Richard Thomas, now 71, embraces his early stardom on “The Waltons,' and he doesn't mind hearing an audience say 'good night, John-Boy' during a curtain call. “I love it. I’m very proud of that show.”
| Sep. 5, 2022, 1:58 p.m.Don’t be surprised if — or rather, when — someone calls, “Good night, John-Boy” to Richard Thomas at the end of his performance in “To Kill a Mockingbird” at the Eccles Theater.“Oh, they do it all the time,” he said. “They do it at every show I’ve ever been in.”
Richard Thomas as Atticus Finch and Yaegel T. Welch as Tom Robinson, Finch's client who is on trial accused of assaulting a white woman, in the touring production of "To Kill a Mockingbird," adapted from Harper Lee's novel by playwright Aaron Sorkin.“As far as accepting the role, I mean, come on. It’s Atticus Finch! Is that a real question?” he said with a laugh.
Sorkin hasn’t just done that for Atticus, Thomas said, but for other characters: The Finches’ housekeeper, Calpurnia; the wrongly accused Tom Robinson; and Atticus’ children, Scout and Jem. Sorkin, Thomas said, has “allowed Scout and Jem and Dill to tell the story. He hasn’t cast the roles with small children, but with young adults who are remembering … the story and telling the story at the same time. Which also makes it a purely theatrical experience.”“To Kill a Mockingbird” is a 62-year-old novel about events in a fictional Alabama town almost 90 years ago, but it continues to resonate.
“But for me, it’s the volunteerism. It’s the community spirit. It’s the vibe in the room — the whole sense of people coming together with shared dedication and pleasure and enjoyment and being there for each other and getting a job.” The cast of “The Waltons” : Will Geer as Zeb Walton, Jon Walmsley as Jason Walton, Ellen Corby as Esther Walton, Ralph Waite as John Walton Sr., Judy Norton as Mary Ellen Walton, Mary Elizabeth McDonough as Erin Walton, Richard Thomas as John-Boy Walton, Kami Cotler as Elizabeth Walton, Michael Learned as Olivia Walton, Eric Scott as Ben Walton, and David W. Harper as Jim-Bob Walton.And chances are that he’ll be recognized as John-Boy Walton while he’s in Utah.
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