Broderick played Leo Frank in the 1997 tryout/workshop of Parade in Toronto. There were about 5 weeks of rehearsal in September, followed by some performances in October. When Parade began previews on Broadway in Nov., 1998, Brent Carver was playing the role.
Years later in Feb., 2008 at the Don't Tell Mama nightclub, Seth Rudetsky asked Broderick point blank "When were you fired from Parade? Broderick replied that he was never actually fired, and, in fact, Prince praised him after each performance. Broderick joked that he didn't know for sure what was going on until he read that Carver had been cast for the Broadway production. |
