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MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS Comes to Jefferson Performing Arts Center Next Month

An adaptation of Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express will be brought to the Jefferson Performing Arts Center stage by Jefferson Performing Arts Society from March 10 through 19, Fridays through Sundays.
BWW Review: ARSENIC & OLD LACE Delivers Killer Performance at JPAS

At first glance, the living room in the Brewster home is quaint and unassuming. But when young Mortimer Brewster discovers that his aunts Abby and Martha are serving their boarding guests something a little stronger than tea, things become a bit complicated in ARSENIC & OLD LACE by Joseph Kesselring. This 1939 murder-filled classic is brought to vibrant life at the Jefferson Performing Arts Center this month. If you’re a fan of dark humor and screwball comedy, then you’ll enjoy this enthusiastic production that nothing drives you crazy quite like family.
Jefferson Performing Arts Society Presents ARSENIC AND OLD LACE

Jefferson Performing Arts Society brings its third production of the new year to the Jefferson Performing Arts Center with the timeless 1940s dark comedy Arsenic and Old Lace from February 26-March 7, 2021. 
Jefferson Performing Arts Society Announces Lineup for Spring 2021

Jefferson Performing Arts Society is proud to announce its 43rd season lineup, featuring two New Orleans area premieres. The spring season kicks off with a one-man show about the life of the great African-American bass-baritone, scholar, actor, and athlete Paul Robeson, followed by the psychological drama One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.
Jefferson Performing Arts Society Will Present Agatha Christie's THE MOUSETRAP

Jefferson Performing Arts Society presents Agatha Christie's murder mystery play, 'The Mousetrap', from January 31 - February 9 at the Jefferson Performing Arts Center.
Put On a Happy Face for BYE BYE BIRDIE at Rivertown Theaters

Put on your poodle skirts, petticoats, ponytails and pompadours and oh yes, a happy face and join the gang at Rivertown Theaters for one of the '50s/ '60s favorite musicals - Bye Bye Birdie - running May 5 - 21.
Photo Flash: First Look at Rivertown Theaters' CINDERELLA BATTISTELLA

Rivertown Theaters for the Performing Arts presents Cinderella Battistella, February 7 - 16, 2014, written by David Cuthbert and Bob Bruce, and directed by Ricky Graham. Check out a first look below!
Ricky Graham Leads Rivertown Theaters' HARVEY, Now thru 11/16

Elwood P. Dowd is an affable man who claims to have an unseen (and presumably imaginary) friend Harvey - whom Elwood describes as a six-foot, one-and-one-half-inch tall pooka resembling an anthropomorphic rabbit. Elwood introduces Harvey to everyone he meets. His social-climbing sister, Veta, increasingly finds his eccentric behavior embarrassing. She decides to have him committed to a sanitarium to spare her and her daughter Myrtle Mae from future embarrassment.
Ricky Graham to Lead Rivertown Theaters' HARVEY, 11/1-16

Elwood P. Dowd is an affable man who claims to have an unseen (and presumably imaginary) friend Harvey - whom Elwood describes as a six-foot, one-and-one-half-inch tall pooka resembling an anthropomorphic rabbit. Elwood introduces Harvey to everyone he meets. His social-climbing sister, Veta, increasingly finds his eccentric behavior embarrassing. She decides to have him committed to a sanitarium to spare her and her daughter Myrtle Mae from future embarrassment.

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