadway said: "It's a significant enough role that it earned Gideon Glick a Tony nomination.

As far as the cast changes go, I think the most interesting one is Russell Harvard as Boo Radley. Type-wise he's a natural fit for the role, and he's also a deaf actor - should be interesting to see how they do that."

I’m so happy. I love Russell Harvard!

[Mike Barrett]

Posted: 10/3/19 at 12:07pm

JBroadway said: "Mike Barrett said: "They're actually connected buildings even lol, you should be all set! Also, do we know who's replacing Cecilia?"



We sure do! It's Nina Grollman!

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Taylor-Trensch-Kyle-Scatliffe-and-More-Will-Join-TO-KILL-A-MOCKINGBIRD-20191003

Let's read the press release, folks! "

Honestly, I read this thing 5 times looking for Scout replacement and never saw it. Might need new glasses, but thanks for sharing! 

[UncleCharlie]

Posted: 10/3/19 at 1:05pm

M. Emmet Walsh, one of the greatest character actors ever, is making his return to the Broadway stage after 45 years and will play the judge. That is exciting!

[inception]

Posted: 12/23/19 at 1:35am

So I went to Mockingbird tonight, and then ran over to see Freestyle Love Supreme afterwards. I also went to the matinee of Halfway B!tches earlier. That got out at 5, & as I walked up 9th towards 44th, I stopped at Chelsea Square diner to get some food - which turned out to be one of the better diners I have stumbled across. Tickets to both TKAM & FLS were at will call, so I picked up the one for the later show first to make sure entry for that would go smoothly.
I purchased a seat in the balcony for Mockingbird after reading that the view might be better than in the mezzanine & it turned out fine. There was a really lovely, fun lady ushering up there. Unfortunately, there was one of those dreaded little slips of paper in the Playbill, & Taylor Trensch ended up being out tonight. His understudy was fine. It was interesting how this was turned into a play & how different it is from the famous film. My father has two favorite movies, Bullit and TKAM, so I grew up on Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch. Last x-mas when I came to NY I passed on seeing this because I could only see Jeff Daniels as the guy from Dumb & Dumber. For me Ed Harris seems like someone with more gravitas. In early scenes I at first wasn't sold on his take, but by plays end I really enjoyed his performance. I can't compare the new cast with the last, but I thought they were all fine. I really liked Dakin Matthews performance as the Judge. It is an interesting & different take on the material, but for me the film remains the superior adaptation of the novel.
I was worried about being late for the next show, & as I had an aisle seat I quickly exited as the bows started. Before the show started I purchased the fridge magnet, but passed on the program as it was all pictures of the original cast. Thanks to those above in the thread who gave advice. It was a good day due to much planning, but I can NOT recommend doing a 3 show day! If my body wasn't still 3 hours behind on West Coast time I think I would be even more tired than I am.

Updated On: 12/23/19 at 01:35 AM

[willep]

Posted: 12/23/19 at 9:07am

Whatever happened to M. Emmet Walsh coming in to play the Judge?

[AC126748]

Posted: 12/23/19 at 10:16am

He never joined the cast. Dakin Matthews is still playing the Judge.

Walsh is in his upper 80s and, as someone else pointed out, has not been on Broadway in several decades. Perhaps he felt he couldn’t sustain eight shows a week.

[willep]

Posted: 12/23/19 at 10:19am

I can see that he never joined the cast, that was why I was asking. I wasn’t sure if I had missed an announcement about him not joining after all.

[AC126748]

Posted: 12/23/19 at 11:01am

No announcement was made and no public reason was given. He just didn’t join the cast.