ALL RISE for Broadway’s To Kill a Mockingbird Jan. 2-7 at Kravis Center

In naming the Pulitzer Prize-winning epic TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, author Harper Lee said “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing except make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corn cribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” In this story, the symbolic mocking bird is Tom Robinson, a black man who is sentenced to death for a crime he didn’t commit.

See BROADWAY’S TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD live

Broadway’s come-to-life rendition is stunningly portrayed, with striking performances by Richard Thomas as attorney Atticus Finch; Yaegel T. Welch as the accused rapist; Jacquelyn Williams as the Finch family’s housekeeper Calpurnia; and Scout Bacus as Finch’s forward-thinking daughter and narrator Scout (Harper Lee’s reflection of herself as she witnessed a similar story back in the days of the Great Depression.) The play opened January 2, 2024 at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in West Palm Beach, FL and runs through January 7. Click here for tickets.

The heart-wrenching production, set in the deep South of Alabama, deals with disturbing issues of racial inequality, rape and incest, as well as the issue of whether everyone should be treated with respect, even if doing so is disrespectful to others. Lee’s gripping story stoically weaves these difficult topics with moments of warmth and humor that leave audiences captivated.

All Rise (a recurring courtroom theme) 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).

Despite being considered one of the most important works of American literature, the book TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD has been banned in schools for its use of the “n” word and controversial depiction of black people. Yet many would agree that witnessing the story may be exactly what stirs thought provocation necessary to heal racial divides and promote unity. Click here for tickets.