"Parade" @ Bailiwick

Bailiwick Repertory's Midwest premiere of "Parade" opens tonight. The musical with a book by Alfred Uhry (Oscar and Pulitzer winner for "Driving Miss Daisy", Tony winner for "Last Night of Ballyhoo") and music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown (Drama Desk Award winner for "The Last 5 Years") won the Tony awards for Best Book and Best Score in 1999. "Parade" is based on the true story of Leo Frank, a Brooklyn-born Jew living in Atlanta in 1913, who was wrongly accused of the murder of a 13-year-old girl. He is convicted in a whirlwind of antisemitic ignorance, with his wife as his only champion. After tonight's opening, "Parade" runs Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7:30 and Sunday at 3:30, through May 29. Tickets are $30, $25 for Thursdays. At the Bailiwick Repertory Theatre, 1229 W Belmont Ave. Call 773-883-1090 for more information.