That sound you just heard was my heart breaking. Not over the production of “To Kill a Mockingbird,” onstage this week at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. No, Aaron Sork… ...

I first encountered “To Kill a Mockingbird” in eighth grade. It was one of the first truly great reading experiences of my life. Lee’s book recounts the story of Atticus Finch, a white ...

Thank you, Bruce Lear, for addressing the absurd controversy surrounding the novel “To Kill A Mockingbird” (“Discomfort leads to understanding,” Nov. 19). Critics of this gigantic ...

From left: Yaegel T. Welch, Stephen Elrod, Jacqueline Williams and Richard Thomas in the first national tour of “To Kill a Mockingbird” at The Bushnell through Sunday.

Everyone knows “To Kill a Mockingbird.” And yet, there are surprises in store for audiences at the Broadway in Atlanta production national tour opening at the Fox on May 7.

Published in 1960, “To Kill a Mockingbird” is a coming-of-age-story about growing up in the South told through the eyes and voice of Scout. Atticus is a single father.

As it unfolds on the screen, “To Kill a Mockingbird” bears with it, oddly enough, alternating overtones of Faulkner, Twain, Steinbeck, Hitchcock and an Our Gang comedy.

For many of us, “To Kill A Mockingbird” was nothing more than required reading in English class, but its themes of tolerance and empathy are just as relevant today, if not more so, than they ...