



“Parade” tells the true story of Jewish factory worker Leo Frank - played by Platt - who was convicted in 1913 after being falsely accused of raping and murdering a 13-year-old girl. “Usually, when you do a revival, you can feel a bit of separation from it,” Platt, 29, continued, “but we have little to none, which is a difficult blessing.” “It’s sad but it’s also really galvanizing and motivating because it feels really immediate,” he told Page Six exclusively at the Broadway opening of the revival of “Parade” on Thursday night. ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ stars Ben Platt and Noah Galvin are datingīen Platt admits it’s a bit strange to be starring in a Broadway musical about anti-semitism during an upsurge of hate crimes against Jewish people.
