Aaron Sorkin's TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD Adaptation to premiere on Broadway December 13, 2018

[ForB4]

Posted: 9/6/17 at 11:52am

http://www.theatermania.com/broadway/news/aaron-sorkin-to-kill-a-mockingbird_82298.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=06sep2017

[Kad]

Posted: 9/6/17 at 11:57am

I'm surprised they're announcing this over 15 months ahead of time.

[mullein]

Posted: 9/6/17 at 11:58am

Wait... DECEMBER 2018? Is this a typo? That is well into the next season...

[ACL2006]

Posted: 9/6/17 at 12:01pm

no theater announced. Maybe The Golden?

[AllThatJazz2]

Posted: 9/6/17 at 12:01pm

Looking forward to this...though I'm happy to say that I'm glad it isn't debuting until the end of the year, because my wallet is already taking a hit in 2018.

Updated On: 9/6/17 at 12:01 PM

[RippedMan]

Posted: 9/6/17 at 12:01pm

Interesting. I don't think we NEED this, I'd rather see an original play, but with the powers behind it, I'm sure it will be great.

[ForB4]

Posted: 9/6/17 at 12:02pm

Yeah, wonder why its being announced so early

[Cfried]

Posted: 9/6/17 at 12:02pm

Ooh. I'm really looking forward to this. 

[wolfwriter]

Posted: 9/6/17 at 12:04pm

I recall a version of this at Papermill Playhouse. It must be 25 years ago, easily. I don't recall much about it except that it wasn't very good and, for some reason, did not translate well to the stage.

I always wondered why Horton Foote never took a stab at a stage version. I trust Sorkin will remain true to the work and won't feel the need to update or "revise" it.

[ACL2006]

Posted: 9/6/17 at 12:10pm

when I originally read this I just thought it said 2017. Talk about early planning.

[BroadwayConcierge]

Posted: 9/6/17 at 12:26pm

Bizarrely early announcement. But yay to Sher being involved!

[Valentina3]

Posted: 9/6/17 at 12:37pm

Wasn't this planned to be a TV adaptation? I swear I remember Rudin and Sorkin were teaming up do a live TV play. Let me go find receipts.

 

Edit - ugh, that was Sorkin's A Few Good Men (link). Link says early 2017 air date. Well, this never happened. NBC website says "coming soon", whatever that means.

Updated On: 9/6/17 at 12:37 PM

[BroadwayConcierge]

Posted: 9/6/17 at 12:38pm

Valentina3 said: "Wasn't this planned to be a TV adaptation? I swear I remember Rudin and Sorkin were teaming up do a live TV play. Let me go find receipts."

Not sure about Rudin, but Sorkin is definitely behind NBC's live A Few Good Men happening sometime in the future with Alex Baldwin (not Mockingbird).

[Alex Kulak2]

Posted: 9/6/17 at 1:15pm

One of my favorite books adapted by one of my favorite dramatists? Just take my money now.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 9/6/17 at 1:59pm

If this actually happens, I really hope Matthew Modine is still attached to it. 

[haterobics]

Posted: 9/6/17 at 2:02pm

RippedMan said: "Interesting. I don't think we NEED this..."

Well, I don't think we need any of them?!

[The Distinctive Baritone]

Posted: 9/6/17 at 3:09pm

haterobics said: "RippedMan said: "Interesting. I don't think we NEED this..."

Well, I don't think we need any of them?!"

 

We definitely need a new stage version of TKAMB. The Christopher Sergel one sucks.

[TheSassySam]

Posted: 9/6/17 at 3:47pm

Probably announced very early for high schools in the area to start planning group trips. 

[mikey2573]

Posted: 9/6/17 at 4:27pm

I hope this version eventually becomes available to for other companies to produce.  The current stage adaptation by Chris Sergel is very poor, with tons of extremely dramatic moments related to the audience via narration.  Remember, the first rule of creative writing?  Show don't tell! 

[AllThatJazz2]

Posted: 9/8/17 at 2:39pm

Apparently group sales begin tomorrow for this. I don't know enough about the ins and outs of the industry, but is that typical this far in advance?

[thealtoslament]

Posted: 9/8/17 at 4:46pm

AllThatJazz2 said: "Apparently group sales begin tomorrow for this. I don't know enough about the ins and outs of the industry, but is that typical this far in advance?"

When pretty much every high school in the US has this book in the English curriculum, I imagine teachers are chomping at the bit to start booking group tickets for their classes.

[AllThatJazz2]

Posted: 9/8/17 at 4:49pm

thealtoslament said: "AllThatJazz2 said: "Apparently group sales begin tomorrow for this. I don't know enough about the ins and outs of the industry, but is that typical this far in advance?"

When pretty much every high school in the US has this book in the English curriculum, I imagine teachers are chomping at the bit to start booking group tickets for their classes."

Good point! Makes sense.

[Sunny11]

Posted: 9/8/17 at 5:29pm

Except that many high school English teachers will not have the same students tomorrow as they will in December 2018 which is in a new academic year. Departments, I guess, will just have to estimate how many people will be interested and make a bulk order and then wait until next September to tell that class. 

 

[dramamama611]

Posted: 9/8/17 at 5:37pm

And add to that, MOST schools cannot spend money from THIS year's budget, for NEXT year's activities.  I know I can't.  My drama club can....but I can't make that decision for them (the students - they determine what we see each year.)

 

 

[broadwaybabywannabe2]

Posted: 9/8/17 at 6:23pm

how exciting...AARON SORKIN is a genius writer...i loved his movie STEVE JOBS...one of the most articulate and verbose movies i have ever seen...hopefully Sorkin will put some fire into this version that will make this work for the stage...