‘To Kill a Mockingbird': Scott Rudin Ends Broadway Run Against Aaron Sorkin’s Wishes

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The New York Times reported. In emails obtained by the Times, Sorkin and Bartlett claimed Rudin was responsible for the shutdown.

The producer had not been involved with the show since last April, after allegations of physical abuse and bullying surfaced.

However, he still controls the rights to the stage adaptation of the classic text.“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,” Sorkin and Sher wrote to the cast and crew.In a Friday email, Rudin explained that relaunching the play was too risky for the current Broadway climate, seeing as ticket sales have not yet recovered from the pandemic. “The reason I opted not to bring back TKAM has to do with my lack of confidence in the climate for plays next winter,” Rudin wrote. “I do not believe that a remount of Mockingbird would have been competitive in the marketplace.”The hit show opened at the Shubert Theatre in late 2018 and went on hiatus when the pandemic struck in March 2020.

It reopened its doors the following October, only for star Jeff Daniels to depart the production in January. Greg Kinnear replaced him as Atticus Finch, but declining ticket sales amidst the resurging pandemic forced the production to go on another hiatus.