Review: Upstairs
 

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Wayne Self?s musical Upstairs, which recently premiered locally at Cafe Istanbul, takes on the difficult task of telling stories about the 1973 fire at the Up Stairs Lounge in the French Quarter. An arson fire killed 32 people trapped at the second-floor gay bar that was destroyed in the city?s single deadliest fire.? [ Read more ]

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