The frantic world of finance moves fast, its giddy successes and thundering crashes causing ripples - sometimes tsunami waves - that affect us all. When director Sam Mendes and adaptor Ben Power first brought the story of the Lehman family to the National Theatre stage in 2018, a mere decade had past since the catastrophic economic crash, triggered by the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers, in 2008. In the five intervening years we have seen the effects of a Trump presidency, Brexit, a European war and the Truss mini-budget.
Scott Rudin is no longer a producer of the touring production of Broadway hit âTo Kill a Mockingbird,â the Los Angeles Times confirmed Friday â the latest fallout from recent reports of Rudinâs alleged abusive behavior toward his staff.
The theater, TV and film producer previously announced that he was âstepping backâ from his various projects, but what exactly that means has remained largely an unanswered question. Also unclear: whether the loss of a producer title means that Rudin no longer has a financial stake in the âTo Kill a Mockingbirdâ national tour, which is set to kick off in 2022.