Jefferson Performing Arts Society Announces 32nd Season

Jefferson Performing Arts Society Announces its 32nd Season of Musicals, Comedies and New Works!

"Our new season offers something for everyone at any age," says Dennis G. Assaf, JPAS Executive/Director. "I really wanted to bring our theatre patrons a season of the highest variety with Broadway hits and new, exciting and original works. This season the JPAS world really is YOUR stage - we couldn't continue to do what we do without the support, patronage and talent in our community. JPAS is here because of our patrons and we hope they enjoy all that we offer in our 32nd Season!"

The season is subject to change without notice. Season tickets are on sale August 10. Visit www.jpas.org or call 504-885-2000 for tickets, special discount packages and more!

The JPAS Box Office is located at 1118 Clearview Parkway in Metairie. Box Office hours are Tuesday through Friday from 9am-5pm and Saturday, 10am-3pm. The Jefferson Performing Arts Center is located at 400 Phlox Street in Metairie. The Westwego Performing Arts Theatre and Teatro Wego! Dinner Theatre are located at 177 Sala Avenue in Westwego, approximately two miles from the foot of the Huey P. Long Bridge.

VIAGARA FALLS
A Comedy Play by Joao Machado and Lou Cutell
October 2- October 18, 2009*
Teatro Wego! Dinner Theatre, 177 Sala Avenue in Westwego
Performances Friday & Saturday at 7:30PM, Sunday Matinee at 2PM
(*there will be no show on Friday, October 16 due to Pasta & Puccini*)
NEW ORLEANS AREA PREMIERE! There are laughs aplenty in VIAGARA FALLS, A NEW COMEDY PLAY about the waning days of physical pleasure for two widowers and best friends, Charley Millhouse and Moe Crubbs. On the night of his seventy-seventh birthday, Charley decides that what he and Moe need more than a balloon and a birthday cake is a fling (perhaps the last) with two "ladies of the evening." When only one girl, a beautiful and sympathetic $100 per hour happy-hooker arrives assuring them she is enough girl for both of them, comedy ensues with rapid fire jokes and vaudevillian sensibility that is both hilarious and heart-warming. (Due to the subject matter of this show, parental discretion is strongly advised).

Richard O'Brien'S ROCKY HORROR SHOW
October 23-November 7, 2009
Westwego Performing Arts Theatre, 177 Sala Avenue in Westwego
Performances Friday at 7:30PM and Saturday at 7:30PM & 10PM
*NO SUNDAY MATINEES!
Directed by Jerry Lee Leighton
Starring Lara Grice and Richard Hutton
That sweet transvestite and his motley crew are taking over the Westwego Performing Arts Theatre just in time for Halloween! Complete with sass from the audience and an array of audience participation props, this deliberately kitschy rock 'n' roll, sci-fi Gothic is more fun than ever! (No child tickets will be sold due to content).

The JPAS Production of
DISNEY'S BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
Music by Alan Menken
Lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice
Book by Linda Woolverton
Nov 28-Dec 13, 2009
Jefferson Performing Arts Center, 400 Phlox Street in Metairie
Performances Saturday at 7:30PM, Sunday Matinee at 2PM
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! This family favorite returns to the JPAS stage once again, just in time for the holidays! This production of DISNEY'S BEAUTY AND THE BEAST features an all new cast with all the magic and enchantment you've come to expect and more! Based on the Academy-Award winning animated feature, the stage version of Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST includes all of the wonderful songs written by Alan Menken and the late Howard Ashman along with new songs by Mr. Menken and Tim Rice. Step into the heart of provincial life in a lovely French town, then be transported into a mysterious and magical castle where objects come to life, a Beast lurks and a Beauty finds true love! JPAS' production of Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST is family theatre at its best!

FOOTLOOSE
Stage Adaptation by Dean Pitchford and Walter Bobbie
Based on the original screenplay by Dean Pitchford
Music by Tom Snow
Lyrics by Dean Pitchford
Additional Music by Eric Carmen, Sammy Hagar, Kenny Loggins and Jim Steinman
January 29-February 7, 2010
Jefferson Performing Arts Center, 400 Phlox Street in Metairie
Performances Friday & Saturday at 7:30PM, Sunday Matinee at 2PM
One of the most electrifying movie musicals in recent memory bursts onto the JPAS stage with exhilarating results! Life in small town Bomont is peaceful until big City boy Ren arrives. Breaking every taboo, Ren brings dance back into the heart of a town held back by the memory of a tragedy. To the rockin' rhythm of its Oscar and Tony-nominated score with dynamic new songs for the stage musical, FOOTLOOSE explodes onto the stage with classic 80's anthems like "Holding Out for a Hero," "Almost Paradise," "Let's Hear it for the Boy" and, of course "Footloose!"

NUNSENSATIONS! THE NUNSENSE VEGAS REVIEW
By Dan Goggin
February 19-March 7, 2010
Teatro Wego! Dinner Theatre, 177 Sala Avenue in Westwego
Performances Friday & Saturday at 7:30PM, Sunday Matinee at 2PM
Directed by "Uncle" Wayne Daigrepont
Choreographed by Lindsey Price
Starring Claire Conti, Danielle Edinburgh Wilson, Melinda Falgoust, Anna Toujas Rosenberg
NEW ORLEANS AREA PREMIERE! Your favorite nuns are back in Westwego bringing you more heavenly hilarity with new songs and skits! The original ladies from last season's popular production of NUNSENSE joined by a new novice, return in this flashy, sassy Vegas style musical revue! When a parishioner volunteers to donate $10,000 to the sisters' school if they will perform in a club in Las Vegas, Mother Superior is hesitant to accept. However, after being convinced by the other sisters that "what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas" Reverend Mother agrees. What follows is the most feather-filled, sequin-studded, fan dancing Nunsense show ever!

THE PRODUCERS
Lyrics by Mel Brooks
Music by Mel Brooks and Glen Kelly
Book by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan
NEW DATES! March 19-28, 2010
Jefferson Performing Arts Center 400 Phlox Street in Metairie
Performances Friday & Saturday at 7:30PM, Sunday Matinee at 2PM
THE NEW ORLEANS AREA PREMIERE!! Based on the 1968 film of the same name, this Tony Award winning Broadway smash hit is produced for the first time in the New Orleans area! Down-on-his-luck Broadway producer, Max Bialystock, and his nerdy, young accountant, Leo Bloom, concoct a scheme to raise thousands of dollars from backers and then put on a guaranteed flop of a show "Springtime for Hitler." With all the money that will be leftover, the pair will be rich! Only one thing goes wrong: "Springtime for Hitler" turns out to be a gigantic hit!

THE SICILIAN BACHELOR A New Musical!
Adaptation by Lou Cutell, Norma Helms and Tino Trischitta
Based on an original Italian work by Nino Martoglio
April 9-25, 2010
Teatro Wego! Dinner Theatre, 177 Sala Avenue in Westwego
Performances Friday & Saturday at 7:30PM, Sunday Matinee at 2PM
Directed by T.J. Castronovo
WORLD PREMIERE! After last season's hilarious mafia-hit WILD MUSHROOMS, director T.J. Castronovo returns to direct the world premiere of the Italian-spiced musical comedy, THE SICILIAN BACHELOR. See what happens in this rousing, knee-slapping comedy of errors that revolves around the return of Don Cola Duscio to his provincial hometown of Sicily with his unconventional and independent girlfriend from America. Castronovo promises another situational comedy hit that is sure to have you rolling in the aisles!

 

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