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‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ wrestles with the past while seeking its place in the present

If written today, the work couldn’t be produced. It’s actually only because of its deep-rooted place in American culture that it’s worth doing, as Aaron Sorkin’s new adaptation attempts to articulate.

Chicago Sun-Times

Reshaped play, reshaped country key to the relevance of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’

“We can only hope that [audiences] learn something, that they leave the theater more empathetic,” says actor Yeagel T. Welch, who stars as Tom Robinson.

Chicago Sun-Times

The week in theatre: To Kill a Mockingbird; The Mozart Question; Clybourne Park – review

Rafe Spall is a fine Atticus in Aaron Sorkin’s somewhat awkward spin on Harper Lee; Jessica Daniels steers a sublime adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s tale; and Bruce Norris’s racial satire is snappily revived

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Evening Standard Comment: To Kill a Mockingbird on the West End as timely as ever

It’s five stars and a standing ovation for writer Aaron Sorkin and director Bartlett Sher’s adaptation of Harper Lee’s classic, To Kill a Mockingbird, which opened last night in the West End after transferring from Broadway.

Evening Standard

To Kill a Mockingbird review – Harper Lee would approve of snappy Sorkin update

Rafe Spall is a dignified Atticus Finch in Aaron Sorkin’s smooth and confident adaptation, which finds modern-day resonances in the 1960 classic about racial injustice in the American south

The Guardian - UK

Aaron Sorkin: ‘Screenwriters write about people who are cooler than we are’

The American writer known for The West Wing, Moneyball and The Social Network on adapting To Kill a Mockingbird for the stage in the 21st century

The Guardian - UK

Molly’s Game to The Many Saints of Newark: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

Jessica Chastain shines in Aaron Sorkin’s high stakes drama, while Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling fall for each other in Damien Chazelle’s homage to classic Hollywood musicals

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‘Lucy and Desi’ review: Amy Poehler’s doc can’t best an earlier movie from Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz’s own daughter

With the premiere of the documentary “Lucy and Desi” directed by Amy Poehler on Amazon, the streaming platform is home now to three projects about Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. It joins the release this past fall of the embarrassingly bad biopic from Aaron Sorkin (“Being the Ricardos” starring Nicole…

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