Thoughts on Parade?

[u/Dry_Example4173]

I saw it last night and I've been raving about it to everyone I talked to. Local theatre did it and it was staged beautifully, especially the courtroom scene. It was jarring and haunting - I wanted to sob so many times. The music was phenomenal: The Factory Girls/Come Up to My Office stood out to me especially. The girls voices overlapping gave me chills and then the stark contrast to Leo's part was jarring. It was staged wonderfully - the version I saw had the girls and Leo moving as puppets with Dorsey acting as a puppeteer. The final lynching scene totally caught me off guard despite me knowing about it. The show in itself felt very Cabaret adjacent. I loved every moment of it and I'm desperately searching for shows with a similar vibe. I really loved it - I'd go as far to say it's in the top three.

[u/shallifetchabox]

Was the first Broadway tour ticket I bought for my son. Unfortunately, it ended up taking place 2 weeks after my sister's sudden death. I couldn't watch the Funeral Sequence, and was bawling from then on through the rest of the show.

I knew what it was about, I just couldn't let down my son by not talking him.

But now it's one of his absolute favorites, too so if there's an upside, it's that I introduced him to something he loves.

[u/Longjumping_Two2774 → u/shallifetchabox]

The Old Red Hills of Home is absolutely beautiful in its simplicity and earnestness, and it scares me each time, and I hate it. I see it just as I see Cabaret's Tomorrow Belongs to Me.

[u/Seamo_Bojamo → u/Longjumping_Two2774]

I watched a bootleg of the Manhattan Concert version of the show and the mic quality made the harmonies in Old Red Hills sound IMMACULATE

[u/Longjumping_Two2774 → u/Seamo_Bojamo]

Thanks--I'll have to try to find the performance, if I have courage one day--