April Theatre

“Boys Next Door” (Westwego) April 1, at 7:30 p.m., at the Westwego Performing Arts Theatre, Sala Ave. Tickets are $26 adults, $23 seniors, $19 students and $12 children. For more info: (504) 885-2000 or (504) 371-3330. Follows the friendship and heartaches of four men n two with mental retardation, a brilliant schizophrenic and a hyperactive chatterbox n and their social worker.

“Looking For Josephine” (New Orleans) April 6-22, at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, with 2 p.m. curtain times on Sundays, at the Le Petit Theatre, 616 St. Peter St. For more info: (504) 522-2081. Tickets are $28 for general admission, $25 for students. A theatrical producer is stranded in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, where he has been searching for an entertainer to portray the legendary Josephine Baker in a recreation of the famous “La Revue Negre.”

“If the Shoe Fits” (Thibodaux) April 20-21 and 26-28, at 7:30 p.m., with a 2 p.m. matinee on April 29. Tickets are $10 for adults, $8 for students. For more info: (985) 446-1896.

The Sam & Jim Acting Co presents: “Picasso at the Lapin Agile” (Houma) at the Houma-Terrebonne Civic Center, 346 Civic Center Blvd. Showtimes April 24-26 are 8 p.m.; 3 p.m. matinee on April 28-29. For more info: (985) 217-0193.

“Home Free” (Houma) April 26 through May 6, at 7:30 p.m., with 2 p.m. matinees on Sundays. (There is no performance on April 30.) At the Le Petit Theatre de Terrebonne, 123 North St. For more info: (985) 876-4278. A would-be mystery writer works out a scheme to pay her monthly rent through “support” from two men.

“Our Country’s Good” (New Orleans) April 12-14 and 18-21, at 8 p.m. at UNO Theatre. Tickets are available at the box office, (504) 554-2335. Set in 1789, a young married lieutenant is directing rehearsals in Australia’s first play ever. With only two copies of the script, a cast of convicts and a leading lady who may be about to be hanged, conditions are hardly ideal.