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Parade (1998 Original Broadway Cast) [Cast Recording]

Rufus Bonds, Brent Carver, Carolee Carmello, Jason Robert Brown, Christy Carlson RomanoAudio CD
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  • Audio CD (April 27, 1999)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Cast Recording
  • Label: RCA Victor Broadway
  • ASIN: B00000IMFL
  • Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Music
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (147 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,176 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

1. The Old Red Hills of Home
2. The Dream of Atlanta
3. How Can I Call This Home
4. The Picture Show
5. Leo at Work/What Am I Waiting For?
6. Interrogation: "I am trying to remember..."
7. Big News!
8. Funeral: There Is a Fountain/It Don't Make Sense
9. Real Big News
10. You Don't Know This Man
11. The Trial: People of Atlanta
12. Twenty Miles from Marietta
13. Frankie's Testimony
14. The Factory Girls/Come up to My Office
15. My Child Will Forgive Me
16. That's What He Said
17. Leo's Statement: "It's hard to speak my heart"
18. Summation & Cakewalk
19. A Rumblin' and a Rollin'
20. Do it Alone
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The big winners at the 1999 Tony Awards were revivals or old dance numbers recycled into new shows. Yet earning the most nominations, nine (and taking home two awards, for book and original score), was an honest-to-goodness new American musical by a young American composer-lyricist, Jason Robert Brown (who was 28 when the show premiered at Lincoln Center in December 1998 and was best known for his song cycle Songs for a New World). In addition, the subject matter is serious and dark, based on the true story of Leo Frank, a New York-born Jew living in Atlanta who was falsely accused of raping and murdering a young girl, and not surprisingly, the run was limited to 84 performances.

The original cast recording survives, however, and from the stirring opening anthem, "The Old Red Hills of Home," Brown's score is full of riches, mixing period American styles with strong melodies, intricate counterpoint, selective dissonances, and natural lyrics that give their characters true, expressive voices. Leading the strong ensemble cast are Tony nominees Brent Carver and Carolee Carmello as the persecuted Leo and his wife, Lucille, who had been drifting apart before the wrenching events pulled them back together. They express their relationship in some of the show's best songs ("Leo at Work/What Am I Waiting For," "You Don't Know This Man," "All the Wasted Time"). Masterfully evoking scene and character through his beautiful, bouncy, or harrowing music, Brown depicts youthful abandon ("The Picture Show"), the city's hysteria, the tender memories of the girl's mourners ("It Don't Make Sense"), and the murder trial, including its fantasy scenes of false testimony. Parade is a powerful work that will long linger in your memory, and it's one of the most important musical theater releases of 1999. --David Horiuchi


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27 of 30 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely incredible!! June 18, 1999
Format:Audio CD
Wow...the score to Parade has left me utterly speechless. I have been purchasing most major cast recordings as soon as they are released for the past several years and I have yet to be more impressed by a score than I am by Jason Robert Brown's melodic, amazingly emotional score to this fantasitc musical. Unfortunately, I was not one of the lucky ones who got to see Parade when it was playing at the Vivian Beaumont. I'll admit that I, too, was deterred by the mixed to negative reviews. Oh, how mistaken those critics were. However, I have a feeling that Parade will be returning either on Broadway or as a national touring company sometime in the near future. Granted, Parade did lose the Tony for Best Musical of the year, but this is the same award that they gave to The Lion King over Ragtime and Phantom of the Opera over Sondheim's brilliant Into the Woods. Please..."I'll take 'lack of any credibilty whatsoever' for 500, Alex...". I refuse to believe that the public will allow what has the potential to be one of the greatest musicals of our time simply fade away into the darkness. Please, buy 'Parade' immediately! Don't let this overwhelmingly powerful experience pass you buy because of a few lousy reviews. Parade is an amazing creation. Believe it.
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21 of 26 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Great musical, but some problems lie with the story... September 26, 2005
By Katie
Format:Audio CD
Parade was the first I ever heard of the 1913 Leo Frank trial. I borrowed this cast recording from my local library and wasn't very eager to listen to it, knowing that it would be incredibly depressing. Well, much like happened with Side Show, when the beginning song started I knew I was in for something amazing. The minute I heard "The Old Red Hills of Home" I was hooked. And by the end, when I got to the "Sh'ma," I started bawling. Honest-to-God sobbing my eyes out. I cried more than I did at the end of Aida or Miss Saigon, and that is saying a LOT.

The thing that I love about Parade is its paradox. The music is happy and beautiful even when something sad and horrible is happening. Even the title belies the show. It's also brilliant how JRB gives it a Dixie flair; it not only makes it very fun ("People of Atlanta" is so awesome I cannot get over it) but it also takes us into post-Civil War Georgia, when Confederate pride was still high and, for some parts of the show, we sort of feel the pride, ourselves (I sent "The Old Red Hills of Home" to my friend from Georgia and he absolutely loves it) When the soldier bids farewell to Lila, we are on his side. Even though I am northern and do not regret the south having lost, I feel the pain that they feel. Now, this may seem irrelevent--but it's not, because the Leo Frank trial had everything to do with southern attitudes at the time.

Someone earlier decried "Come Up to My Office." I personally feel that the person missed the point; if one just heard the song he or she would not know better, but in the context of the show, where you know Leo's character pretty well, just his acting that way is so ridiculous that you are convinced even further of his innocence. Also, who can deny that it's a super catchy song?
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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars A short-lived show with a score that will endure August 18, 1999
By A Customer
Format:Audio CD
"Parade," based on the real-life experiences of the wrongly-accused, and subsequently lynched, Leo Frank, a northern Jew convicted of murdering a young soutern girl, turns out to have a colorful and vibrant score and a compelling story, despite its inherent darkness. The varied and fresh score, provided by Jason Robert Brown, combines various musical styles including pop, blues, a hint of country, in addition to more standard Broadway fare. "Parade" successfully incorporates this diversity with considerably greater distinctiveness then, say, "The Civil War," and with less stuffiness than "Ragtime." The two most obvious reasons for Parade's musical success are Brent Carver and Carolee Carmello who lead the vocally-talented cast. Carver's style is mellow, and, at times, reminiscent of James Taylor. Always understated, Carver eases in and out of his numbers with aplomb. Carmello's performance is more dazzling and electric, and she is filled with passion and energy. Together, they are magical in "This Is Not Over Yet" and "All the Wasted Time." Overall, this album delights on many fronts, and despite a short Broadway run, will continue to please curious listeners.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Most Memorable Musical of the 1990s February 13, 2006
Format:Audio CD
Lots of people have reviewed Parade, saying that the show contains little memorable songs or catchy melodies. Not only is this inaccurate (see "It Don't Make Sense" or "It's Hard To Speak My Heart"), but since this is a musical it really shouldn't matter.

Consider this: the term that has come into use to describe this type of theater is "musical theater". Notice how "musical" is the adjective and "theater" is the noun. This shows that the music is supposed to modify the theater: i.e, the music enhances the emotions of the show. The term is not "theatrical music", which would suggest that the show is merely there to enhance the musical. This is very important to Parade.

In writing Parade, somehow I doubt that Jason Robert Brown was saying "man, I'm going to try and write some really catchy and memorable melodies". So you can't criticize him for not creating something "hummable" as one reviewer put it. That's not the point of musical theater.

That aside, I think that due to its brilliant characterization and deep, heartfelt emotion, Parade is the most memorable show of the 1990s. Lots of people would disagree with me, citing Wicked or Rent. But however catchy those shows are, they cannot equal the sheer emotional depth of Parade. The a cappella sh'ma at the end of the show is one of those brilliant bits of theater that comes along once a decade.

Parade doesn't depict it as "South bad, North good". It's more mature and complex than that. We feel Frankie Epps' pain ("It Don't Make Sense") and Mrs. Phagan's ("My Child Will Forgive Me"). These are grieving people and they want somebody to pay for their loss, and Leo Frank is their scapegoat. There is no black and white here.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Not a cast recording you'll be able to take all in with just one...
The music has so much complexity to it! I've played this cd to death since I received it as a gift for Christmas, and I STILL catch things here and there that I missed from... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Alana D.
5.0 out of 5 stars I love it!
I really think that "Parade" is one of the best world musicals. This record is more better then London's one, but it has no dialogs here. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Irisha
5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Non-Sondheim Musical
I saw a production of this at University of Michigan which, I might add, was student-directed. It was one of the best theater-going experiences of my young life. Read more
Published on August 27, 2010 by Pato Cree
5.0 out of 5 stars Parade CD
I purchased Parade for my daughter who will be performing in the musical and wasn't familiar with the music, there is no DVD yet. Read more
Published on April 26, 2010 by K. Bell
5.0 out of 5 stars "Parade" a forgotten gem
After I watched the recent PBS documentary about Leo Frank and the Mary Phagan murder, I began surfing the web for more information about this black day in twentieth century... Read more
Published on January 24, 2010 by A. J. Jewler
4.0 out of 5 stars An Amazing Broadway Debut
If you you know Jason Robert Brown it's probably from The Last Five Years or Songs for a New World. What you may not realize is that Parade is his Broadway Debut. Read more
Published on December 22, 2008 by ~Amante
4.0 out of 5 stars Parade Recording
I absolutly love Jason Robert Brown's music, and this is no exception. The main charecters really convey emotion well.
Published on August 31, 2007 by Kimberly Wilcox
5.0 out of 5 stars An amazing and utterly underrated work
I first became acquainted with this musical when I was 10 years old and they performed This Is Not Over Yet on the Tony Awards. Read more
Published on July 8, 2007 by M. G ORELL
5.0 out of 5 stars Parade the Musical
Although little known, Parade has some of the best music of a new musical in the last twenty years. Since Parade only played for a short time on Broadway and has received few... Read more
Published on October 28, 2006 by Lucy P. Uncu
3.0 out of 5 stars Last Five Years is Better
The score for "Parade" is not bad, but I enjoyed Brown's "The Last Five Years" so much more!
Published on August 4, 2006 by Hester
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