To Kill A Mockingbird - 2021 Broadway History , Info & More
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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.
To Kill A Mockingbird - 2021 - Broadway Cast
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Review: In 'To Kill a Mockingbird' on Broadway, the words of Harper Lee but the voice of Aaron Sorkin
8 / 10
Harper Lee's 'To Kill a Mockingbird' will gratefully always be with us. This is Sorkin's version and, for all the distortions and limitations, it finds ways through Atticus' character to speak directly to our troubled times about the inseparability of race and justice in America. I look forward to future productions from female and African American perspectives that can match this level of theatrical excellence, but they too will be incomplete.
‘Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, a New Play by Aaron Sorkin’ and ‘A Child’s Christmas in Wales’ Reviews: Perils and Perks of Reworking Classics
6 / 10
Christopher Sergel's workmanlike 1991 stage adaptation of 'Mockingbird,' a regional-theater staple that I saw done three years ago by Florida's Orlando Shakespeare Theatre, is both truer to the book and far more dramatically effective. Moreover, that company's small-scale staging, sensitively directed by Thomas Ouellette, was superior in every way to Bartlett Sher's overblown, over-designed Broadway version, which is devoid of credible local color (hardly anybody on stage acts or sounds as if they've ever traveled much farther south than Cleveland). Mr. Daniels, a fine actor whom I suspect has been disserved by his director, paints Atticus with the coarsest of brushes, though the sad truth is that save for Adam Guettel's homespun incidental music and a handful of strong performances, most notably by Mr. Akinnagbe and Dakin Matthews, who plays the judge, nothing about this 'Mockingbird' is any good at all. Shame on Harper Lee's estate for letting it happen.
To Kill A Mockingbird History
Other Productions of To Kill A Mockingbird
| 2020 | US Tour |
First National Tour US Tour |
| 2021 | Broadway |
Original Broadway Production Broadway |
| 2022 | West End |
Original West End Production West End |
| 2026 | West End |
West End |
To Kill A Mockingbird - 2021 Broadway Awards and Nominations
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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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