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How ‘The View UpStairs’ Recalls the Forgotten Gay Disco Inferno That Killed 32

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In June 1973, an act of arson that torched the UpStairs Lounge in the French Quarter of New Orleans killed 32 people. A new play revisits an overlooked tragedy.

Luis Damian Veron
Luis Damian Veron
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Luis Damian Veron

Luis Damian Veron

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