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When I first learned about the deadly 1973 fire that swept through the UpStairs Lounge, it was a full 35 years after the tragedy.

Two musicals will come to the stages of Jefferson Parish in the coming days, one based on a local tragedy and the other on the joy of movie musicals.

The Jefferson Performing Arts Society has announced the upcoming production of The View UpStairs, the musical written...

“If everyone took antidepressants,” Sonia says matter-of-factly to her brother Vanya, “Chekhov would have had nothing to write about.”

“If everyone took antidepressants,” Sonia says matter-of-factly to her brother Vanya, “Chekhov would have had nothing to write about.”