On February 26, 2020 America’s Most Successful Play Takes Center Stage at the World’s Most Famous Arena
18 Dicembre 2019 - 3:45PM
Producers
Scott Rudin and
Barry
Diller, with New York Mayor
Bill de
Blasio and Schools Chancellor
Richard A.
Carranza, announced today that the Broadway production of
To Kill a Mockingbird,
Aaron
Sorkin’s new play, directed by
Bartlett
Sher, and based on Harper Lee’s classic novel, will become
the first-ever Broadway play to perform at The World’s Most Famous
Arena, New York’s Madison Square Garden, on February 26, 2020, in
front of approximately 18,000 New York City public school students.
With the extraordinary support of
James L. Dolan,
executive chairman and CEO of The Madison Square Garden Company,
this unprecedented, single-performance event will be entirely free
to students of New York City Department of Education public middle
and high schools from all five boroughs.
This special performance will feature the entire Broadway cast,
led by Ed Harris as Atticus Finch.
“This is an incredible, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and will
undoubtedly have an indelible impact on our students for years to
come,” said Schools Chancellor Richard A.
Carranza. “In New York City, we’re making record
investments in arts education, and we thank the producers, artists,
and everyone at Madison Square Garden for their incredible
generosity in bringing the arts to life for our school
communities.”
“Madison Square Garden has been the backdrop of a number of
entertainment firsts over its history – but few have been as
impactful or important as the upcoming performance of To Kill A
Mockingbird,” said James L. Dolan, executive
chairman and CEO of The Madison Square Garden Company. “This show
will mark the first time a Broadway play has appeared at The
World’s Most Famous Arena, which will give thousands of New York
City students the chance to witness the incredible power of live
theater - an experience we know they will never
forget. We applaud Scott Rudin and Barry Diller’s vision
for bringing this celebrated production to life on such a grand
scale, and look forward to working with their teams, as well as
with the Department of Education, on this extraordinary event,
which we hope will be the first of many.”
To Kill a Mockingbird holds the title of the most successful
American play in Broadway history. The production has now amassed a
total gross of more than $100,000,000, and continues to play to
standing-room-only houses. Since performances began on Thursday,
November 1, 2018, To Kill a Mockingbird has not played to an empty
seat, with capacity remaining over 100% for every
performance. As previously announced, To Kill a Mockingbird
will launch its coast-to-coast National Tour in August 2020 at the
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and will open at
London’s Gielgud Theatre in May 2020.
Set in Alabama in 1934, Harper Lee’s enduring story of racial
injustice and childhood innocence centers on one of the most
venerated characters in American literature, the small-town lawyer
Atticus Finch, played four-time Academy Award® nominee and two-time
Golden Globe Award® winner Ed Harris.
Joining Mr. Harris are Nick Robinson as Jem
Finch, Eliza Scanlen as Mayella Ewell,
Kyle Scatliffe as Tom Robinson, LisaGay
Hamilton as Calpurnia, Nina Grollman as
Scout Finch, Taylor Trensch as Dill Harris,
Manoel Felciano as Horace Gilmer, Russell
Harvard as Link Deas and Boo Radley, M. Emmet
Walsh as Judge Taylor, Patricia Conolly
as Mrs. Dubose, Christopher Innvar as Sheriff Heck
Tate, William Youmans as Mr. Roscoe and Dr.
Reynolds, Neal Huff as Bob Ewell, Ted
Koch as Mr. Cunningham, Liv Rooth as Ms.
Stephanie, and ensemble members Rosalyn
Coleman, Gene Gillette, Luke Smith, Yaegel T.
Welch, Rebecca Watson, Aubie Merrylees, David Manis, Baize Buzan,
Steven Lee Johnson, and Geoffrey Allen
Murphy.
(All tickets are provided free and exclusively to New York City
public middle and high schools through the New York City Department
of Education. No other tickets will be available).
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