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Parade Awards
Nine Tony Award Nominations
* - won
Best Musical
Best Actor
Best Actress
*Best Book
*Best Score
Best Orchestrations
Best Director
Best Choreography
Best Scenic Design
Two Outer Critics Circle Award Nominations
Outstanding Musical
Outstanding Actor
Thirteen Drama Desk Award Nominations
* - won
*Outstanding New Musical
*Outstanding Actor
*Outstanding Actress
Outstanding Featured Actor
Outstanding Director
Outstanding Choreography
*Outstanding Music
Outstanding Lyrics
*Outstanding Book
*Outstanding Orchestrations
Outstanding Set Design
Outstanding Lighting Design
Outstanding Sound Design
Seven National Broadway Theatre Award Nominations
* - won
Best Musical
*Best Actor (out of 43 nominated)
Best Actress
Best Song in a Musical
Best Score
Best Direction
Best Choreography
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When the musical Parade hit Broadway in November of 1998, it was perhaps one of the most ambitious and controversial shows that the Lincoln Center Theater of New York ever undertook. The show played only 39 previews and 84 regular performances despite having a fair number of positive reviews. Many of Parade�s best reviews were directed towards the gifted young composer/lyricist Jason Robert Brown, who made his Broadway debut. For this show, Brown wrote a dazzling assortment of ballads, comedy numbers, and anthems, in a wide range of styles, from period music to contemporary pop, all wrapped in a distinctive 'sound' of his own.
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 lynches him.
 Parade embarked on a National Tour which began in June of 2000, starring David Pittu (Titanic Nat'l tour) as Leo Frank and Andrea Burns (Songs for A New World Original Cast) as Lucille Frank, and featuring Keith Byron Kirk (Broadway's The Civil War, A New Brain) as Jim Conley. The show was to play Chicago September 5-10, but it did not materialize. Later, Metromix magazine writer Chris Jones proclaimed Parade the 'Best Show We Never Saw Here.' - "The superb road production of "Parade" (a Broadway musical by Alfred Uhry and Jason Robert Brown) was supposed to come to the Cadillac Palace Theatre last summer. But the booking was unwisely cancelled, meaning that local audiences never got to experience the most moving, compelling and exquisitely produced show of the year � bar none." Dates in Boston (for summer) and St. Louis (Nov. 14-19) failed to happen as well. In April 2001, well after the completion of the national tour, Parade received recognition again as it was nominated for 7 awards in the First annual National Broadway Theatre Awards for touring companies. David Pittu won the Best Actor award for his performance as Leo Frank, pitted against 42 other promising actors from plays and musicals that have toured the United States during the 2000-2001 season. Here is a list of cities it played:
June 13-18: Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA
June 20-25: Orpheum Theatre, Memphis, TN
June 27-July 2: Music Hall at Fair Park, Dallas, TX
Aug. 1-13: Ordway Theatre, St. Paul, MN
Aug. 15-20: Benedum Center (CLO), Pittsburgh, PA
Aug. 22-27: Weidner Center for the Performing Arts, Green Bay, WI
Sept. 12-24: Denver Center Buell Theatre, Denver, CO
Sept. 26-Oct.15: 5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle, WA
Oct. 17-29: Playhouse Square, Cleveland, OH
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Prologue: "The Old Red Hills of Home"
Anthem: "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..."
"Big News!"
"There is a Fountain/ It Don't Make Sense"
"Watson's Lullaby"
"Something Ain't Right"
"Real Big News"
"You Don't Know This Man"
~~The Trial (Finale Act I)~~
Pt. I: "It Is Time Now"
Pt. II: "Twenty Miles From Marietta"
Pt. III: Frankie's Testimony
Pt. IV: "The Factory Girls/ Come Up to My Office"
Pt. V: Newt Lee's Testimony
Pt. VI: "My Child Will Forgive Me"
Pt. VII: "That's What He Said"
Pt. VIII: Leo's Statement: "It's hard to speak my heart..."
Pt. IX: Closing Statements & Verdict
Original Broadway Cast
Leo Frank..........Brent Carver
Lucille Frank..........Carolee Carmello
Jim Conley..........Rufus Bonds, Jr.
Mary Phagan........Christy Carlson Romano
Tom Watson.........John Leslie Wolfe
Iola Stover.........Brooke Sunny Moriber
Frankie Epps.........Kirk McDonald
Mrs. Phagan..........Jessica Molaskey
Britt Craig..........Evan Pappas
Hugh Dorsey..........Herndon Lackey
Newt Lee.........Ray Aranha
Governor Slaton..........John Hickok
Monteen.........Abbi Hutcherson
Essie...........Emily Klein
Old Soldier/Judge Roan.........Don Chastain
Young Soldier/Fiddlin' John..........Jeff Edgerton
Floyd MacDaniel/Luther Rosser..........J.B. Adams
Aide/Mr. Peavy........Don Stephenson
Assistant........Melanie Vaughn
Sally Slaton..........Anne Torsiglieri
J.N. Starnes..........Peter Samuel
Officer Ivey..........Tad Ingram
Prison Guard........Randy Redd
Lizzie Phagan.........Robin Skye
Angela.........Angela Lockett
Riley........J.C. Montgomery
Nurse........Adinah Alexander
Ensemble: Adinah Alexander, Duane Boutte, Diana Brownstone, Thursday Farrar, Will Gartshore, Tad Ingram, Angela Lockett, Megan McGinnis, J.C. Mongomery, Randy Redd, Joel Robertson, Peter Samuel, Robin Skye, Don Stephenson, Bill Szobody, Anne Torsiglieri, Melanie Vaughn, Wysandria Woolsey
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"It Goes On and On"
"A 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"
"Finale"
Original National Tour Cast
Leo Frank..........David Pittu
Lucille Frank..........Andrea Burns
Jim Conley..........Keith Byron Kirk
Mary Phagan........Kristen Bowden
Tom Watson.........John Leslie Wolfe
Iola Stover.........Siri Howard
Frankie Epps.........Daniel Frank Kelley
Mrs. Phagan..........Adinah Alexander
Britt Craig..........Randy Redd
Hugh Dorsey..........Peter Samuel
Newt Lee.........Ray Aranha
Governor Slaton..........Rick Hilsabeck
Monteen.........Sandra DeNise
Essie...........Emily Klein
Old Soldier/Judge Roan.........Donald Grody
Young Soldier/Fiddlin' John..........Jeff Edgerton
Floyd MacDaniel/Luther Rosser..........David Vosburgh
Aide/Mr. Peavy........Peter Flynn
Assistant........Mimi Bessette
Sally Slaton..........Elizabeth Brownlee
J.N. Starnes..........Tim Howard
Officer Ivey..........Tim Salamandyk
Prison Guard........David Coolidge
Lizzie Phagan.........Raissa Katona
Angela.........Carla Hargrove
Riley........C. Mingo Long
Nurse........Anne Allgood
Ensemble: Anne Allgood, Mimi Bessette, Justin Bohon, Elizabeth Brownlee, Diana Brownstone, David Coolidge, Sandra DeNise, David Dannehl, Jeff Edgerton, John Paul Almon, Carla H. Hargrove, Tim Howard, Siri Howard, Jamie Jonsson, Raissa Katona, Jamie Sorrentini, C. Mingo Long, Corey Reynolds, Greg Roderick, Tim Salamndyk, Natasha Yvette Williams
Swings: Joe Duffy (Dance Captain), Laura Shutter
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