Leo and Lucille Frank 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.
Leo and Lucille are respectively played by Max Chernin and Talia Suskauer. They are a handsome couple, and Suskauer has a special voice that she uses for the dramatic effect that defines Lucille Frank. Particularly in the second act when she sings her aria, “Do It Alone,” and the duet with Chernin, “This is Not Over Yet,” her voice and her dramatic ability are riveting. Chernin is her vocal mate, although his character is calmer and more complacent, and this limits his dramatic impact in their music.
Yet Alfred Uhry’s book hammers home its points and populates the courtroom with hissable villains: the openly smarmy district attorney, the obviously perjured and nearly hypnotized witnesses, the incompetent blowhard of a defense attorney. The trial scene in “To Kill a Mockingbird” looks like a marvel of legal jurisprudence by comparison.
1998 | Broadway |
Original Broadway Production Broadway |
1999 | US Tour |
US National Tour US Tour |
2007 | West End |
Donmar Warehouse Revival West End |
2022 | Off-Broadway |
Encores! Off-Broadway Concert Production Off-Broadway |
2023 | Broadway |
Broadway Revival Production Broadway |
2025 | US Tour |
North American Tour US Tour |
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