Murder takes center stage in a pair of plays stretching across the breadth of the metro area as summer slinks on and music makes the mayhem go ’round.
‘A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder’
Offerings at the Westwego Performing Arts Theatre of Jefferson Performing Arts have blossomed to include some full-scale musicals and other Broadway hits.
Since Gary Rucker took the helm as creative and managing director of the theater, the bill of fare has included a locally written story that spans generations as well as a slate of shows including “My Fair Lady,” “Sweeney Todd” and “Spamalot.”
But opening this week is the 2014 Broadway smash about a British noble family, with a bit of music, a load of laughs and a lot of murder…