'To Kill a Mockingbird' play headed to Detroit's Fisher Theatre in 2024

Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press
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“To Kill a Mockingbird,” the acclaimed Aaron Sorkin stage adaptation of Harper Lee’s classic novel, will play at the Fisher Theatre on March 5-17.

Directed by Tony Award winner Barlett Sher and starring “The Waltons” Emmy winner Richard Thomas as Atticus Finch, the first national tour of the Broadway play has been hailed by audiences and critics alike, with the St. Paul Pioneer-Press declaring it “the most powerful telling of this story you’ll ever experience.”

Tickets for the show’s Detroit run are available online at BroadwayInDetroit.com and in person at the Fisher Theatre box office, and start at $43, including parking and facility fees.

Richard Thomas as Atticus Finch in the national tour of Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird," adapted for stage by Academy Award winner Aaron Sorkin.
Richard Thomas as Atticus Finch in the national tour of Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird," adapted for stage by Academy Award winner Aaron Sorkin.

“To Kill a Mockingbird” smashed records as the highest-grossing American play in Broadway history. Set in racially charged 1934 Alabama, Harper Lee’s enduring story of racial injustice and childhood innocence centers on one of the most venerated characters in American literature, small-town lawyer Atticus Finch. The cast of characters includes Atticus’s daughter, Scout, her brother, Jem, their housekeeper and caretaker, Calpurnia, their visiting friend, Dill, and a mysterious neighbor, the reclusive Arthur “Boo” Radley.

To Kill a Mockingbird is designed by Miriam Buether, with costumes by Ann Roth, lighting by Jennifer Tipton, sound by Scott Lehrer, and an original score by Adam Guettel. Musical direction is by Kimberly Grigsby, hair and wig design by Campbell Young Associates, casting by The Telsey Office, and design adaptation and supervision by Edward Pierce. The national tour is produced by Barry Diller.

More information at tokillamockingbirdbroadway.com.

Performance times for "To Kill a Mockingbird," March 5-17, at the Fisher Theatre, 3011 W. Grand Blvd., are:

•            Tuesday through Saturday evening performances at 7:30 p.m.

•            Saturday matinees at 2 p.m.

•            Sunday matinees at 1 p.m.

•            Sunday evening performances at 6:30 p.m.

•            Special Open Caption performance on Sunday, March 10, at 6:30 p.m.

Tickets are available for groups of 10 or more by calling Group Sales at 313-871-1132 or emailing broadwayindetroitgroups@theambassadors.com

Tickets for the Open Captioned performance be purchased in person at the Fisher Theatre Box Office or by phone at 313-872-1000, ext. 0.

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Contact Free Press arts and culture reporter Duante Beddingfield at dbeddingfield@freepress.com.

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