Parade
- Oct 7th 2009 7:00 pm to Oct 10th 2009 10:00 pm
Parade is the true story of Leo Frank, a Jewish man who was wrongly convicted of the murder of thirteen-year old Mary Phagan.
The musical covers not only the trial, but also dramatizes the love story between Leo and his wife Lucille.
The show is basically an historical retelling of the story, but it also subtly examines class and race relations, prejudice, and the South. In the end, Leo’s sentence is commuted from the death sentence to life imprisonment, but on the two year anniversary of the little girls death, a mob takes him from his cell and ……. See the show to find out more …….
Parade first produced on Broadway 10 years ago, winning two Tony Awards for Book and Score, and described by Clive Barnes in The New York Post as A defining moment in Broadway musical theatre.
It’s first outing in the UK was in the 2005 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, followed in 2007 by the critically acclaimed production at
The Donmar Warehouse. Parade is based on the true story of Leo Frank, a New York born Jew , living and working in Georgia, and who in 1913 was accused of the murder of a
young girl.
Rare among musicals for it’s serious subject matter, the audience experiences an uncompromising account of a disturbing episode from America’s recent past.
Come and see the show performed by the superb Ariel Young Actors.
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