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The TONY Award-winning score from Parade will be brought to life for one night only at Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center on February 16, 2015.
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Three-time TONY Award winner and original composer, Jason Robert Brown will conduct a star-studded cast and full chorus, joined by Olivier Award nominee Gary Griffin as director, and Tom Murray as music supervisor.
CAST:
EPHIE AA...
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The TONY Award-winning score from Parade will be brought to life for one night only at Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center on February 16, 2015.
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Three-time TONY Award winner and original composer, Jason Robert Brown will conduct a star-studded cast and full chorus, joined by Olivier Award nominee Gary Griffin as director, and Tom Murray as music supervisor.
CAST:
EPHIE AARDEMA, as Monteen
ERIC ANDERSON, as Officer Starnes/Middle-Aged Man From Valdosta/Chain Gang Guard
LAURA BENANTI, as Lucille Frank
RACHEL DE BENEDET, as Sally Slaton
ALAN CAMPBELL, as Governor John Slaton
KATIE ROSE CLARKE, as Mrs. Phagan
JOHN ELLISON CONLEE, as Hugh Dorsey
ALVIN CRAWFORD, as Newt Lee/Riley
CHARLIE FRANKLIN, as Young Soldier / Frankie Epps
DAVIS GAINES, as Old Soldier / Judge Roan
JOSHUA HENRY, as Jim Conley
CAITLIN HOULAHAN, as Iola Stover
JOHN JELLISON, as Luther Rosser/Mr. Peavy
ANDREA JONES-SOJOLA, as Minnie McKnight / Angela / Nina Formby
JEREMY JORDAN, as Leo Frank
RAMIN KARIMLOO, as Tom Watson
ERIC LEVITON, as Policeman/Prison Guard/Jury Foreman
ANDY MIENTUS, as Britt Craig
EMERSON STEELE, as Mary Phagan
ALLIE TRIMM, as Essie
Musical Supervision by Tom Murray
Conducted by Jason Robert Brown
Stage Direction by Gary Griffin
Creative Team includes: Beowulf Boritt, Set and Projection Designer; Jeff Croiter, Lighting Designer; Jon Weston, Sound Designer; Caite Hevner Kemp, Projection Designer; Georgia Stitt, Associate Music Director; Kristen Harris, Production Stage Manager; Timothy R. Semon, Stage Manager; Josh Millican, Associate Sound Designer; Telsey + Company / Craig Burns, CSA, Casting; Juniper Street Productions, Production Manager.
Following the success of Titanic last year, and Ragtime in 2013, Manhattan Concert Productions will bring the Drama Desk and TONY Award-winning score of Parade back to Lincoln Center, where it all began in 1998. This concert performance of Parade will feature a chorus of over 200 singers from the across the United States; the enlarged forces of the New York City Chamber Orchestra; and a full professional Broadway cast.
With a book by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Alfred Uhry, a score by Jason Robert Brown, and co-conceived by Tony Award winner Harold Prince, Parade tells a controversial story of the 1913 trial of Jewish factory manager Leo Frank, who was accused and convicted of raping and murdering a 13-year-old employee, Mary Phagan, in Atlanta, GA. Parade was Brown’s first Broadway production. Of his score, Variety wrote [it] “draws on a variety of influences, from pop-rock to folk to rhythm and blues and gospel.”
Tickets, starting at $50, are currently on sale and may be purchased by visiting www.mcp.us; visiting www.lincolncenter.org; calling CenterCharge (212) 721-6500; or visiting the Avery Fisher Hall box office at 10 Lincoln Center Plaza (Columbus Avenue at 65th Street).