Kathy A. McDonald Hollywood is back.
07.03.2022 - 17:55 / deadline.com
Mary Badham, Hollywood’s original Scout Finch in the 1962 film of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, has been cast in the touring stage production of Aaron Sorkin’s adaptation. This time around, Badham, who has acted infrequently in the decades since her indelible performance in the classic movie, will portray Scout’s mean-as-a-snake drug-addicted racist neighbor Mrs. Dubose.
Badhm’s surprise casting was announced today by producers, who unveiled the complete cast of the play’s first national tour today. The tour, which stars the previously announced Richard Thomas as Atticus Finch, launches March 27 in Buffalo, before moving on to Boston, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Chicago, Cincinnati and other cities.
The Broadway production of Sorkin’s adaptation is currently on hiatus and is scheduled to reopen with Greg Kinnear as Atticus on June 1. Jeff Daniels originated the role when Mockingbird opened in 2018 and returned when the production re-opened (at the Shubert Theatre) following the pandemic shutdown. Producers decided to pause production at the height of the Omicron surge in mid-January, and then announced plans to reopen at the smaller Belasco Theatre this summer.
On Broadway, the role of Mrs. Dubose, which Badham will play on tour, was originated by the late Phyllis Somerville. The character was played by Ruth White in the film version.
In addition to Thomas (who rose to fame on The Waltons and has appeared on Broadway multiple times in various roles Melanie Moore as Scout Finch, Jacqueline Williams as Calpurnia, Justin Mark as Jem Finch, Yaegel T. Welch as Tom Robinson and Steven Lee Johnson as Dill Harris. They are joined by Joey Collins as Bob Ewell, Richard Poe as Judge Taylor, Luke Smith as Horace Gilmer, Arianna Gayle
Kathy A. McDonald Hollywood is back.
The 2022-23 Broadway in Hollywood season at the Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles will include the Alanis Morissette musical Jagged Little Pill, the current Broadway hit Six and To Kill a Mockingbird starring Richard Thomas as Atticus and featuring Mary Badham, who played Scout in the classic 1962 film version, as the mean-tempered racist neighbor Mrs. Dubose.
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