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

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 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 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?

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

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!

 

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

Wonderful, 

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. 

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.

I could get behind this casting.