Last Sunday, the musical Parade won the Tony for Best Revival of a Musical. Written by Atlanta native Alfred Uhry, Parade documents the 1915 lynching of Leo Frank. Host Bill Nigut welcomes Uhry, Rabbi Alvin Sugarman, and author Steve Oney to tell Frank's story.
The panel
Alfred Uhry, playwright and screenwriter, "Parade"
Rabbi Alvin Sugarman, senior rabbi, The Temple
Jim Galloway, @jimjournalist, former columnist, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Steve Oney, @steveoneywriter, author, And the Dead Shall Rise
0:00 - Introduction
5:00 - Alfred Uhrey writes "Parade," a story about the lynching of Jewish man Leo Frank
13:00 - Steve Oney on the parallels of the Leo Frank lynching and antisemitism today
18:00 - Alfred talks writing "Parade"
20:00 - Steve Oney talks Leo Frank's sexual history
25:00 - Rabbi emeritus Alvin Sugerman talks Atlanta's current climate
33:00 - Alvin talks Leo Frank's wife Lucille Selig
38:00 - Steve Oney talks importance of lynching in history
41:00 - Jim Galloway on failed antisemitism bills in the legislative session
43:00 - The importance of the Shema
The Political Rewind team will be off Monday, June 19 in observance of Juneteenth.
Tuesday on Political Rewind: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Greg Bluestein joins the panel.
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