{"id":72449,"date":"2023-02-22T10:41:26","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T15:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=72449"},"modified":"2023-02-23T02:12:44","modified_gmt":"2023-02-23T07:12:44","slug":"neo-nazis-rally-outside-broadway-preview-of-parade-about-an-antisemitic-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/neo-nazis-rally-outside-broadway-preview-of-parade-about-an-antisemitic-murder\/","title":{"rendered":"Neo-Nazis rally outside Broadway preview of \u2018Parade,\u2019 about an antisemitic murder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By PHILISSA CRAMER<\/p>\n<p>(JTA) \u2014 Members of a neo-Nazi group rallied Tuesday night outside the Broadway theater that is hosting \u201cParade,\u201d a play about the 1915 lynching of a Jewish man in Georgia.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_72452\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Parade-Emilio-Madrid-wide.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-72452\" class=\"wp-image-72452 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Parade-Emilio-Madrid-wide-300x186.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"186\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Parade-Emilio-Madrid-wide-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Parade-Emilio-Madrid-wide-1024x636.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Parade-Emilio-Madrid-wide-768x477.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Parade-Emilio-Madrid-wide-1536x955.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Parade-Emilio-Madrid-wide.jpg 1604w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/186;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-72452\" class=\"wp-image-72452 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Parade-Emilio-Madrid-wide-300x186.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Parade-Emilio-Madrid-wide-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Parade-Emilio-Madrid-wide-1024x636.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Parade-Emilio-Madrid-wide-768x477.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Parade-Emilio-Madrid-wide-1536x955.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Parade-Emilio-Madrid-wide.jpg 1604w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-72452\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ben Platt, left, and Micaela Diamond star as Leo and Lucille Frank in &#8220;Parade.&#8221; (Photo by Emilio Madrid)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt was definitely very ugly and scary, but [also] a wonderful reminder of why we\u2019re telling this particular story, and how special and powerful art and particularly theater can be,\u201d star Ben Platt said in a statement on Instagram after the performance, the first preview in the revival\u2019s Broadway run.<\/p>\n<p>Platt stars as Leo Frank, the Jewish manager of an Atlanta pencil factory who was accused of murdering a girl whose body was found there in 1913. Despite little evidence, Frank was found guilty of killing Mary Phagan, who had worked at the factory, and was sentenced to death. In 1915, when Frank\u2019s sentence was commuted to life in prison, he was kidnapped by an armed mob and lynched. The case spurred both the creation of the Anti-Defamation League, the Jewish civil rights group whose activities include monitoring neo-Nazi activity, and the revival of the Ku Klux Klan white supremacist hate group.<\/p>\n<p>The protesters, who identified with the National Socialist Movement, a neo-Nazi group headquartered in Florida that has a swastika in its logo, carried a poster that accused Frank of being a pedophile, according to videos shared from the incident. That allegation is frequently made by neo-Nazis who reject the consensus that Frank was innocent of the crime. They see the advocacy on his behalf as evidence of Jewish control of the media, a longstanding antisemitic trope.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cParade\u201d protesters also distributed antisemitic literature and criticized the ADL, according to videos shared on social media from the scene. One video shared on Twitter suggested that at least some people present jeered the neo-Nazis. The protesters held a white banner with red capital letters reading \u201cLeo frankly was a pedo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAre you really doing the real work of an artist if you aren\u2019t be[ing] protested by Neo Nazis?\u201d a cast member, Prentiss Mouton, posted on Instagram, over a clip of the incident filmed from above. \u201cIf I wasn\u2019t proud enough to be a part of this production it was solidified today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Platt, who is Jewish, said the incident underscored the need for \u201cParade\u201d at a time when watchdogs say antisemitism is on the rise in the United States.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Co86gkHMlqM\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Co86gkHMlqM\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just think that now is really the moment for this particular piece,\u201d he said. \u201cI just wanted the button on the evening, at least for me personally, to be to celebrate what a beautiful experience it is and what gorgeous work all of my wonderful colleagues did tonight. Not the really ugly actions of a few people who are spreading evil.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Platt thanked the Bernard Jacobs Theater for keeping cast and audience members \u201csuper safe and secure \u2014 as you will be, too, when you come see the show.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cParade\u201d first played on Broadway in 1998. The musical written by Jason Robert Brown and Albert Uhry won Tony awards for best book and best score. 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