Toronto 
Events Description
Parade tells the heart-wrenching, true story of Leo Frank: a Brooklyn-raised Jewish man living in Atlanta who was wrongfully convicted of the assault and murder of his thirteen-year-old employee, Mary Phagan, in 1913. Because Frank’s trial was replete with faulty testimony and lacked any clear evidence, Georgia’s governor eventually commuted his sentence from death to life imprisonment. Despite this ruling, a lynch mob hanged Frank in Mary Phagan’s hometown of Marietta, Georgia. The momentous case drew national attention to Anti-Semitism and was pivotal to the founding of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) as well as the reviving of the Ku Klux Klan in the South. Parade has a rich, intricate, and wide-ranging score penned by Jason Robert Brown (Songs For a New World, The Last Five Years, Bridges of Madison County, a book by acclaimed playwright Alfred Uhry (Driving Miss Daisy), and a bold willingness to dive into the complexities of early 20th-century social relationships in the South.
Daring, and innovative, Parade is filled with soaring music and a heart-wrenching story, offering a moral lesson about the dangers of prejudice and ignorance that should not be forgotten.
Presented by Wavestage Theatre Company.
Who is it for?
All ages
HOW MUCH
Tickets : $27-$35
Adult $35
Student/Senior $27
How to get tickets?
Phone: 9059535122
At the door: Limited seats available at the box office before the show.
WHEN & WHERE
Date: Thursday November 9, 2023 to Sunday November 12, 2023
PERFORMANCE DATES
Thursday, November 9, 2023 – 7:30pm
Friday, November 10, 2023 – 7:30pm
Saturday, November 11, 2023 – 7:30pm
Sunday, November 12, 2023 – 1:30pm
2 hours and 30 minutes
Venue & Address
NewRoads Performing Arts Centre, 505 Pickering Cres. Newmarket ON
Wheelchair accessible
