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New Stage Theatre

New Stage Theatre has added more shows for “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor® Dreamcoat ” through June 12. Shows through June 5 have sold out.

New shows are at 7:30 p.m. June 8-11 and at 2 p.m. June 12 at the theater, 1100 Carlisle St.

Tim Rice wrote the lyrics, and Andrew Lloyd Webber wrote the music for the Broadway hit musical that tells the biblical story of Joseph and his coat of many colors. The music ranges from country-western and calypso to bubble-gum pop and rock ‘n’ roll.

Tickets are $25; discounts are available for senior, students and groups. For information, call 601-948-3533 or visit http://www.newstagetheatre.com.

Mississippi native Donna Ladd and partner Todd Stauffer founded the Jackson Free Press in 2002 in the capital city. The heavily awarded local newspaper did many investigations heralded across the state and nation and served as a paper of record due to its diversity, inclusion, in-depth reporting and deep connection to readers and dedication to narrative change in and about Mississippi. In 2022, the nonprofit Mississippi Free Press, founded by Ladd and JFP Associate Publisher Kimberly Griffin in 2020, purchased the journalism assets and archives of the Jackson Free Press. A Google grant through AAN Publishers enabled Newspack's integration of the JFP archives into the Mississippi Free Press website to become part of a more searchable archive of recent Mississippi history and essential journalism.