Greg Kinnear as Aticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird- Page 2

[little_sally]

Posted: 2/26/20 at 1:08pm

GF21 said: "I think Kinnear will be fine. I'vethought that Jon Hamm would be a great Atticus, and I'm hoping it might still happen."

I also think Hamm would be terrific in the role! 

 

[angoradebs]

Posted: 2/29/20 at 12:51pm

This might not be the correct place to ask this, but I didn't want to start a new thread. This show is coming to my town on your next year. Because of pricing, availability, and how far back the mezz is from the stage, I almost always end up sitting in left or right front orchestra.

So if you were to see this show from the first few rows, would it be better to sit far orch right or far orch left? I understand I will be missing stuff either way, I'm very used to missing side action, I'm just hoping to minimize what I do end up missing (and of course I realize that the tour staging could very well be different, but I'm still curious).

[CT2NYC]

Posted: 2/29/20 at 1:31pm

angoradebs said: "This might not be the correct place to ask this, but I didn't want to start a new thread. This show is coming to my town on your next year. Because of pricing, availability, and how far back the mezz is from the stage, I almost always end up sitting in left or right front orchestra.

So if you were to see this show from the first few rows, would it be better to sit far orch right or far orch left? I understand I will be missing stuff either way, I'm very used to missing side action, I'm just hoping to minimize what I do end up missing (and of course I realize that the tour staging could very well be different, but I'm still curious)."

I don't know for sure, but I think far house left would be less problematic than the right.

[angoradebs]

Posted: 2/29/20 at 2:08pm

CT2NYC said: 

I don't knowfor sure, but I think far house left would be less problematic than the right."

I appreciate the quick response! I found the rush thread for TKAM as well which seems to indicate the same thing. I'm really excited to see this show, and especially with Richard Thomas as Atticus. To keep this somewhat on topic, I'm actually surprised Richard Thomas is doing the tour rather than replacing Ed Harris instead of Greg Kinnear. I'm not super familiar with Kinnear's work (I've seen Little Miss Sunshine; I think that's it), but I've seen Thomas on stage before, and he's terrific

[SmoothLover]

Posted: 3/1/20 at 6:16pm

I still think Kristoffer Paloha would have been great....and would have added some sexiness to the proceedings.....I wonder why Richard Thomas chose to tour and not step into the NY run? Fits him like a glove.

[CT2NYC]

Posted: 3/1/20 at 6:22pm

SmoothLover said: "I wonder why Richard Thomas chose to tour and not step into the NY run? Fits him like a glove."

Because he wasn't offered the role on Broadway?

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 11/3/21 at 3:31pm

Greg Kinnear will join the cast of MOCKINGBIRD on January 5. He was previously announced for the show before the COVID shutdown.

This should shut down --- for now --- the speculation that the show might not continue past Daniels' contract.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/atticus-finch-broadway-aaron-sorkin-new-york-emmy-award-b1950958.html

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 11/3/21 at 3:36pm

I very much appreciate the people that break news on these boards slightly before the headlines appear on theatre sites. Thank you Ermengarde; let's hope this casting is - no pun intended - as good as it gets.

Updated On: 11/3/21 at 03:36 PM

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 11/3/21 at 3:38pm

I’m THRILLED this is still happening.

[JSquared2]

Posted: 11/3/21 at 4:28pm

SmoothLover said: "I still think Kristoffer Paloha would have been great....and would have added some sexiness to the proceedings.....

1)  No one has ever heard of Kristoffer Paloha.

2)  I don't think you're supposed to want to f*ck Atticus Finch!

 

[ACL2006]

Posted: 11/3/21 at 4:38pm

I just don't think Kinnear is a good fit nor a good actor. Odd casting here.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 11/3/21 at 4:39pm

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat??

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 11/3/21 at 7:00pm

Kinnear will be fine in the role.

The bigger question is if he will be a draw at the box office. I don't know if ticketbuyers really care about who Greg Kinnear is, even if they know who he is. Especially if they already shelled out big money to see Jeff Daniels.

[henrikegerman]

Posted: 11/3/21 at 7:13pm

IdinaBellFoster said: "I think he'll be great!"

Wonderful, 

[PipingHotPiccolo]

Posted: 11/3/21 at 8:30pm

i think hes a fine actor but i do not see him in this role at all. Still bummed I missed Ed Harris.

[Impeach2017]

Posted: 11/4/21 at 10:21am

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "Kinnear will be fine in the role.

The bigger question is if he will be a draw at the box office. I don't know if ticketbuyers reallycareabout who Greg Kinnear is, even if they know who he is. Especially if they already shelled out big money to see Jeff Daniels."

You're so right.  If people shell out big money they expect to see someone like Jeff Daniels, not some unknown who is an Academy Award nominee and has appeared on numerous high profile movie and television project over the years. 

[theatretenor2]

Posted: 11/4/21 at 4:15pm

I don't mind this casting at all. I think Aaron Eckhart would be great in this role as well.

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 11/4/21 at 4:43pm

Impeach2017 said: "If people shell out big money they expect to see someone like Jeff Daniels, not some unknown who is an Academy Award nominee and has appeared on numerous high profile movie and television project over the years."

None of what you say indicates that people care enough about Kinnear as the third replacement Atticus. Maybe they do, maybe they don't. People know who Allison Janney, Sally Field, Elisabeth Moss, and Laurie Metcalf are; their plays crashed and burned at the box office. He's not really an actor who people have strong feelings for or against.

[dmwnc1959]

Posted: 11/4/21 at 6:48pm

 SmoothLover said:"I still think Kristoffer Paloha would have been great....and would have added some sexiness to the proceedings.....

JSquared2 said:
1) No one has ever heard ofKristoffer Paloha.

2) I don't think you're supposed to want to f*ck Atticus Finch!"


OMG sooooo glad I wasn’t drinking something when I read that!!! Bwahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!

Updated On: 11/4/21 at 06:48 PM

[JasonC3]

Posted: 11/4/21 at 7:07pm

theatretenor2 said: "I don't mind this casting at all. I think Aaron Eckhart would be great in this role as well."

I could get behind this casting.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 11/6/21 at 11:33am

nasty_khakis said: "quizking101 said: "Damn. I love that they keep pulling in great names.

Granted, it only makes me more bitter this couldn't happen for HELLO, DOLLY. (I still wanted a Vanessa Williams/Brian Stoke Mitchell ticket)"

I'm guessing the Lee estate and Sorkin are more open than Jerry sadly was about Dolly replacement ideas. Still so sad we couldn't get a new Dolly every 6-8 weeks."

 

No one was sadder than I was when DOLLY! closed. I want it to be clear that the decision to close the show rather than resort to stunt casting came from Scott Rudin, not Jerry Herman. At the time Jerry was too ill to make such decisions. He was just glad that the show had been given another (glorious) revival in his lifetime.