I’m a very happy actor and I can’t wait to get started!” The play has galvanized audiences with its timeliness and its timelessness, and to join the ranks of the tremendous Jeff Daniels and Aaron Sorkin in carrying on the legacy of Harper Lee is a great honor. To be entrusted with the opportunity of bringing one of our great American stories to our great American playhouses across the country is a privilege. In a statement, Thomas said, “I'm thrilled to have been invited to play Atticus Finch. On tour, he played Juror #8 in the 2006 national tour of Twelve Angry Men and Erik Blake in 2018’s The Humans. Prior to that, he replaced in the 2014 Broadway production of You Can’t Take it With You, 2012’s An Enemy of the People, 2009’s Race, 2005’s A Naked Girl on the Appian Way, and more. Thomas earned a Tony nomination for his performance in the play. Thomas was last seen on Broadway in The Little Foxes opposite Cynthia Nixon and Laura Linney, who alternated the roles of Regina and Birdie. The tour will continue for over two years.
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. The tour launches August 25, 2020, at the John F. The Broadway production is currently the highest grossing American play of all time and recently earned nine Tony Award nominations. Richard Thomas will play the lead role of Atticus Finch in Aaron Sorkin’s stage adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird on the first national tour.
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