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On January 12, 2022, it was announced the show would play its final performance at the Shubert Theatre on January 16, and reopen at the Belasco Theatre on June 1. A new executive producer, Orin Wolf, took over. The play resumed performances on Octoat the Shubert Theatre, with the original cast of Jeff Daniels and Celia Keenan-Bolger returning. On March 12, 2020, the play suspended production due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The production began previews at the Shubert Theatre on November 1, 2018, prior to an official opening on December 13, 2018.ĭuring production the show was involved in two legal disputes, one with the Harper Lee estate, and the other against licensed productions of the Christopher Sergel adaptation. Celia Keenan-Bolger and Will Pullen were also announced to play Scout and Jem Finch, respectively. On February 15, 2018, it was announced that Jeff Daniels would star in the production as Atticus Finch.

The book had previously been adapted for the stage but Rudin specified that this production would be completely unrelated to the prior pieces. It was announced in February 2016 that Aaron Sorkin would bring the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel to Broadway, in a new production produced by Scott Rudin and directed by Bartlett Sher. To Kill a Mockingbird at the Shubert Theatre in 2019 Broadway (2018–2022)

Tom Robinson – Kyle Scatliffe, Michael Braugher.

Dill Harris – Taylor Trensch, Noah Robbins.

Jem Finch – Nick Robinson, Hunter Parrish.

Atticus Finch – Ed Harris, Greg Kinnear.

During opening week, the production garnered more than $1.5 million in box office sales and reviews by publications such as the New York Times, LA Times and AMNY were positive but not without criticism.

During development the show was involved in two legal disputes, the first with the Lee estate over the faithfulness of the play to the original book, and the second was due to exclusivity to the rights with productions using the script by Christopher Sergel. Varying from the book, the play has Atticus as the protagonist, not his daughter Scout, allowing his character to change throughout the show. The show follows the story of Atticus Finch, a lawyer in 1930s Alabama, as he defends Tom Robinson, a black man falsely accused of rape. The play opened in London's West End at the Gielgud Theatre in March 2022. It opened on Broadway at the Shubert Theatre on December 13, 2018. To Kill a Mockingbird is a 2018 play based on the 1960 novel of the same name by Harper Lee, adapted for the stage by Aaron Sorkin. Promotional Playbill cover of the original Broadway production