The Verdict Read the Reviews for Broadway’s To Kill a Mockingbird. Producer Scott Rudin announced Friday that Ed Harris, the four-time Oscar-nominated actor, will succeed Daniels in the lead role beginning with the Tuesday, Nov. 5 performance. Veteran actor Greg Kinnear will replace Ed Harris as Atticus Finch in the Broadway production of 'To Kill a Mockingbird.' Ed Harris Susanna Saez/Shutterstock Westworld actor Ed Harris will succeed the departing Jeff Daniels in Broadway ’s record-breaking To Kill A Mockingbird in November. Parents need to know that Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird examines racism through the eyes of children Jem and Scout Finch in Great Depression-era Alabama, when a black man goes on trial for the rape of a white woman. A regrettably sour note has hung over this new Broadway adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird at the Shubert Theatre, when the theatrical rights for an adaptation of Harper Lee's historic novel were assigned to it by Lee and subsequently her estate (who then challenged the version produced by playwright and television writer Aaron Sorkin that led to litigation that was settled in court). Since Aaron Sorkin’s adaptation of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird first hit Broadway in 2018, a brand new Atticus Finch has greeted audiences within the seats of the Shubert Theatre. ... New Stars Join To Kill a Mockingbird on Broadway, Led by Ed Harris … Ed Harris and Kyle Scatliffe in "To Kill a Mockingbird." The contemporary resonance of “To Kill a Mockingbird” is haunting and disturbing. (Photos: Julieta Cervantes) On November 5, the new cast of Broadway's To Kill a Mockingbird took their first bow together. Review by: Mark Shenton A regrettably sour note has hung over this new Broadway adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird at the Shubert Theatre , when the theatrical rights for an adaptation of Harper Lee 's historic novel were assigned to it by Lee and subsequently her estate (who then challenged the version produced by playwright and television writer Aaron Sorkin that led to litigation … The post Actor Ed Harris on making “To Kill a Mockingbird” role his own appeared first on CBS News. Ed Harris will succeed Jeff Daniels as the star of “To Kill a Mockingbird” on Broadway. Westworld actor Ed Harris will succeed the departing Jeff Daniels in Broadway's record-breaking To Kill A Mockingbird in November. Jeff Daniels‘ time as Atticus Finch in Broadway’s To Kill a Mockingbird is officially coming to an end. As Aaron Sorkin's record-breaking stage adapation of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird enters its second year at the Shubert Theatre on Broadway, the production welcomes a brand new cast led by Tony and four-time Academy Award nominee Ed Harris as Atticus Finch.