Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mocking Bird and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera
To Kill a Mocking Bird at the Gielgud Theatre
To Kill A Mockingbird is adapted by Aaron Sorkin, but based on Harper Lee’s Pulitzer-winning novel. The To Kill a Mockingbird play tells the story of young Scout and her father Atticus Finch, a lawyer tasked with defending a local, Tom Robinson, who is accused of rape. The novel explores justice and racial tension in a small Southern town, and is one of the best-selling novels of all-time. The play also calls attention to the white savior narrative story. Harper Lee's story of racial injustice has sold 45 million copies worldwide, with 2020 marking the 60th anniversary of its publication.
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera at Her Majesty’s Theatre
The musical opened in London's West End in 1986 and on Broadway in New York in 1988. It won the 1986 Olivier Award and the 1988 Tony Award for Best Musical. It is currently the longest-running show in Broadway history and celebrated its 10,000th Broadway performance on 11 February 2012, the first production ever to do so.