Aaron Sorkin reveals To Kill A Mockingbird will NOT return to Broadway, citing producer Scott Rudin

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Aaron Sorkin has revealed that his To Kill A Mockingbird play will not return to Broadway and has cited disgraced producer Scott Rudin as the main cause.The Academy Award winner, 61, opened up about the play's untimely end in an email shared by The New York Times.In the message that Sorkin and directorBartlett Sher sent out to the show's cast and crew, they wrote, 'At the last moment, Scott [Rudin] reinserted himself as producer and for reasons which are, frankly, incomprehensible to us both, he stopped the play from reopening.' Blame:Aaron Sorkin said his To Kill a Mockingbird play will not return to Broadway, citing disgraced producer Scott Rudin as a main cause of its end (pictured 2021)Rudin, who started facing abuse allegations back in 2021 by a number of past employees, responded to the Molly's Game director's comments with a statement of his own. 'The reason I opted not to bring back TKAM has to do with my lack of confidence in the climate for plays next winter.

I do not believe that a remount of Mockingbird would have been competitive in the marketplace.'He continued, 'It’s too risky and the downside is too great.