| Parade | |
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| Music | Jason Robert Brown |
| Lyrics | Jason Robert Brown |
| Book | Alfred Uhry |
| Basis | Historical events in Atlanta from 1913 to 1915 |
| Premiere | December 17, 1998: Vivian Beaumont Theater |
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Parade is a musical with a book by Alfred Uhry and music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown. The musical is a dramatization of the 1913 trial and imprisonment, and 1915 lynching, of Jewish American Leo Frank in Georgia.
The musical premiered on Broadway in December 1998 and won Tony Awards for Best Book and Best Original Score (out of nine nominations) and six Drama Desk Awards. After closing on Broadway in February 1999, the show has had a US national tour and a few professional productions in the US and UK. Its 2023 Broadway staging was nominated for six Tony Awards, winning two, including Best Revival of a Musical.