How about Daniel Radcliffe as Leo Frank...

I don't think he has the vocal chops to handle the score, but I actually think he'd be a fantastic choice for a non-singing film, miniseries, etc about the Leo Frank case.

Ditto. The role is vocally challenging... and it will be deeply satisfying to hear that music well-sung.

Methinks Jonathan Groff could sing and sweat the sh*t out of Parade.

Wouldn't mind seeing Josh Radnor in this.

WayTooBroadway said: "Methinks Jonathan Groff could sing and sweat the sh*t out of Parade."

I would cry. PLEASE.

Casting someone like him would probably be the only way a revival of PARADE would happen so I'd be down for it. The part is pretty vocally demanding though and while I enjoyed DanRad's voice in HOW TO SUCCEED, I just don't think it could handle HOW CAN I CALL THIS HOME?, COME UP TO MY OFFICE, THIS IS NOT OVER, and ALL THE WASTED TIME eight times a week. Acting wise, I'd think he'd be pretty stellar though.

Subjective physical traits aside, I would love Megan Hilty as Lucille. Or, if we're still going with stunt casting, I would find Anna Kendrick to be a very interesting Lucille.

After that concert version, Joshua Henry would NEED to be Jim Conley, hands down.

That score eight times a week though... not for those performers who sporadically appear on stage.

I could definitely see Daniel in the role. While he probably can't do it 8 times a week he could do it 6 times.

Does anyone know if the mark taper/donmar production had any chance of transferring to Broadway? It looked like a nice production and TR was pretty famous at the time and is still so a little bit.

There was talk of transferring the Donmar/Taper Forum production, but I don't think it ever seriously got off the ground. The show is a tough sell for a commercial run, even with a star.

Privacy is playing a limited run at a small theater with a membership base. (It's also playing in the summer when there are fewer theater options). It's not the same as a commercial Broadway run of a musical.

Not exactly going to put butts in the seats...but can we have a revival starting Jeremy Jordan and Carmen Cusack?

It seems unlikely that Parade would receive a commercial revival; even the original production was nonprofit, and only ran 85 performances (despite winning a Tony for Best Score, admittedly with no real competition).

I say "unlikely" rather than "impossible;" there's been an odd mini-trend of producers thinking that they can "fix" flops and make them profitable (Side Show, Gigi, Carrie, Jekyll and Hyde, etc.), but with no success.

In fact, I think that there are only two revivals that have run longer than their original productions: Mornings At Seven and Chicago (whose original production was not, despite popular opinion, a flop).

In fact, I think that there are only two revivals that have run longer than their original productions: Mornings At Seven and Chicago (whose original production was not, despite popular opinion, a flop).

This, on its face, just sounds wrong. Off the top of my head, Boeing Boeing, both revivals of A Delicate Balance, and the LaPaglia A View From the Bridge all ran far longer than their originals; I'm sure there are others.

"This, on its face, just sounds wrong. Off the top of my head, Boeing Boeing, both revivals of A Delicate Balance, and the LaPaglia A View From the Bridge all ran far longer than their originals; I'm sure there are others."

Yes, you're definitely right about Boeing Boeing - that revival ran almost 200 performances longer than the true flop original (I don't think it turned a profit, though). The first revival of A Delicate Balance ran 53 more performances than the original; the second revival, however, ran 24 fewer performances. The LaPaglia View ran 90 more performances than the original; the other three revivals did not exceed the original's 149 performance run.

The only one I would call "far longer" would be Boeing. But still, this doesn't really change the argument that converting a flop into a hit is really unlikely, despite the excessively romantic allure of the idea.

Updated On: 8/11/16 at 02:04 PM