Parade

With book by Alfred Uhry and music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown, Parade is set in 1913, and is based on the true story of Leo Frank, a Jew living in Georgia who was tried for the murder of a factory worker under his employ. Already guilty in the eyes of everyone around him, a sensationalist publisher and a janitor's false testimony seal Leo's fate. His only defenders are a governor with a conscience and his wife, who finds the strength to become his greatest champion. Parade won Tony Awards for Best Book and Best Score in 2000.