STAGE TUBE: Jason Robert Brown Talks Cygnet Theatre's PARADE

PARADE composer Jason Robert Brown goes candid with Cygnet Theatre, where his show opened March 17, 2012.

PARADE explores the true story of Leo Frank, a Jewish factory manager, accused and convicted in 1913 of murdering thirteen-year-old Mary Phagan in Atlanta, Georgia. Sensational journalism fanned the regional flames of bigotry and anti-Semitism, obscuring Leo's innocence. After his death sentence was commuted, Leo Frank was taken by vigilantes and lynched - a pivotal cultural event that sparked both the development of the Anti-Defamation League and the resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan. The heart of the story, however, involves the ever-evolving relationship between Leo and his wife Lucille. It is their relationship, shifting from cold to warm and deepening into true love in the midst of adversity, that is the core of the work.

Read more about Cygnet's production of PARADE here and check out the video!