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Sep 30^th, 2010 at 12:02pm

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This is a small request to ANY theater company in the Salt Lake valley.� Could you PLEASE do "Parade"?� That is a show I would drop ANYTHING to perform in!

-With all my love, Bruce Wayne.

That which we persist in doing becomes easier for us to do. Not that the nature of the thing itself has changed, but that our ability to do increased.&&-Ralph Waldo Emmerson

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Reply #1 - Sep 30^th, 2010 at 1:07pm

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Dark Horse is considering it. It's on their list that audience members can vote on for their next show.

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Reply #2 - Sep 30^th, 2010 at 10:12pm

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Bruce Wayne wrote on Sep 30^th, 2010 at 12:02pm:

This is a small request to ANY theater company in the Salt Lake valley.� Could you PLEASE do "Parade"?� That is a show I would drop ANYTHING to perform in!

-With all my love, Bruce Wayne.

The question is, will it draw an audience?

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Reply #3 - Sep 30^th, 2010 at 10:38pm

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I'm not familiar with this one... tell me about it. 50 words or less.

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Reply #4 - Oct 1^st, 2010 at 8:49am

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Swami wrote on Sep 30^th, 2010 at 10:38pm:

I'm not familiar with this one... tell me about it. 50 words or less.

From Wikipedia (the only true source of information on the Web....):

The musical dramatizes the 1913 trial of Jewish factory manager Leo Frank, who was accused and convicted of raping and murdering a thirteen-year-old employee, Mary Phagan. The trial, sensationalized by the media, may have aroused some anti-Semitic tensions in Atlanta and the U.S. state of Georgia. When Frank's death sentence was commuted to life in prison by the departing Governor of Georgia, John M. Slaton due to his detailed review of over 10,000 pages of testimony and possible problems with the trial, Leo Frank was transferred to a prison in Milledgeville, Georgia, where a lynching party seized and kidnapped him. Frank was taken to Phagan's hometown of Marietta, Georgia, and he was hanged from an oak tree. The events surround the investigation and trial led to two groups emerging, the revival of the defunct KKK and the birth of a premier Jewish Civil Rights organization. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) was formed in response to the anti-Semitism surrounding Leo Frank's trial and lynching.

(Sorry, that's way more than 50 words. Epic fail....

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Reply #5 - Oct 1^st, 2010 at 10:12am

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I'm not familiar with the musical, but the story is suprememely compelling. The 1980s TV minsieries The Murder of Mary Phagan(which starred Jack Lemmon, Kevin Spacey, Peter Gallagher and Charles S. Dutton) was superb.

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Reply #6 - Oct 1^st, 2010 at 1:46pm

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The Professor wrote on Oct 1^st, 2010 at 8:49am:

Swami wrote on Sep 30^th, 2010 at 10:38pm:

I'm not familiar with this one... tell me about it. 50 words or less.

From Wikipedia (the only true source of information on the Web....):

The musical dramatizes the 1913 trial of Jewish factory manager Leo Frank, who was accused and convicted of raping and murdering a thirteen-year-old employee, Mary Phagan. The trial, sensationalized by the media, may have aroused some anti-Semitic tensions in Atlanta and the U.S. state of Georgia. When Frank's death sentence was commuted to life in prison by the departing Governor of Georgia, John M. Slaton due to his detailed review of over 10,000 pages of testimony and possible problems with the trial, Leo Frank was transferred to a prison in Milledgeville, Georgia, where a lynching party seized and kidnapped him. Frank was taken to Phagan's hometown of Marietta, Georgia, and he was hanged from an oak tree. The events surround the investigation and trial led to two groups emerging, the revival of the defunct KKK and the birth of a premier Jewish Civil Rights organization. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) was formed in response to the anti-Semitism surrounding Leo Frank's trial and lynching.

(Sorry, that's way more than 50 words. Epic fail....� �

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Hmmm... I'd have to hear the music, but I do like the story. If Pinnacle doesn't scoop me (again), I may have suggest it to my artistic director.

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Reply #7 - Oct 1^st, 2010 at 5:24pm

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I am with Bruce on this one... am DYING to do this show!!! BEAUTIFUL music, beautiful story. I would love to be involved!

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Reply #8 - Oct 24^th, 2010 at 2:03am

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The music was done by Jason Robert Brown, and has some of the most incredibly compelling songs I have heard in musical theater: "All the Wasted Time," "How Can I Call This Home," "This is Not Over Yet," the list continues.

The show could be done in Utah, AND cater to audiences if done properly. To appeal to the conservative crowds in the state, the subject matter would need to be either edited, or tastefully represented; no "shock factor" stuff. The music is unbelievable! Listen to the soundtrack and you will be hooked!

That which we persist in doing becomes easier for us to do. Not that the nature of the thing itself has changed, but that our ability to do increased.&&-Ralph Waldo Emmerson

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