(Julieta Cervantes)
Broadway San Diego ~ A Nederlander Presentationis thrilled to welcome the โฏhistory-making production ofโฏTo Kill a Mockingbird to the San Diego Civic Theatre from November 29 โ December 4, 2022. Academy Awardยฎ winner Aaron Sorkinโs new play, directed by Tony Awardยฎ winner Bartlett Sher and based on Harper Leeโs is in San Diego as part of a multi-year national tour across North America.
To Kill a Mockingbird was originally a part of Broadway San Diegoโs 2019-2020 Season, sponsored by San Diego County Credit Unionยฎ. Reservations for groups of ten (10) or more are now being accepted by emailing [email protected]. Individual tickets for To Kill a Mockingbird are now on sale at BroadwaySD.com. Emmyย Awardยฎ-winning actorย Richard Thomas,ย who recently celebrated a 60-year anniversary of performing on both stage and screen, will play the role of Atticus Finch.ย Additionalย castingย willย be announced later.ย ย
To Kill a Mockingbirdย holds the record as the highest-grossing American play in Broadwayย history. It began performances on November 1, 2018, at the Shubert Theatre and played to sold-out houses until the Broadway shutdown in March 2020. On February 26, 2020,ย To Kill a Mockingbirdย became the first-ever Broadway play to perform at New Yorkโs Madison Square Garden, in front of approximately 18,000 New York City public school students, also marking the largest attendance at a single performance of a play ever in world theater.ย The production resumed performancesย on October 5, 2021 and concluded its run at the Shubert Theatre on January 16, 2022.ย To Kill a Mockingbirdย is currently running at the Gielgud Theatre in Londonโs West End starring Rafe Spall.ย
Set in Alabama in 1934, Harper Leeโs enduring story of racial injustice and childhood innocence centers on one of the most venerated characters in American literature, small-town lawyer Atticus Finch. The cast of characters includes Atticusโs daughter Scout, her brother Jem, their housekeeper and caretaker, Calpurnia, their visiting friend Dill, and a mysterious neighbor, the reclusive Arthur โBooโ Radley. The other indelible residents of Maycomb, Alabama, are Bob Ewell, Tom Robinson, prosecutor Horace Gilmer, Judge Taylor and Mayella Ewell.
To Kill a Mockingbird is designed by Miriam Buether, with costumes by Ann Roth, lighting by Jennifer Tipton, sound by Scott Lehrer and an original score by Adam Guettel. Casting by Telsey and Co. The national tour is produced by Barry Diller.
Note: Thereโs a Digital Lottery available for every performance ofย To Kill A Mockingbirdย this week for a chance to purchase great seats for just $35. Entries for each performance will be available from 10 am-3 pm the day prior to the performance. Entrants will be notified if they are selected via email. You can enter the Lottery directly through the Broadway Direct website:ย https://lottery.broadwaydirect.com/show/tkam-sd/?spMailingID=8961398&spUserID=MTg5OTQ1OTM2NzM5S0&spJobID=1620617742&spReportId=MTYyMDYxNzc0MgS2
Richard Thomas (Atticus Finch) last appeared on Broadway in the revival of The Little Foxes, for which he received a Tony Award nomination. He has been seen in acclaimed performances on stage including You Canโt Take It with You, Race, Democracy, Incident at Vichy (Drama Desk Award nomination), The Stendhal Syndrome (Lucille Lortel Award and Outer Critics Circle Award nominations), A Naked Girl on the Appian Way, An Enemy of the People, Tiny Alice, The Front Page, The Fifth of July, innumerable Shakespeare productions, and his professional debut at 7 years old in Sunrise at Campobello on Broadway. He was last seen on national tour in the award-winning productions of The Humans (Elliot Norton Award) and Twelve Angry Men. Thomas is an Emmy Award-winning actor beloved for his performance in the iconic series โThe Waltons.โ His feature film performances include Frank Perryโs Last Summer, James Goldstoneโs Red Sky at Morning, James Bridgesโ September 30, 1955, Curtis Hansonโs Wonder Boys, Ang Leeโs Taking Woodstock and Nora Fingscheidtโs The Unforgivable (Netflix). He is best known to contemporary television audiences for his work in the critically renowned series โThe Americansโ as well as his appearances on โBillions,โ the limited series โTell Me Your Secretsโ and the Netflix series โOzark.โ