‘Disgrace’: To Kill A Mockingbird ‘snubbed’ by Tony Awards

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April 30, 2019

(To Kill a Mockingbird on Broadway/Facebook)

Fans of Aaron Sorkin’s Broadway production of To Kill A Mockingbird are in shock after the record-breaking play was not nominated for the “Best Play” Tony Award on Tuesday.

Based on Alabama legend Harper Lee’s seminal novel, the play has received critical acclaim and broken longstanding box office records.

However, the Broadway community reacted with surprise and anger after To Kill A Mockingbird did not get the prized Tony nomination. The Los Angeles Times Entertainment division started a Twitter “moment” compiling reactions by prominent critics and fans, and The New York Times called the non-nomination amounting to the play being “snubbed.”

Huge disgrace in the failure to nominate “To Kill A Mockingbird “ #TonyAwards

— michael brace (@wazoocat) April 30, 2019

The play was nominated in less prestigious categories.

“To Kill a Mockingbird” got nine Tony nominations, but not the most coveted in its category: best new play. https://t.co/vQoDdDuaX7

— NYT Theater (@nytimestheater) April 30, 2019

Sean Ross is a staff writer for Yellowhammer News. You can follow him on Twitter @sean_yhn

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