Photo Coverage: Big News- PARADE is Back! Meet the Company of the MCP Concert!
By: Walter McBride Feb. 14, 2015
Manhattan Concert Productions is bringing the Drama Desk and Tony Award-winning score of PARADE back to Lincoln Center, where it all began in 1998. This concert performance of PARADE will feature a chorus of over 200 singers from the across the United States; the enlarged forces of the New York City Chamber Orchestra; and a full professional Broadway cast. The company just met the press, and below, BroadwayWorld brings you photos from inside the presentation below!
With a book by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Alfred Uhry, a score by Brown, and co-conceived by Tony Award winner Harold Prince, PARADE tells a controversial story of the 1913 trial of Jewish factory manager Leo Frank (Jordan), who was accused and convicted of raping and murdering a 13-year-old employee, Mary Phagan, in Atlanta, GA. PARADE was Brown's first Broadway production.
The Tony Award-winning score from PARADE will be brought to life for one night only at Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center on February 16, 2015. Three-time Tony Award winner and original composer Brown will conduct a star-studded cast and full chorus, joined by Olivier Award nominee Gary Griffin as director, and Tom Murray as music supervisor.
The cast will feature: JEREMY JORDAN, as Leo Frank; LAURA BENANTI, as Lucille Frank; KATIE ROSE CLARKE, as Mrs. Phagan; JOHN ELLISON CONLEE, as Hugh Dorsey; CHARLIE FRANKLIN, as Young Soldier / Frankie Epps; DAVIS GAINES, as Old Soldier / Judge Roan; JOSHUA HENRY, as Jim Conley; CAITLIN HOULAHAN, as Iola Stover; ANDREA JONES-SOJOLA, as Minnie McKnight / Angela / Nina Formby; RAMIN KARIMLOO, as Tom Watson; ANDY MIENTUS, as Britt Craig; NATHANIEL STAMPLEY, as Newt Lee / Riley; and EMERSON STEELE, as Mary Phagan.
Photo Credit: Walter McBride
The Manhattan Concert production of 'Parade'
The Manhattan Concert production of 'Parade'
Georgia Stitt and Jason Robert Brown
Georgia Stitt and Jason Robert Brown
Georgia Stitt and Jason Robert Brown
Georgia Stitt and Jason Robert Brown
Georgia Stitt and Jason Robert Brown
Eric Anderson and Emerson Steele
Alan Campbell and Rachel de Benedet
Eric Anderson and Emerson Steele
The cast
The cast
Eric Anderson and Emerson Steele
Davis Gaines
Davis Gaines and cast
Eric Anderson and Emerson Steele
Alan Campbell and Rachel de Benedet
Jason Robert Brown, Jeremy Jordan and Laura Benanti
Jason Robert Brown, Jeremy Jordan and Laura Benanti
Jason Robert Brown and Jeremy Jordan
Jason Robert Brown and Jeremy Jordan
Jeremy Jordan and Laura Benanti
Jeremy Jordan and Laura Benanti
Jeremy Jordan and Laura Benanti
Jeremy Jordan and Laura Benanti
Jeremy Jordan and Laura Benanti
Jeremy Jordan and Laura Benanti
Jeremy Jordan and Laura Benanti
Jeremy Jordan and Laura Benanti
Jeremy Jordan and Laura Benanti
Jeremy Jordan and Laura Benanti
Jeremy Jordan and Laura Benanti
Jeremy Jordan and Laura Benanti
Jeremy Jordan, Jason Robert Brown and Laura Benanti
Jeremy Jordan, Jason Robert Brown, Laura Benanti, Gary Griffin and Alfred Uhry
Jeremy Jordan, Jason Robert Brown, Laura Benanti, Gary Griffin and Alfred Uhry
John Ellison Conlee and Gary Griffin
Allie Trimm and Caitlin Houlahan
Jeremy Jordan and Andy Mientus
Jeremy Jordan and Andy Mientus
Andrea Jones-Sojola and Nathaniel Stampley
Joshua Henry, Andrea Jones-Sojola and Nathaniel Stampley
Davis Gaines
Davis Gaines
Davis Gaines
Davis Gaines
Davis Gaines
Alan Campbell and Rachel de Benedet
Davis Gaines
Davis Gaines
Davis Gaines
Davis Gaines
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