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The Importance of Telling a Difficult Story
Kristi originated the role of Mary Fagan in the musical parade which is being revived on Broadway right now starring Ben Platt. It's a dramatization of the 1913 trial of Jewish American Leo Frank who was accused and convicted of raping and murdering a 13-year-old employee named Mary Fagan. Rosie O'Donnell because she had a show at the time and Carolee Carmelo and Brent Carver went to our show but apparently left like three quarters of the way through hated it couldn't stand it. I wanted to know your thoughts as one of the original cast members on the importance of telling this story that is such a difficult story.
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