Ben Platt to play Jewish lynching victim Leo Frank in a revival of Broadway musical ‘Parade’ May 18, 2022 JTA ) – Broadway’s Jewish golden boy is set to play one of the most infamous victims of antisemitism in American history. “Dear Evan Hansen” star Ben Platt will star as Leo Frank in a new revival of the 1998 Broadway musical “Parade,” a dramatization of Frank’s 1915 lynching at the hands of a gang of white Southerners. The show will have a limited run Nov. 1-6 at the New York City Center as its annual gala presentation. Frank was a...