To Kill A Mockingbird at Segerstrom Center for the Arts

To Kill A Mockingbird

Segerstrom Center for the Arts
600 Town Center Drive Costa Mesa

All rise for Academy Award winner Aaron Sorkin's adaptation of Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning masterwork. The New York Times Critic's Pick TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD is "the most successful American play in Broadway history." (60 Minutes). Rolling Stone gives it 5 stars, calling it "an emotionally shattering landmark production of an American classic," and New York Magazine calls it "a real phenomenon. Majestic and incandescent, it's filled with breath and nuance and soul." With direction by Tony Award winner Bartlett Sher, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD - "the greatest novel of all time" (Chicago Tribune) - has quickly become "one of the greatest plays in history" (NPR). Emmy Award-winning actor Richard Thomas will play the role of Atticus Finch in the National Tour.

Thru - Jan 8, 2023

Show Type: Drama

Box Office: 714-556-2787

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To Kill A Mockingbird Reviews

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Broadway World - Highly Recommended

"...For fans of drama - stage or cinematic - there can be few experiences more satisfying than witnessing the seamless melding of actor and role, particularly in a role that has already been identity-stamped by someone else. Nearly from the second he takes the stage in Aaron Sorkin's stage adaptation of Harper Lee'S TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, Richard Thomas establishes himself as being comfortably at home both in the clothing and in the moral garb of Atticus Finch."

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- Evan Henerson

Stage and Cinema - Highly Recommended

"...To Kill a Mockingbird is an American masterpiece that has transcended time and medium, and which will continue to impact our cultural zeitgeist, reflected by the opening night sold-out crowd for this 2018 theatrical wonder, a sell-out for its Broadway run and now on tour at Segerstrom Hall. Patrons responded audibly and emotionally to the sharp dialogue, passionate speeches, dramatic deliveries, and crude expressions of racism."

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- William C.

ArtsBeatLA - Somewhat Recommended

"...Bartlett Sher’s direction of this touring production is competent if colorless, and the fact that he’s letting a couple of the performances slide so noticeably isn’t impressive. Miriam Buether’s imposingly tall courthouse set adds a useful sense of grandeur to the show. Sorkin’s adaptation of the novel is largely successful, although changing the narrative focus from Scout to Atticus doesn’t pay the dramatic dividends he presumably thought it might. The bones of the piece are still intact, but a scene wherein Atticus addresses the audience to talk about the evils of racism seems like a ploy for cheap applause."

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- Terry Morgan

Stage Raw - Recommended

"...Notwithstanding its shift in perspective, Sorkin’s adaptation largely preserves the characters and events in the novel, including the three young people under Atticus’s tutelage: his 8-year-old daughter, the irrepressible Scout (Melanie Moore), her older brother Jem (Justin Mark), who evolves to young manhood in the course of events, and the kid from out of town, Dill (Steven Lee Johnson), their playmate, who’s “different” — and also wise beyond his years in his observations of what is going down in this small racist town."

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- Deborah Klugman

Ticket Holders LA - Recommended

"...Still, his adaptation of Mockingbird did not receive raves across the board, criticized by some for switching the focus of the story from Scout to Atticus. It always surprises me when folks who by profession should be the first to keep an open mind about new and fresh takes on classic stories balk at such innovation; personally, I found the change of direction here both fascinating and exceedingly worthy of maintaining the traditions of fine storytelling."

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- Travis Michael Holder

To Kill A Mockingbird at Segerstrom Center for the Arts