Cast of Broadway’s ‘Parade’ says Kaddish before each show
It’s not the only prayer recited every night: Ben Platt, playing Leo Frank, recites the Shema just before he is killed by a lynch mob, in the final moments of a musical dramatizing his 1913 arrest.
Ben Platt and Micaela Diamond, stars of the musical Parade, perform during a celebration for Jewish American Heritage Month at the White House in Washington, US, May 16, 2023.(photo credit: REUTERS/EVELYN HOCKSTEIN)ByJACKIE HAJDENBERG/JTAUpdated: