Rumour Has It: Could Ed Harris Be Replacing Jeff Daniels In To Kill A Mockingbird?
Playing at the Shubert Theatre.
Rumors have been circling on Broadway this week, after a New York Times article, that stage and screen star Ed Harris may be replacing Jeff Daniels as Atticus Finch in the Tony-nominated play in the fall. To Kill A Mockingbird is scheduled to play through to February 2020.
Daniels is set to depart the production on November 3 with Harris supposedly taking over on November 5, although the production team behind To Kill A Mockingbird haven't confirmed this.
Ed Harris garnered a Tony Award nomination for his turn in Precious Sons on Broadway with his other stage credits including Taking Sides, Good For Otto, Buried Child, The Jacksonian, Wrecks, Trumbo, Simpatico and Fool for Love. Harris has also garnered four Oscar nominations, and three Emmy nominations for his extensive screen work.
To Kill A Mockingbird was nominated for nine 2019 Tony Awards including the nomination for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play for Jeff Daniels. The new stage adaptation of Harper Lee's classic novel is adapted by Aaron Sorkin and is directed by Bartlett Sher.
What is To Kill A Mockingbird About?
Told through the eyes of 13-year-old Scout, Mockingbird is set in the pre-civil rights era Deep South of the 1930s. When local black man Tom Robinson is accused of raping a white girl, Scout's lawyer father Atticus Finch takes on the case, determined to try and give Tom a fair trial. With his decision to defend Tom, Atticus finds himself ostracised from the community, and the lives of his family put into danger. As the trial approaches, Atticus must choose whether to buckle under the mounting pressure or to stand his ground and fight for what is right.
To Kill A Mockingbird is now playing at the Shubert Theatre through to February 23, 2020.
