VideoGo Inside Rehearsals for Parade Starring Ben Platt, Micaela Diamond, Gaten Matarazzo, More
The production is directed by Michael Arden and will be conducted by Jason Robert Brown.
By
Roberto Araujo
October 26, 2022
The New York City Center Encores! gala production of Jason Robert Brown’s Parade will begin performances November 1. Brown will conduct his Tony-winning score for the entire run, which continues through November 6.
Watch the video above for a sneak peek at the company performing the songs “The Old Red Hills of Home” and “This Is Not Over Yet."
Telling the true story of Leo Frank, a Jewish man who was wrongfully accused and convicted of murdering a 13-year-old girl in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1913, Parade features a score by Brown and a book by Alfred Uhry. The musical premiered on Broadway in 1998, receiving nine 1999 Tony nominations and winning two, for its book and score. In the years since, a major revision premiered at London's Donmar Warehouse in 2007, which later played Los Angeles' Mark Taper Forum in 2009. Jeremy Jordan and Laura Benanti led a concert presentation in 2015 at New York City's then Avery Fisher Hall.
City Center's production is helmed by two-time Tony nominee Arden leaving a creative team that also includes scenic designer Dane Laffrey, costume designer Susan Hilferty, lighting designer Heather Gilbert, sound designer Scott Lehrer, projection designer Sven Ortel, choreographer Cree Grant, and music director Tom Murray.
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