Laura Fitzpatrick, Luigi Lucente & More Set for Australian Premiere of PARADE

This morning, The Collective announced that it will be the first Australian theatre company to put on a production of Jason Robert Brown's PARADE. The show will open on September 17th at fortyfivedownstairs in Melbourne.

Read the original article at Aussietheatre.com, here.

The 14-person cast includes Laura Fitzpatrick, Luigi Lucente, Cameron MacDonald, Tod Strike, Amelia Christo, as well as Andrew Doyle, Timothy Springs, David Price, Paul Dawber, Cle Morgan, Jemma Plunkett, Michelle Smitheram, Bonnie Page and Emma Jones.

James Cutler is signed onto the project as the director, Cameron Thomas as the musical director, and David Harford as the choreographer.

The Collective plans to put on the 2007 London Donmar Warehouse version of PARADE, which features new songs in addition to the original 1998 Broadway score.

The Tony Award-winning musical drama features the true story of Leo Frank's trial and lynching in early 20th-century Atlanta. Ostracized for his faith and Northern heritage, Jewish factory manager Leo Frank is accused of murdering a teenaged factory girl the day of the annual Confederate Memorial Day parade. Alfred Uhry's award-winning book and Jason Robert Brown's rousing, colorful and haunting score illuminate a circus of conflicting accounts, false testimony and mishandled evidence in a town reeling with social and racial tension. Isolated from the world, Leo develops a new and deeper love for his wife, who tirelessly crusades for his freedom.

For more information and tickets, visit http://www.fortyfivedownstairs.com or call (03) 9662 9966.

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