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Thursday, October 6, 2011

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Spotlight Theater Company's PARADE

Posted By on October 6, 2011, 8:32 AM

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Tonight, Spotlight Theater Company opens the Utah premiere of a musical based on a fascinating, disturbing slice of American history that had impacts far beyond its likely familiarity to most Americans. ---

The 1998 Tony-Award winning musical Parade tells the story of Leo Frank, a Jewish factory manager in 1913 Atlanta, Georgia, who was convicted of raping and murdering a 13-year-old girl. Originally sentenced to death, Frank found his sentence commuted to life in prison after the governor looked into the case -- but the anti-Semitic citizens of Atlanta weren't prepared to let that be the end of the story.

With a book by Alfred Uhry (Driving Miss Daisy) and music & lyrics by Jason Robert Brown, the musical explores the emotions of a man who knows he's not welcome where he lives, and the events that gave rise to the re-emergence of the Georgia Ku Klux Klan and the creation of the Anti-Defamation League. And Spotlight Theater Company, following up on the summer 2010 production of Jane Eyre, continues to bring compelling lesser-known musicals to the Salt Lake City stage. Performances run today (Oct. 6) through Oct. 15 at the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center Black Box Theatre

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 Scott Renshaw has been a City Weekly staff member since 1999, including assuming the role of primary film critic in 2001 and Arts & Entertainment Editor in 2003. Scott has covered the Sundance Film Festival for 25 years, and provided coverage of local arts including theater, pop-culture conventions, comedy,... more

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