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Review: “Parade” (Sunday Express, London, 9/30/07)
THEATRE by Mark Shenton 30 September 2007 PARADE (five stars) Donmar Warehouse, London WC2 […]There’s a more tender portrait of a marriage under immeasurable strain in the soul-baring and searching musical Parade, which ran for little over two months in its original 1998 Broadway production but in its far more intimate British premiere proves its…
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Review: “Parade” (The Mail on Sunday, London, 9/30/07)
PARADE Donmar Warehouse, London 2 hrs 30 mins (including interval) Four stars by GEORGINA BROWN Parade, a modern opera by Alfred (Driving Miss Daisy)Uhry, with a wonderful score (mixing the rat-a-tat-tat of military drums with hymns and jazzy dance music of a decade ago) by Jason Robert Brown, tells a compelling true story of Leo…
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Review: “Parade” (Daily Mail, London, 9/28/07)
Quentin Letts’s review here. Fight for truth that’s worth singing about in Parade by QUENTIN LETTS Last updated at 15:11pm on 28th September 2007 Rating: Five stars Verdict: Fresh talents and a sorry injustice Parade seems a misleading title for this troubling musical. ‘Parade’ suggests something fluffy, something with stripy sticks and top hats and…
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Review: “Parade” (Daily Express, London, 9/28/07)
PARADE Four stars Donmar Warehouse, 0870 060 6624, until November 24 By JULIE CARPENTER DEVOTEES of the frothy feelgood musical should read no further. Parade is an alothether more thought-provoking affair, based on the real-life trial of a Jewish factory manager, Leo Frank, who was unfairly convicted of the rape and murder of a 13-year-old…
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Review: “Parade” (ClassicalSource.com, 9/26/07)
Michael Darvell’s review here. PARADE Reviewed by: Michael Darvell First I moan about the dearth of new musicals in London and then two come along in as many weeks. With When Midnight Strikes (at the Finborough Theatre until September 29) and now Parade at the Donmar Warehouse, things are definitely looking up. What with the…