"To Kill A Mockingbird" to Broadway for 2017/18 season- Page 2

[mamaleh]

Posted: 2/10/16 at 1:02pm

Mandy Patinkin or Hugh Jackman or Liev Schreiber would be my choices.

[madbrian]

Posted: 2/10/16 at 1:09pm

Patinkin is too old.  Wouldn't mind seeing Matthew McConaughey making his Broadway debut in this.

[Melissa25]

Posted: 2/10/16 at 1:27pm

I like the idea of Schreiber for Atticus.

I see Matthew Maher as Boo Radley.

[nyc88]

Posted: 2/10/16 at 2:51pm

Sydney Lucas would make an excellent Scout.

[best12bars]

Posted: 2/10/16 at 2:57pm

Benedict Cumberbatch as Atticus.

[TerrenceIsTheMann]

Posted: 2/10/16 at 4:02pm

McConaughey is more in the right direction than the other names suggested thus far. Totally going to be a star, and totally going to be in their 40's.

[Jshan05]

Posted: 2/10/16 at 4:04pm

nyc88 said: "Sydney Lucas would make an excellent Scout."

 

I AM SO OBSESSED WITH THIS IDEA!

[best12bars]

Posted: 2/10/16 at 4:06pm

Sydney is too old. Scout is supposed to be 6 to 9 years old. She starts her first day of school near the beginning of the story.

[Broadway kid 2]

Posted: 2/10/16 at 4:11pm

best12bars said: "Sydney is too old. Scout is supposed to be 6 to 9 years old. She starts her first day of school near the beginning of the story.

 

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[Play Esq.]

Posted: 2/10/16 at 4:14pm

I try to be a positive voice on this board, but this seems so utterly unnecessary. 

[best12bars]

Posted: 2/10/16 at 4:17pm

Really? What seems necessary to you?

 

A story about racism, intolerance, and injustice told through the innocent eyes of a child isn't necessary?

Updated On: 2/10/16 at 04:17 PM

[themysteriousgrowl]

Posted: 2/10/16 at 4:22pm

I mean, we're kind of already getting that every day on the OT Board with Dave19.

[best12bars]

Posted: 2/10/16 at 4:25pm

"To Kill a Mocking Troll"

[themysteriousgrowl]

Posted: 2/10/16 at 4:31pm

"To Troll a Mockingbird"

[best12bars]

Posted: 2/10/16 at 4:32pm

"To Troll a Message Board"

[henrikegerman]

Posted: 2/10/16 at 4:38pm

Dominic West as Atticus.

[Scarywarhol]

Posted: 2/10/16 at 4:38pm

To Mock a Trolly Troll

[icecreambenjamin]

Posted: 2/10/16 at 4:39pm

I'm ridiculously excited for this!

McConaughey would be great as would Benedict Cumberbatch.

Sydney Lucas is a tad too old.  They will probably have to cast older than 6, but Sydney looks more than double the character's age.

[best12bars]

Posted: 2/10/16 at 4:42pm

I love Matthew McConaughey, but I would go with Cummerbatch because of his deep voice and "quiet elegance" that I think fits Atticus better than McConaughey's persona.

 

Both would be good though. And McConaughey has surprised me before.

[best12bars]

Posted: 2/10/16 at 4:46pm

The three other good roles for adults are Tom Robinson, Mayella Ewell, and Bob Ewell. Lots of possibilities there as well.

[Drewski Vanderbilt]

Posted: 2/10/16 at 5:02pm

Saw To Kill A Mockingbird at the Guthrie in Minneapolis this fall, very good production but I couldn't see this lasting long without a relatively well know star, I just don't think people would come to New York just to see this show, but I could be wrong.

[nyc88]

Posted: 2/10/16 at 5:06pm

icecreambenjamin said: "I'm ridiculously excited for this!

 

McConaughey would be great as would Benedict Cumberbatch.

 

Sydney Lucas is a tad too old.  They will probably have to cast older than 6, but Sydney looks more than double the character's age.

 

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Forgot how young Scout is. 

[BamaEd]

Posted: 2/10/16 at 5:14pm

On one hand, I do find it exciting that it would be coming to Broadway with such high profile talent involved.

That being said, right now I can't see Sorkin as the right fit for it. I'm sure the courtroom scenes would crackle but the story is more about the relationship within the family and the time and the place more than Atticus the lawyer. I don't know how much of small town family life Sorkin has done so he may surprise me. I'm not saying the writer has to be southern (although I would love that) but just able to understand the nuances of the story and the town. Horton Foote was a great choice for the screenplay. 

For casting, they need someone who can do a credible southern accent. Some folks can barely do an American and I would cringe at the thought of someone sounding like Jackie Gleason in the Smokey & the Bandit movies or worse yet Foghorn Leghorn.

Hoping for the best though! 

[best12bars]

Posted: 2/10/16 at 5:21pm

^ The hardest part for him is that this heavy, weighty, dramatic story of injustice and racism is all being told through the eyes of a child.

 

The risk is excessively pandering to the concept or patronizing it or just missing it all together and neutralizing what is so special about the simplicity regarding a very complex situation.

 

Harper Lee and Horton Foote got it just right.

Updated On: 2/10/16 at 05:21 PM

[The Josh]

Posted: 2/10/16 at 6:25pm

Ewan McGregor as Atticus