Parade

[Younger Brother]

Posted: 11/23/12 at 6:43pm

I was just watching Carolee Carmello's Show People interview on Broadway.com in which she describes her experience in Parade, saying the audience sat sobbing every night. Can anybody here who saw the show offer an opinion? I am only familiar with the Tony Awards performance

[michellek45]

Posted: 11/23/12 at 6:59pm

I was not sobbing at the end, mostly because I thought the second act was poorly paced, but I definitely had chills and, had the book been reworked, I would have certainly been a mess.

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 11/23/12 at 7:34pm

Incredible show but i think the London production (which i believe moved to LA) was far better

[michellek45]

Posted: 11/23/12 at 8:34pm

songanddanceman, what changes did they make to the London production?

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 11/23/12 at 8:40pm

^The London cast recording actually preserved the complete show, dialogue and all. Aside from the poor southern accents, it's a very enjoyable listen. There were many substantial revisions. Off the top of my head, I remember that they cut "Real Big News," "It is Time Now," "It Goes On and On," and "Letter to the Governor." There was also a new song in act two called "The Glory" and various changes to the book to clarify, tighten and accommodate all the cut songs.

[EricMontreal22]

Posted: 11/23/12 at 9:03pm

I saw the tour in Seattle. I know Hal revised his staging from Broadway, but I found it a really engrossing, and amazing show. And yet, that said, I never found it moving enough for tears.

[AEA AGMA SM]

Posted: 11/23/12 at 11:46pm

I saw the tour as well as several very well done regional productions. I think the reason that I was never moved to tears, as chilling and wonderful as I found the show to be, was that for much of the show Leo is a fairly unlikable character. So the emotional connection that would move me to tears is just not being built up throughout the evening.

[theobsessed]

Posted: 11/24/12 at 8:20pm

I only saw a regional production (Semi-professional if I remember correctly), but it was one of the most emotional shows I've ever seen. I've never yet cried at a show, but the closest I came was during "Sh'ma" at Parade. It is such a chilling and emotional ending, I'll absolutely never forget it.

[gcal]

Posted: 11/24/12 at 8:57pm

I saw the production at Ford's Theatre in DC with Euan Morton last year and loved it.