Parade at Ford’s Theater
September 23, 2011 - September 23, 2011
Fords Theater
Book by Alfred Uhry
Music And Lyrics by
Co-Conceived by Harold Prince
Musical Direction by Steven Landau
Choreographed by Karma Camp
Directed by Stephen Rayne
Production Stars Euan Morton As Leo Frank
Ostracized for his faith and Northern heritage, Jewish factory manager Leo Frank is accused of murdering a teenaged factory girl the day of the annual Confederate Memorial Day parade. Alfred Uhry’s award-winning book and Jason Robert Brown’s rousing, colorful and haunting score illuminate a circus of conflicting accounts, false testimony and mishandled evidence in a town reeling with social and racial tension. Isolated from the world, Leo develops a new and deeper love for his wife, who tirelessly crusades for his freedom. Stephen Rayne (The Heavens Are Hung In Black, Sabrina Fair) directs this compelling and provocative tale of justice miscarried, revealing a country at odds with its declarations of equality. Tony-Award nominee Euan Morton stars as Leo Frank.