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MUSICAL PARADES TO EASTERN STAGE
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La Grande Rotary presents Eastern Oregon University Chamber Choir "A Night on Broadway" featuring the musical "Parade" Jan. 31 at 7:30 p.m., Feb. 1 at 7:30 p.m. and Feb. 2 at 3 p.m. at McKenzie Theatre. Admission is $6 for adults and $4 for students and seniors. Tickets are available at Sunflower Books, EOU Bookstore and at the door. "Parade," 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 Alfred Uhry ("Driving Miss Daisy") and Jason Robert Brown, one of Broadway's most promising young composers ("Songs For A New World"). In 1913, Leo Frank, a Brooklyn-born Jew living in Georgia, is put on trial for the murder of 13-year-old Mary Phagan, a factory worker in his employ. Already guilty in the eyes of everyone around him, he has his fate sealed by a sensationalist publisher and a janitor's false testimony. Leo's 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. Daring, innovative and bold, "Parade" 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. |
