Political Rewind: Tony-winning "Parade" tells Leo Frank's story
Last Sunday, the musical Parade\xa0won the Tony for Best Revival of a Musical. Written by Atlanta native Alfred Uhry, Parade\xa0documents the 1915 lynching of Leo Frank.\xa0Host Bill Nigut welcomes Uhry, Rabbi Alvin Sugarman, and author Steve Oney to tell Frank's story.\n\nThe panel\nAlfred Uhry, playwright and screenwriter, "Parade"\nRabbi Alvin Sugarman, senior rabbi, The Temple\nJim Galloway, @jimjournalist, former columnist, The\xa0Atlanta Journal-Constitution\nSteve Oney, @steveoneywriter, author, And the Dead Shall Rise\n\n0:00 - Introduction \n5:00 - Alfred Uhrey writes "Parade," a story about the lynching of Jewish man Leo Frank\n13:00 - Steve Oney on the parallels of the Leo Frank lynching and antisemitism today \n18:00 - Alfred talks writing "Parade"\n20:00 - Steve Oney talks Leo Frank's sexual history\n25:00 - Rabbi emeritus Alvin Sugerman talks Atlanta's current climate \n33:00 - Alvin talks Leo Frank's wife Lucille Selig\n38:00 - Steve Oney talks importance of lynching in history\n41:00 - Jim Galloway on failed antisemitism bills in the legislative session \n43:00 - The importance of the Shema\n\nThe Political Rewind team will be off Monday, June 19 in observance of Juneteenth.\nTuesday on Political Rewind: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Greg Bluestein joins the panel.