Ben Platt, who won aTony Awardfor his performance as the title role inDear Evan Hansen, will return toBroadwayin the first Main Stem revival of Jason Robert Brown and Alfred Uhry’sParade.
Micaela Diamond, who starred alongside Platt for the musical’s limited City Center engagement, will also reprise her performance as Lucille Frank, wife to Platt’s Leo Frank. Diamond is best known totheateraudiences for her breakout performance as Babe (a youngCherin the 1950s and 60s) in Broadway’sThe Cher Show.
In a first-look video exclusively shared with PEOPLE, Platt, 29, and Diamond, 23, perform “This Is Not Over Yet,” a powerful duet between Lucille and Leo when the couple finds out Leo’s case has been reopened.
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According to the production, Leo and Lucille Frank “are a newlywed Jewish couple struggling to make a life in the old red hills of Georgia. When Leo is accused of an unspeakable crime, it propels them into an unimaginable test of faith, humanity, justice, and devotion. Riveting and gloriously hopeful,Paradereminds us that to love, we must truly see one another.”
Arden also helmed the New York City Center’s gala production, which ran from Nov. 1 through 6; composer Brown conducted the orchestra.
Additional casting will be announced in the coming weeks.
Both Uhry and Brown won Tony Awards forParade’s book and score, respectively, in 1999.
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Tickets forParadeare now on sale. VisitParadeBroadway.com.
source: people.com
