Jason Robert Brown

Bob Verini’s review here. PARADE (Mark Taper Forum, 739 seats, $80 top) by Bob Verini A Center Theater Group presentation of the Donmar Warehouse production of a musical in two acts with book by Alfred Uhry, music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown, co-conceived by Harold Prince. Directed and choreographed by Rob Ashford. Musical direction, Tom Murray. Leo Frank – T.R. Knight Lucille Frank – Lara Pulver Hugh Dorsey – Christian Hoff Newt Lee/Jim Conley/Riley – David St. Louis Old Soldier/Judge Roan/Guard – Davis Gaines Young Soldier/Frankie Epps/Guard – Curt Hansen Gov. Slaton/Britt Craig/Mr. Peavy – Michael Berresse Lila, MaryRead More »

Charles McNulty’s review here. Theater review: “Parade” at the Mark Taper Forum Los Angeles Times, October 4, 2009 T.R. Knight and Lara Pulver in “Parade.” Credit: Mark Boster/Los Angeles Times Jason Robert Brown’s entrancing Tony-winning score for “Parade,” the 1998 musical he wrote with playwright Alfred Uhry (whose book also won a Tony), throws patches of suggestive light on a dark historical episode. Music may be inherently abstract, but Brown’s compositional variety and depth of instrumental feeling imbue supple melodies with moral color. The distinguishing mark of the Donmar Warehouse’s scaled-down version of “Parade,” which opened this weekend at theRead More »

Naomi Pfefferman’s article here. Alfred Uhry swept though a corridor backstage at the Mark Taper Forum last week, greeting actors dressed in early 20th century garb with a robust “Shalom, y’all!” The Southern Jewish playwright was on hand to offer advice and answer questions for the cast of Parade, the musical about the anti-Semitic lynching of Leo Frank in Georgia in 1913, which failed on Broadway but was later revised for a London production that will now make its United States premiere at the Taper on Oct. 4. The author regarded the backstage action like a proud parent during thisRead More »

Kristin Friedrich’s article here. Everyone Loves a Lynching Musical ‘Parade,’ Reborn After a Stint in London, Lands in Downtown by Kristin Friedrich Published: Friday, September 25, 2009 4:11 PM PDT DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES – If a play should be so lucky, it starts Off-Broadway, gets good reviews, puffs up a bit, then bounds over to the Great White Way. That wasn’t the case for Parade. The show debuted on Broadway in 1998, earned mixed reviews and closed after a couple of months. A few years later, it journeyed to a small theater in London, downsized and divested itself of almostRead More »

Some fantastic Kevin Parry photos here and here. Previews started last night, and the show is just amazing! Get your tickets at the CTG website now!