Ben Platt, 'Parade' Producers Respond To General Preview Performance Of Outdoor Anti-Semitic Protests: "Vileness On Show"
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Platt's co-megastar Micaela Diamond spoke about the protests early Wednesday: "We'll speak for you, Leo."
Ben Platt and the group behind the Broadway revival of Parade
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which tells the true story of a Jewish manufacturing unit employee in Georgia who is falsely accused
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the "very unsightly and terrifying" anti-Semitic protests that took place outdoors at the first general performance of the musical.
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Shoppers attending Tuesday night's production at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theater were greeted with shouts and anti-Semitic chants outside the venue
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as part of a protest led by aides from the neo-Nazi corps of the National Socialist Movement.
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Those demonstrations were initially captured on social media by theatergoers such as The Future Engagement editor Jake Wasserman,
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, who shared a video of protesters hurling booing, even claiming that the musical's lead, Leo Frank, is a "pedophile".
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"If there is any final doubt about the urgency of telling this story at this recorded moment, the vileness of the show's closing night must abate,
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“We have the help of the courageous Broadway cast who bring this pivotal story to life every night.”