He was always going to pay to license it. If he’s angry at anything it’s that the Lee estate tried to block his production for deviating too far from the book.

He was always going to pay to license it. If he’s angry at anything it’s that the Lee estate tried to block his production for deviating too far from the book. So because he’s angry at the Lee estate, he’s taking it out on these community productions? Doesn’t make sense. From the NYT article: > The restrictions on local productions are meant to protect the financial viability of a national tour by restricting competition. I think it’s more likely that, but I don’t buy the argument. I’ve been to many community productions, touring productions, and Broadway itself. The former, even the best of them, isn’t really in the same league. If anything I’d argue the community productions help Broadway by exposing plays to more audiences. If I hadn’t seen a community production of Les Mis first, I would not have gone out of my way to take my family to it when it opened in NYC. Anyway as you say, his decision, but I think it’s shortsighted and mean spirited. I won’t be seeing this play.