Anti-Semitic protesters storm Ben Platt’s ‘Parade’ on Broadway: ‘Ugly and scary’

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stars recently hooked up. A source tells ET Austen Kroll and Taylor Ann Green got together, despite the fact that they've previously dated each other's close friends. was first to report the news.Kroll is best buds with Shep Rose, who dated Green for two years before their split last summer.

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anti-Semitic neo-Nazi protesters targeted the musical “Parade,” Mayor Eric Adams took the stage before Thursday night’s performance to declare the theater “is not a place where hate lives.”“We have the largest Jewish population outside of Tel Aviv,” Adams said as he addressed the audience at Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre.“And when you come out and really cross-pollinate with ideas and culture, that’s the beauty and that’s the symbol of New York City.”He continued: “When we fill a theater, we send a message out there that this is not a place where hate lives.”The Tony-winning “Parade” stars “Dear Evan Hansen” actor Ben Platt, 29, and Micaela Diamond, 23, of “The Cher Show.” Both are Jewish-Americans.A post shared by Parade on Broadway (@paradebway)Set in 1913, the Broadway musical is inspired by Jewish factory boss Leo Frank, who was wrongfully convicted of raping and murdering 13-year-old employee Mary Phagan.After his death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment, Frank was kidnapped from his cell and lynched by an anti-Semitic mob.Following Frank’s murder, evidence from the case pointed to Jim Conley, the factory’s janitor, as the actual killer.

Ben Platt and the producers of Parade are speaking out after the first performance of the Broadway revival about the true story of a Jewish man named Leo Frank who was lynched in 1915 was met with antisemitic protesters outside the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre in New York City.

Instagram video Tuesday.Many protestors held signs and harassed patrons outside the theater. A member of the neo-Nazi group The National Socialist Movement was also seen telling patrons, “You want the truth about who you’re going to see tonight? You’re paying $300 to go f–ing worship a pedophile, you might as well know what you’re talking about,” according to videos on social media.Platt said that though the first show—which is returning to Broadway for the first time since it premiered in 1998—was “special,” it was undermined by the protestors.He continued: “If you don’t know about it, I encourage you to look up the story and most importantly encourage you to come see the show, and it was definitely very ugly and scary but a wonderful reminder of why we’re telling this particular story and how special and powerful art and, particularly, theater can be.

Ben Platt and the producers of are speaking out after the first performance of the Broadway revival about the true story of a Jewish man named Leo Frank who was lynched in 1915 was met with antisemitic protesters outside the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre in New York City.Starring Platt and Micaela Diamond as Leo and Lucille Frank, dramatizes the 1913 rape and murder trial of 13-year-old Mary Phagan.

A small but vocally aggressive group of antisemitic protestors outside the Broadway venue housing the first preview of the revival Parade shouted slurs and decades-old accusations against the musical’s main character, Leo Frank.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter Ben Platt is speaking out against the anti-semitic protestors who gathered outside the first preview performance of Broadway’s revival of “Parade,” a musical about the true story of the false conviction and lynching of a Jewish man in 1915. “For those who don’t know, there were a few neo-Nazi protesters from a really disgusting group outside of the theater, bothering some of our patrons on their way in and saying antisemitic things about Leo Frank, who the show is about, and just spreading antisemitic rhetoric that led to this whole story in the first place,” Platt said on Instagram. In a video circulated on Twitter, a member of the neo-Nazi group The National Socialist Movement is seen asking people outside the Broadway’s Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, “You want the truth about who you’re going to see tonight? You’re paying $300 to go fucking worship a pedophile, you might as well know what you’re talking about.”

shared a rare message with fans online after antisemitic protesters gathered outside the first preview of his new Broadway musical Parade. The Jewish actor took to social media on Tuesday to address the situation, which you can watch below, referring to the event as to "ugly and scary."The Dear Evan Hansen star shared a video via Instagram to discuss the event, saying: "I don't usually address social media in this manner because I'm afraid of it, but I felt compelled this evening because I just got home from our first preview performance of Parade, a musical on Broadway and it was so wonderful and special."WATCH: Ben Platt speaks out against 'evil' antisemitic protestors outside his new Broadway showHe continued: "I got off stage and was looking on social media and naturally the news of the fact that there were protestors outside the show has spread a lot.