Baize Buzan, an original ensemble cast member of the Broadway stage adaptation of Harper Lee's classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird, "will return to the production January 5, the same day that Oscar nominee and Emmy winner Greg Kinnear makes his Broadway debut, succeeding Tony nominee Jeff Daniels as Atticus Finch," Playbill reported. Buzan will follow Tony winner Celia Keenan-Bolger in the role of Scout Finch.
Daniels and Keenan-Bolger played their final performances January 2. Mariah Lee will also join the cast as Mayella Ewell January 11. To Kill a Mockingbird began performances November 1, 2018, at Broadway's Shubert Theatre. "On February 26, 2020--a few weeks before the Broadway shutdown--the Broadway cast gave a history-making free performance at Madison Square Garden in front of 18,000 New York City school children," Playbill wrote.
To Kill a Mockingbird will launch its national tour March 27 at Shea's Performing Arts Center in Buffalo, N.Y., starring Emmy winner Richard Thomas as Atticus Finch. Performances will begin in London at the Gielgud Theatre March 10 starring Rafe Spall.