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VIDEO: Jesse, the Musical, Rides Again in Northfield
Lockwood Theater brings the melodrama to Defeat of Jesse James Days and The Grand.
Jesse, the Original Musical Melodrama, a play about the famed train robber and his ultimate defeat in Northfield in 1876, will return to the during .
The 2-year-old Lockwood Theater Company presents the show Wednesday through Sunday, with tickets available at the door, the company's website and at .
The show is a melodrama with good guys, bad guys, sweethearts, dastardly dames, and lots of singing and dancing.
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Written by Bob and Marion Moulton, with lyrics by Vern Sutton to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the James gang's defeat, the show is a family-friendly, though not 100-percent accurate, presentation of local history.