Utah singer-actress Dee-Dee Darby-Duffin talks about jazz, acting, and the 'Mockingbird' that was not to be (for now)

We can all agree, I think, that we should get a do-over on March 2020.

In the alternate reality March, the one where most of the world wasn’t staying at home as part of the worldwide effort to slow the spread of coronavirus, Salt Lake City jazz singer and actress Dee-Dee Darby Duffin would have wowed audiences in The Grand Theatre’s production of “To Kill a Mockingbird.” She was set to play Calpurnia in Aaron Sorkin’s adaptation of Harper Lee’s novel — one of the few actors outside of Broadway to have a crack at it. Or she was.

I wrote a profile of Darby-Duffin, who talks about the double disappointment of “Mockingbird” (it’s complicated), and the joys of singing jazz. Find it here on sltrib.com.