What's kind of lovely about this show is there's researching of the real story, and then there's being the normal detective of a script. “And the neo-Nazis outside of our theater are seeing my picture outside of the theater.” 4 questions with ‘Parade’ stars Ben Platt and Micaela Diamondĭid you research the real Leo and Lucille Frank? Micaela Diamond as Lucille Frank. “I think doing this show, it's been interesting to kind of lean into knowing that I will always be a Jew and people always see me as a Jew,” Diamond says. After backing away from the religious side of her identity throughout her life, Diamond says “Parade” has brought her on a journey of understanding her Jewishness. The revival marks the first time two Jewish actors have portrayed the couple. “I painted my dressing room pink to sort of counteract some of that heaviness.” So there certainly is a weight for all of us when we enter the theater,” Platt says. “I think we have felt, at this moment in time, the gravity. The “hopeful and human love story” between Leo and Lucille Frank brings a sense of beauty to this gut-wrenching story, Platt says.
Ben Platt plays Leo Frank in "Parade." (Emilio Madrid) And the show has been the target of Neo-Nazi protesters. The events are a century old, but they feel like they could have happened last week. The revival stars a heartbreaking Ben Platt as Leo Frank opposite an equally powerful Micaela Diamond as his wife, Lucille Frank. “Parade” was written by Alfred Uhry and premiered in 1998. He was tried, convicted, and exonerated - but lynched in prison before he could be released. The show unravels the real-life story of a Jewish man named Leo Frank who was falsely accused of killing a 13-year-old girl in Atlanta 110 years ago.
Director Michael Arden won for Best Director. The haunting musical " Parade" took the award for Best Revival of a Musical at Sunday night's Tony Awards. Facebook Email Micaela Diamond and Ben Platt participate in the curtain call during the Broadway opening night for "Parade." (CJ Rivera/Invision/AP)
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