Calpurnia talks with Atticus Finch as Tom Robinson, left, and the bailiff look on in the touring production of “To Kill a Mockingbird.” Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird,” once a staple of junior high reading lists, has become a lightning rod for controversy. The Broadway touring production, retaining the elegant fluidity of Bartlett Sher’s staging, arrives at the Hollywood …
“To Kill a Mockingbird” published in 1960 in a country undergoing a profound racial reckoning. Five years before “Mockingbird,” Rosa Parks had refused to give up her seat on an Alabama bus, and Emmett Till was murdered after being accused of offending a white woman, a tragedy reflected in the court case at the center of Harper Lee’s novel. The …
Anaïs Mitchell accepts the award for original score for “Hadestown,” which made Tonys history by becoming the first production written and directed by women to win best musical. 14 / 66 The cast of “Choir Boy” performs during the 2019 Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall. 21 / 66 Alex Brightman and the cast of “Beetlejuice” perform during the …
Theater Critic Long story short: It was a strange Broadway season — one in which old formulas proved unreliable and a few long-shot experiments yielded unexpected rewards. Not even Gayle King, who was hosting the announcement of the Tony nominations alongside actors Bebe Neuwirth and Brandon Victor Dixon, could stifle her surprise over two conspicuous absences in the best play …