White Plains Performing Arts Center Hosts Performance Of 'Parade'

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- The White Plains Performing Arts Center presents a one-weekend-only limited engagement of Parade, directed by Keith Levenson, from Friday, Aug. 8 through Sunday, Aug. 10.

From left: Betsy Simpson, Victoria Kulak, Casey ODonnell, Rita Toka, Jim Roumeles.
Photo Credit: *Ariana Moses*

by Alesha Hanson

07/21/2014 4:00 a.m.

Parade is the musical dramatization of the real-life story of Leo Frank, falsely accused of murder. It is brought to emotional and theatrical life by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Alfred Uhry and Tony Award-winning composer/lyricist Jason Robert Brown.

The show’s subject matter offers a moral lesson about the dangers of prejudice and ignorance that should not be forgotten.

The events surrounding the investigation and trial led to the emergence of two opposing groups: the revival of the Ku Klux Klan and the birth of the Anti-Defamation League.

The League is a premier Jewish civil rights organization formed in response to the anti-Semitism surrounding Leo Frank's trial and lynching.

To watch a sneak peek of the show, click here.

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