“Mockingbird” at 50 still soars

One of the most beloved books ever—adapted unforgettably on screen with Gregory Peck as stalwart Southern lawyer Atticus Finch—“To Kill A Mockingbird” comes to the Los Angeles stage as The Production Company celebrates the classic’s 50^th anniversary.

The only book  author Harper Lee ever published, it became an instant best-seller, Pulitzer Prize winner and, in a 1999 Library Journal poll, was voted “Best Novel of the Century.” In the intervening years, Lee rarely granted interviews, and outside of a few essays, she published nothing else.

But no one who ever read her novel or saw the movie could possibly forget the indelible characters of Atticus, Scout, Jem, Dill and Boo—or the profound moral lessons of courage, principle, tolerance and justice—that Harper Lee wove from her own experience growing up in the South.

The Production Company recently relocated to a new venue in Hollywood’s Theatre Row District at 6760 Lexington Avenue, just one block East of Highland Avenue and one block North of Santa Monica Boulevard. Learn more about the company history here, and get your tickets online here.

 Posted 1/27/11