Neo-Nazis protest outside Broadway show about lynching of Jewish man [View all]
Source: Washington Post
In a scene that mirrored history, spectators waiting to watch a Broadway musical about one of the most infamous antisemitic incidents in U.S. history were heckled outside the theater — by neo-Nazi protesters.
The show, “Parade,” is a dramatization of the story of Leo Frank, a Jewish pencil factory director in Atlanta who was convicted of the murder of 13-year-old Mary Phagan in 1913. He was abducted from prison and lynched by an angry mob two years later, and the case remains a lightning rod for the far-right.
Protesters showed up outside the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre on Tuesday as spectators waited to see a preview of the Tony Award-winning musical.
“You want the truth about who you’re going to see tonight? You’re paying $300 to go worship a pedophile,” one masked protester could be heard saying, using an expletive, in a clip shared by Jake Wasserman, an editor for the Jewish American publication, the Forward
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2023/02/22/broadway-parade-protest-antisemitism-neo-nazis/
Parade on Broadway
@paradebway
A statement from the producers of Parade in response to the display of Neo Nazi members protesting outside of the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre prior to last nights first preview performance on Broadway.
= new reply since forum marked as read