Jason Robert Brown "PARADE" Alfred Uhry / Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 2000 Playbill

Description

This is a rare August 15th, 2000 playbill from the one-week, National Tour engagement of the ALFRED UHRY and JASON ROBERT BROWN musical "PARADE" at the Benedum Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (The production opened December 17th, 1998 at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre at Lincoln Center in New York City and ran for only 85 performances.) ..... The musical dramatizes the 1913 trial of Jewish factory manager
Leo Frank
,
who was accused and convicted of
raping
and murdering a thirteen year-old employee, Mary Phagan. The trial, sensationalized by the media, aroused some
antisemitic
tensions in
Atlanta,
Georgia
.
When Frank's death sentence was commuted to life in prison by the departing
Governor of Georgia
,
John M. Slaton
due
to his detailed review of over 10,000 pages of testimony and possible problems with the trial,
Leo Frank
was transferred to a
prison
in
Milledgeville, Georgia
,
where a
lynching
party seized and kidnapped him. Frank was taken to Phagan's hometown of
Marietta, Georgia
,
where he was
hanged
from an oak tree ..... The National Tour starred DAVID PITTU as "Leo Frank" and ANDREA BURNS as "Lucille Frank" and featured ADINAH ALEXANDER, RAY ARANHA, KRISTENBOWDEN, JEFF EDGERTON, DONALD GRODY, RICK HILSABECK, DANIEL FRANK KELLEY, KEITH BYRON KIRK, RANDY REDD, PETER SAMUEL, DAVID VOSBURGH and JOHN LESLIE WOLFE. The Original Broadway production starred BRENT CARVER as "Leo Frank" and CAROLEE CARMELLO as "Lucille Frank" and featured J. B. ADAMS, RAY ARANHA, RUFUS BONDS, Jr., DON CHASTAIN, JEFF EDGERTON, JOHN HICKOK, HERNDON LACKEY, KIRK McDONALD, JESSICA MOLASKEY, EVAN PAPPAS, CHRISTY CARLSON ROMANO and JOHN LESLIE WOLFE ..... Side Note: Both the author, ALFRED UHRY and the composer, JASON ROBERT BROWN were honored with Tony Awards for "Best Book of a Musical" and "Best Original Musical Score" respectively ..... BROADWAY CREDITS: Book by ALFRED UHRY; Music and Lyrics by JASON ROBERT BROWN ("Parade", "Songs for a New World", "The Last 5 Years", "Urban Cowboy", "13"
, "The Bridges of Madison County", "Honeymoon in Vegas"
); Sets designed by RICCARDO HERNANDEZ; Costumes designed by JUDITH DOLAN; Choreography by PATRICIA BIRCH; Directed by HAROLD PRINCE; Produced by LINCOLN CENTER THEATER in association with LIVENT (U.S.) INC. ..... DETAILS: The 48 page playbill measures 6" X 9" inches and includes full production credits, cast list, synopsis of scenes, list of musical numbers, historical text, a photo of the composer, author and director on the production and individual bios of each of the leading actors and members of the creative team, but no cast photos ..... CONDITION: This playbill is in excellent condition and will make a wonderful addition to the collection of any musical theatre aficionado or historian. This item will be carefully packaged in a protective, carded sleeve and backed by stiff cardboard.