“To Kill a Mockingbird” comes to BroadwayBoston April 5-17. 'I believe it will inspire empathy in all of us,” says Yaegel Welch, the actor who portrays Tom Robinson.
In a small town in Alabama, a Black man is accused of raping a white woman. A white lawyer, Atticus Finch, a believer in the justice system, works hard to defend the man, Tom Robinson, for whom a guilty verdict would mean certain death. This story is at the center of the late Harper Lee's celebrated Pulitzer Prize-winning novel"To Kill a Mockingbird," published in 1960 and set in the 1930s.
Welch encourages audiences to come to the show with an open mind, he says."I believe it will inspire empathy in all of us." Left to right: Justin Mark as Jem Finch, Richard Thomas as Atticus Finch, Melanie Moore as Scout Finch and Steven Lee Johnson as Dill Harris in “To Kill a Mockingbird.” With"To Kill a Mockingbird," Sher's “why now” centers on theater's ability to"allow us to explore our past, as we face new decisions about our future, but explored honestly," Sher says."So, something like ‘Mockingbird’ is critical. If you're a citizen of the United States, you need to know about your own history and who we are truly to be able to push ahead, especially now.
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