
High school cancels ‘Mockingbird’ play
“Just hours before the curtain was to go up” last night, Shorewood High School (Wisconsin) “canceled its production of To Kill a Mockingbird in response to a planned protest over its use of the n-word,” reports the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Atticus Finch, played by Gregory Peck, faces a hostile crowd in To Kill a Mockingbird. “We’ve concluded that the safest option is to cancel the play,” said Superintendent Bryan Davis in a statement. Shorewood is an affluent suburb of Mil