Not exactly the usual stuff of a Broadway musical, huh?
Move too slow and the story becomes ponderous.
Less than stellar singers, and there goes a score that can soar.
Micaela Diamond, Ben Platt, ‘Parade’Joan Marcus
Arden, Platt and Diamond see to it that this revival sails over those landmines.
Confederate Memorial Day is asinine, he tells her.
Why would anyone want to celebrate losing a war?
Platt, Diamond (Credit: Joan Marcus)
But make no mistake,Paradebelongs to Leo and Lucille.
Its a purposely ambiguous scene, perhaps hopeful, more likely not.
A projection reminds us that Franks case, reopened in 2019, remains officially unresolved.
