To Kill A Mockingbird closing January 16th?

Just seen on Reddit that someone received an email saying To Kill A Mockingbird will close on January 16th.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Broadway/comments/s2cm4q/to_kill_a_mockingbird_closing_i_just_received/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

My friend got the same email.

also, they are currently now only on sale on telecharge through this Sunday, the 16th

Well, we knew its future looked shaky after Daniels left, and that's a big house to fill. And if they were hoping this would be the rare group sales/tourist play, those sales are nonexistant at the moment. If you already saw Daniels and/or Ed Harris, Greg Kinnear isn't exactly a name that will make you run to buy tickets a second/third time.

It was a wonderful production and a solid adaptation of the novel.

I’m shocked. I saw this exactly a month ago and thought it was doing very well. I suppose the next few months looked really bleak, I’m just surprised this couldn’t have made it longer than the end of this week. I’m glad I got to see it one more time before it closed, and feel really bad for the new cast members who are playing such a brief run.

Surprised by this as well. It seemed to be a packed house when I saw it last month.

EDSOSLO858 said: "So now the Shubert - a prime musical theatre house - is available for a big show to potentially come in next season."

ALW's CINDERELLA is my guess. It was rumored for that house pre-Covid (and while Rudin was still involved with Cindy).

This is what's still available for tonight's performance in five hours:



Terribly upset for everybody involved. I adored Celia's incredibly thoughtful performance in 2019 and was rooting for her all Tony season that year, but I thought the play itself was a terrible adaptation of Lee's novel.

Hoping everyone on and off stage involved is able to find new employment quickly.

Updated On: 1/12/22 at 01:54 PM

It has to be pretty costly to run. Big ensemble cast.

I liked it, but didn't love it. Again, the design was weird. I don't like that set designer. And hate the whole "community" moving the scenery like in Bridges.

Lunalaaaaaaaa said: "Someone mentioned on this reddit thread that Mockingbird might be moving to a smaller house, such as the Belasco Theatre."

TKAM has been threatening to move theaters since ~9 months into it's run. Andrew Lloyd Webber really wanted the Shubert Theater to premiere Cinderella, and the Shubert Org offered a few theaters for Rudin to transfer TKAM to, but he wouldn't budge (shocking). I wouldn't be surprised if they try and downscale the show and move later in the year.

It is odd that there hasn't been an official announcement. Wondering if they intended to tell the cast between performances today and Telecharge goofed and jumped the gun.

If this were going to move or downscale, it would have made much more sense to do so during the pandemic after the Rudin debacle. With Barry Diller (a person with less passion for all this than Rudin) holding the purse strings now, I don't see them making the gamble to move and downsize in this climate. Quit while you're ahead. It can make money on tour and in London.

Updated On: 1/12/22 at 02:46 PM

Any idea if Kinnear is playing any of the final performances? I heard he was out with Covid.

I certainly hope the cast was informed before telecharge sent out that email. It would suck to find out your show is closing through a Reddit post.

Updated On: 1/12/22 at 04:40 PM

I have ticket for next week on todaytix, have not received any info from them. Might have to try and catch this on Saturday if I can't find a way to see Kimberly Akimbo