Come On Up To My Office

Album: Parade (1998)
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  • "Come On Up To My Office" was written by Jason Robert Brown for his 1998 Broadway musical Parade, which is based on the trial of Leo Frank for the murder of 13-year-old Mary Phagan, his conviction and subsequent lynching. The man behind the show, Harold Prince, wanted Stephen Sondheim to write the score, but he turned it down.

    The song portrays Frank as a lecher who abused his position to make out with the young factory girls in his charge. The inference though is that this was not the case, and the song is clearly performed in a fantasy sequence.

    Although the musical was highly acclaimed and won several awards, it the public voted with their feet. The show closed after 39 previews and 84 regular performances.

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