Sam S Shubert Theatre, New York
The Oscar-winning writer’s controversial adaptation of the Harper Lee novel hits the stage with a splash and a strong central performance from Jeff Daniels
Aaron Sorkin’s To Kill a Mockingbird, a talky courtroom drama that inspired its own courtroom drama, has finally arrived on Broadway. Can it fly? Mostly.
Earlier this year, Harper Lee’s estate had sued the production for characterizations thought to deviate from the 1960 novel. The suit was eventually settled and the production allowed to continue. Changes remain, though the Broadway production hasn’t made a script available, which makes direct comparisons difficult. It’s clear that Sorkin has tried, rightly or wrongly, to make the story more palatable for 2018 and the parallels between 1930s America and the America of today even more explicit.
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