"Ben Platt and Micaela Diamond lead exceptional revival of 'Parade' on Broadway"
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The musical "Parade" has returned to Broadway with a simple yet stunning production directed by Michael Arden. The show follows the bungled 1913 murder trial of Leo Frank, a Jewish man from Brooklyn who moved south for a position as superintendent of a pencil factory in Atlanta. The composite score by Jason Robert Brown epitomizes the range of cultures bumping up against one another in the early 20th-century South, and Arden's staging shows precisely how these frictions can burst into flames. The production transcends documentary and proves its power as a piece of theater.
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- Review: A Pageant of Love and Antisemitism, in ‘Parade’ The New York Times
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