When I first learned about the deadly 1973 fire that swept through the UpStairs Lounge, it was a full 35 years after the tragedy. Skylar Fein’s art installation “Remember the UpStairs Lounge” ...

The View UpStairs is a provocative new musical that pulls you inside the UpStairs Lounge, a vibrant '70s gay bar in the French Quarter of New Orleans. This forgotten community comes to life in all its ...

Max Vernon’s musical “The View UpStairs” imagines the scene at the French Quarter gay bar the Up Stairs Lounge before it was destroyed in a deadly fire in 1973. When the show opened off-Broadway in ...

SINCE THE ATTACK ON THE UPSTAIRS LOUNGE, WHICH WAS A GAY BAR IN THE CITY’S FRENCH QUARTER. AND ONE LOCAL THEATER COMPANY IS STAGING THE NEW ORLEANS PREMIERE OF A MUSICAL THAT CELEBRATES THE PEOPLE WHO ...

The Jefferson Performing Arts Society (JPAS) has announced the upcoming production of The View UpStairs, the musical written by Max Vernon. Set in New Orleans at the French Quarter UpStairs Lounge in ...

METAIRIE, La. (WGNO) — On stage, you step back to 1973. And you step up and into the UpStairs Lounge in the French Quarter. The Lounge is the New Orleans gay bar where 32 men died in a fire back then.

The View UpStairs has been nominated for several awards. It was nominated for Best New Musical at the Drama Desk Awards. The show also received nominations for Outstanding Costume Design for a Musical ...