The Governor visited with the cast backstage following the performance!
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The new Broadway production of Parade, starring Tony Award winner Ben Platt and Micaela Diamond, directed by two-time Tony nominee Michael Arden, opened last night, March 16, at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre.
New York State Governor Kathy Hochul stopped by the show, and visited with the cast backstage following the performance. BroadwayWorld was there and you can check out photos below!
Parade features a book by two-time Tony Award winner, Pulitzer Prize winner, and Academy Award winner Alfred Uhry, music and lyrics by three-time Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown, and co-conceived by 21-time Tony Award-winning legend Harold Prince.
Platt and Diamond lead a 33-person cast that features Alex Joseph Grayson as 'Jim Conley,' Tony Award nominee Sean Allan Krill as 'Governor Slaton,' Tony Award nominee Howard McGillin as 'Old Soldier/Judge Roan,' and Paul Alexander Nolan as 'Hugh Dorsey.' They will be joined by Jay Armstrong Johnson as 'Britt Craig,' Kelli Barrett as 'Mrs. Phagan,' Courtnee Carter as 'Angela,' Eddie Cooper as 'Newt Lee,' Erin Rose Doyle as 'Mary Phagan,' Tony Award nominee Manoel Felciano as 'Tom Watson,' Danielle Lee Greaves as 'Minnie McKnight,' Douglas Lyons as 'Riley,' and Jake Pedersen as 'Frankie Epps.'
Leo and Lucille Frank (Ben Platt and Micaela Diamond) are a newlywed Jewish couple struggling to make a life in the old red hills of Georgia. When Leo is accused of an unspeakable crime, it propels them into an unimaginable test of faith, humanity, justice, and devotion. Riveting and gloriously hopeful, Parade reminds us that to love, we must truly see one another.
Photo Credit: Bruce Glikas
New York State Governor Kathy Hochul poses with Composer Jason Robert Brown, Book Writer Alfred Uhry, Ben Platt, Micaela Diamond and the cast of "Parade"
Kelli Barrett, Micaela Diamond, Ben Platt and New York State Governor Kathy Hochul
Kelli Barrett, Micaela Diamond, Ben Platt and New York State Governor Kathy Hochul
New York State Governor Kathy Hochul poses with Composer Jason Robert Brown, Book Writer Alfred Uhry, Ben Platt, Micaela Diamond and the cast of "Parade"
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