“Parade,” a musical love story set against the real backdrop of a murder and lynching in Georgia in pre-World War I, earned six Tony Award nominations on Tuesday.
The Broadway revival of the 1998 musical is a dramatization of the trial and 1915 lynching of Jewish factory worker Leo Frank in Marietta. “Parade” nominees include Ben Platt and rising star and first-time nominee Micaela Diamond.
“Some Like It Hot,” a Broadway musical adaptation of the cross-dressing movie comedy that starred Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon, waltzed away with a leading 13 Tony Award nominations, putting the spotlight on a show that is a sweet, full-hearted embrace of trans rights.
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