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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…

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…

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…

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…

Natasha Tripney’s review is here. PARADE Donmar Warehouse, London, 14 September-24 November 2007 Three stars This dark, unusual musical about murder and anti-Semitism in the Deep South was first seen in New York in 1998. It ran for only short time, less than ninety performances, and though it’s a complex and intriguing piece of theatre,…