Parade

Parade tells the heartbreaking true story of Leo Frank, a Jew raised in Brooklyn and living in Atlanta who was wrongly convicted of the rape and murder of his thirteen-year-old employee Mary Phagan in 1913. Leo's trial is filled with false testimonies and Leo and his wife, Lucille, fight to set the record straight. The trial lacks clear evidence and yet Leo is found guilty.

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General information

Style : Tragedy
Theme : Love, Violence, Racism, Religion, Politics
year of creation : 1998

Music

Composer :Jason Robert Brown
Lyricist :Jason Robert Brown
Librettist : Alfred Uhry
famous songs : Prologue: "The Old Red Hills of Home" "The Dream of Atlanta" "How Can I Call This Home?" "The Picture Show" "Leo At Work" / "What Am I Waiting For?" "Interrogation: "I Am Trying to Remember..." "There is a Fountain" / "It Don't Make Sense" "Watson's Lullaby" "Somethin' Ain't Right" "Real Big News" "You Don't Know This Man" "People of Atlanta" "Twenty Miles From Marietta" "Frankie's Testimony" "Factory Girls / Come Up to My Office" "Newt Lee's Testimony "My Child Will Forgive Me" "That's What He Said" "Leo's Statement: It's Hard to Speak My Heart" "Closing Statements and Verdict" "It Goes On and On" "Rumblin' and a Rollin'" "Do It Alone" "Pretty Music" "Letter to the Governor" "This Is Not Over Yet" "Blues: Feel the Rain Fall" "Where Will You Stand When the Flood Comes?" "All the Wasted Time" "Sh'ma" Finale: "The Old Red Hills of Home"
Famous performers : Carolee Carmello, Andrea Burns, Lara Pulver, Brent Carver, David Pittu, Bertie Carvel, Kirk McDonald, Daniel Frank Kelley, Stuart Matthew Price

kinships

Inspired by another work : The musical is not based on another work but on the historical events of 1913 in Atlanta.

Awards

Appointments and Awards : The original 1998 production won 2 of the 9 Tony Awards for which it was nominated as well as 6 Drama Desk Awards.
Number of performances : 98