Original producer pulls plug on Sorkin's B'way "...Mockingbird"

[Bob Jersey]

Scott Rudin, not Aaron, still holds the rights to the property, and emailed him and director Bartlett Sher stating a "lack of confidence in the climate for plays next winter"... a July 1st resumption under new producer Barry Diller went poof... London and national touring companies unaffected...

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/29/theater/to-kill-a-mockingbird-closes-broadway.html (link, but mentions showbiz411.com as the source)

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[PGage]

Also relevant, this quote from the article:

“The play’s writer, Aaron Sorkin, and director, Bartlett Sher, emailed the play’s cast and crew late Thursday to inform them of the decision, and they blamed the original lead producer, Scott Rudin, who had stepped away from an active role in the show after being accused of mistreating collaborators. According to Sorkin and Sher, “At the last moment, Scott reinserted himself as producer and for reasons which are, frankly, incomprehensible to us both, he stopped the play from reopening.”

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[Dave Sikula]

While I feel sorry for the cast, I would think Sorkin finds most things incomprehensible.

I'm no fan of Rudin's, but anyone who protects the public from Sorkin's efforts is to be lauded.

--Dave Sikula