[NEohioPAL] Kennelly Review: Parade

[Laura Kennelly]

What’s on now at Playhouse Square’s Connor Palace theater? The national
tour of *Parade*.

This Broadway Series offering won the 2023 Tony Award for Best Revival of a
Musical (Harold Prince’s 1998 Award-winning creation). It is directed by
Michael Arden, with book by Alfred Uhry and music and lyrics by Jason
Robert Brown. Although described as a “musical” (it does have great voices
for the over two dozen musical numbers listed in the program), what works
best (and stays longest in memory) are the tragic events that inspired
*Parade*.
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Bottom Line: A very dark play for a very cold winter. In a way, it’s
another example of how Leo Frank’s life and death is still used as fodder
for spectacle. “A Town Without Pity” (1961 song not in this show) might
well be an earworm after seeing Parade. (It’s on Spotify — and points out
“No, it isn’t very pretty what a town without pity can do.”)
Full Review at
https://coolcleveland.com/2025/02/theater-review-parade-playhouse-square-by-laura-kennelly/
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