This show premiered on Broadway in 1998 (directed by Harold Prince!). The revival came to Broadway in 2023, where previews were greeted with a neo-Nazi protest. And the national tour of the revival has churned up the most insidious of accusations and conspiracy theories. Wonder what changed.
Jason Robert Brown (music & lyrics) says Parade "has always been the story of the currents of hatred running underneath America." Related, Ragtime opens at Lincoln Center next month. It is a privilege of a free society that art can stare at this theme, while govt wants to rewrite it out of history.