Jason Robert Brown’s 1998 acclaimed musicalParadeis back on stage in New York City, in a new production starringBen Plattand Micaela Diamond.
PEOPLE has a first look at the two actors in the show, running at New York City Center as the gala production in its 2022/2023 season with a benefit performance set for Nov. 1 and a run continuing through Nov. 6.
Just in 2019, Frank’s case made headlines again when Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard appointed an eight-person Conviction Integrity Unit to re-examine the case and determine whether it should be re-adjudicated.
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Platt, 29, plays Frank inParade, while Diamond stars as Lucille Frank, his dedicated wife who petitions for his conviction to be overturned.
The pair — he a Tony winner forDear Evan Hansenand she a standout inThe Cher Show— are among a stacked cast that includesStranger Thingsstar Gaten Matarazzo (as Mary’s friend Frankie Epps), Jay Armstrong Johnson (as journalist Britt Craig), Paul Alexander Nolan (as prosecutor Hugh Dorsey), Alex Joseph Grayson (as factory janitor Jim Conley), Manoel Felciano (as anti-semitic publisher Tom Watson), Sean Allan Krill (as Gov. Slaton) and Platt’sDear Evan Hansencostar Jennifer Laura Thompson (as Sally Slaton, the governor’s wife).
Also in the cast are Florrie Bagel, Stacie Bono, Courtnee Carter, Max Chernin, Eddie Cooper, John Dossett, Brody Grant, Danielle Lee Greaves, Christopher Gurr, Douglas Lyons, Ashlyn Maddox, Sophia Manicone, Howard McGillin, William Michals, Sofie Poliakoff, Jackson Teeley, Harry Bouvy, Tanner Callicutt, Anthony Chatmon II and Caroline Fairweather
Erin Rose Doyle plays Mary while Erin Mackey stars as her mother.
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Brown is conducting the orchestra of the City Center production while Michael Arden (Once On This Island,Spring Awakening) directs. The book is using revisions from a 2007 production at London’s Donmar Warehouse.
Tickets are on sale atNYCityCenter.org.
source: people.com
