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The tragic, true story of the trial and lynching of a man wrongly accused of murder is brought to emotional and theatrical life by acclaimed playwright a href="http://mtishows.com/show_detail.asp?showid=000221#"Alfred Uhry/a (span style="font-weight: bold;"DRIVING MISS DAISY/span) and a href="http://mtishows.com/show_detail.asp?showid=000221#"Jason Robert Brown/a, one of Broadway?s most promising young composers (a href="http://mtishows.com/show_detail.asp?showid=000191"strongSONGS FOR A NEW WORLD/strong/a).brbrIn 1913, Leo Frank, a Brooklyn-raised Jew living in Georgia, is put on trial for the murder of 13-year-old Mary Phagan, a factory worker under his employ. Already guilty in the eyes of everyone around him, a sensationalist publisher and a janitor?s false testimony seal Leo?s fate. His only defenders are a governor with a conscience, and, eventually, his assimilated Southern wife who finds the strength and love to become his greatest champion.brbrDaring, innovative and bold, strongPARADE/strong won well-earned Tony® Awards for Best Book and Best Score in 2000. Its subject matter offers a moral lesson about the dangers of prejudice and ignorance that should not be forgotten.
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The Color Purple
Little Town Players (5/8 - 5/18) | ||
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Bright Star
Little Town Players (5/2 - 5/12) | ||
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Big Fish
Center for the Arts (6/14 - 6/30) | ||
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Spamalot
Wolfbane Productions (5/23 - 6/29) | ||
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Beetlejuice
Altria Theater (6/4 - 6/9) | |
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Monty Python's Spamalot
Shenandoah University (2/27 - 3/2) | ||
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Every Brilliant Thing
Virginia Stage Company (10/18 - 5/9) | ||
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