'To Kill a Mockingbird' compromise offered to small theaters
Source: Associated Press
To Kill a Mockingbird compromise offered to small theaters
By LYNN ELBER
March 2, 2019
LOS ANGELES (AP) The dozens of community and nonprofit theaters across the U.S. forced to abandon productions of To Kill a Mockingbird under legal threat were offered an olive branch in the form of Aaron Sorkins script for the Broadway version.
Scott Rudin, producer of the New York adaptation of Harper Lees novel, had cited an agreement with Lees estate in demanding that what he called improperly licensed productions be shut down. Following a backlash in recent days, Rudin said the theater companies could perform the Sorkin play as long as they use his adaptation.
The offer is intended to ameliorate the hurt caused here, Rudin said in a statement provided Saturday to The Associated Press. For these theaters, this is the version that can be offered to them, in concert with our agreement with Harper Lee. We hope they will choose to avail themselves of the opportunity.
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We are interested in the offer and intrigued, said Seth Miller of the Grand Theatre in Salt Lake City. But Rudin has yet to respond to questions that would need to be answered first, including how long the offer is good for, Miller said Saturday.
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