“It’s sad but it’s also really galvanizing and motivating because it feels really immediate,” the actor said on starring in the revival of “Parade.”
. “You’re paying $300 to go f–king worship a pedophile, you might as well know what you’re talking about.”Micaela Diamond, who plays Frank’s wife, Lucille, also spoke to Page Six about performing the show during these fraught times.
Diamond, 23, also noted that “it’s really special that we’re the first two Jewish people to play these roles because it’s so intrinsically a part of the story. I think it’s really important and I feel lucky that we were both cast.”“I think it’s allowed me to embrace whatever Judaism means to me,” the “Politician” alum explained. “Sometimes we feel if we’re not observant or we don’t keep kosher or we haven’t been to shul in a while.
“That makes us disconnected from Judaism or not a good Jew or if the theology isn’t something you totally relate to all the time but for me, it’s come to be proud of the cultural and emotional and familial ways that I feel Jewish and embrace that.”
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