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Jefferson Performing Arts Welcomes Gary Rucker As New Creative & Managing Director


by A.A. Cristi - December 03, 2025

Jefferson Performing Arts has announced that acclaimed local theatre leader Gary Rucker, Co-founder and Artistic Director of Rivertown Theaters for the Performing Arts, has joined the organization as Creative & Managing Director of the Westwego Performing Arts Theatre....

Feature: GYPSY at Rivertown Theaters For The Performing Arts


by Tara Bennett - November 03, 2025

After more than a decade, Rivertown Theaters' Co-Artistic/Managing Director Gary Rucker is revisiting one of musical theatre's most celebrated works with a production of GYPSY that runs through November 9....

DEAR EVAN HANSEN at Rivertown Theaters For The Performing Arts


by Tara Bennett - September 09, 2025

Rivertown Theaters is making national history with the first U.S. non-replica staging of Dear Evan Hansen. In our interview, Co-Artistic Director Kelly Fouchi shares why the show’s themes of connection and compassion resonate so powerfully and why Kenner is the perfect stage....

DEBBIE WITH A D'S TENNESSEE WITH THE TEA is Coming to TWTC


by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 30, 2025

The Tennessee Williams Theatre Company of New Orleans is partnering with Debbie with a D—voted Best Drag Performer in Gambit's Best of New Orleans 2024—to present Debbie with a D's Tennessee with the Tea, an adults-only drag queen story hour. ...

Beau Coddou and Dylan Patterson Join the Cast of DRAG: THE MUSICAL


by Stephi Wild - March 11, 2025

Beau Coddou and Dylan Patterson will alternate the role of 10-year old Brendan Hutchinson in DRAG: The Musical beginning next week. Learn more about them here!...

Beau Coddou and Dylan Patterson Join the Cast of DRAG: THE MUSICAL


by Stephi Wild - March 11, 2025

Beau Coddou and Dylan Patterson will alternate the role of 10-year old Brendan Hutchinson in DRAG: The Musical beginning next week. Learn more about them here!...

Past Shows

Hairspray
9/13 - 9/29/2024


Rivertown Theaters presents Hairspray, a vibrant musical set in 1962 Baltimore, focused on Tracy Turnblad, a plus-size teen with dreams of dancing on the Corny ...

The Professor Carl Nivale Show featuring Grand Marshal Marty Graw


NOLA Voice Theatre is thrilled to announce a new, limited-run return presentation of our hit production  The Professor Carl Nivale Show featuring Grand Marshal Marty ...

Treehouse Players' Rapunzel
Treehouse Players' Rapunzel
6/24 - 7/9/2023


NOLA Voice Theatre and Rivertown Theatres for the Performing Arts will bring this homegrown family musical hit back for a fresh, new update of this ...

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum


A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is a nonstop laughfest in which Pseudolus, a crafty slave, struggles to win the hand ...

Disney's Frozen, Jr
Disney's Frozen, Jr
12/2 - 12/20/2022


A story of true love and acceptance between sisters, Frozen JR. expands upon the emotional relationship and journey between Princesses Anna and Elsa. When faced ...

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas


Made famous by the 1982 film adaptation starring Burt Reynolds and Dolly Parton, this happy-go-lucky view of small-town vice and statewide political side-stepping recounts the ...

 An evening with CHRISTINE EBERSOLE


Christine Ebersole is currently co-starring on Chuck Lorre's hit sitcom Bob Hearts Abishola for CBS. She starred most recently on Broadway in War Paint in ...

Raise Your Voice 5
Raise Your Voice 5
10/1 - 10/2/2022


Teens Raising Money for Local Teens in Need! Rising young performers of the New Orleans theater community are back to share their talents in this ...

Kinky Boots
Kinky Boots
9/9 - 9/25/2022


A struggling factory owner encounters a vivacious entertainer and together they brew up a high-heeled, bedazzled, and brilliant idea to save the family business. This ...

Peter and The Starcatcher
Peter and The Starcatcher
3/6 - 3/22/2020


The Tony-Award winning show takes place in the "Neverland you never knew," telling the story of Peter Pan before he became the boy who would ...

Oliver
"Oliver"
1/10 - 1/26/2020


Rivertown Theaters Wants You To Consider Yourself at Home When They Begin the New Year with the Endearing, Timeless Musical, Oliver! Based on Charles Dickens ...

November
November
10/25 - 11/10/2019


Written in 2008, originally starring Nathan Lane, November is a manically funny political comedy by Pulitzer Prize winning playwright David Mamet who has created a ...

Frozen JR.
Frozen JR.
6/13 - 6/16/2019


The enchanting modern classic from Disney is here at Rivertown Theaters for its regional premiere! The enchanting Frozen JR. is based on the 2018 Broadway ...

Into
Into
3/15 - 3/31/2019


With intertwining of four of their major storybooks plots and characters, The Brothers Grimm hit the stage in this epic fairytale about wishes, family, and ...

Greater Tuna
Greater Tuna
1/11 - 1/27/2019


Welcome back to Tuna, Texas!Greater Tuna is a hilarious and irreverent comedy about Texas' third smallest town, where the Lion's club is too liberal and ...

Videos


Noël Coward's Blithe Spirit in New Orleans Noël Coward's Blithe Spirit
Le Petit Theatre (1/8 - 1/25)
Hadestown (Non-Equity) in New Orleans Hadestown (Non-Equity)
Saenger Theatre (1/23 - 1/25)
SIX (Boleyn Tour) in New Orleans SIX (Boleyn Tour)
Saenger Theatre (4/14 - 4/19)
The Book of Mormon (Non-Equity) in New Orleans The Book of Mormon (Non-Equity)
Saenger Theatre (5/12 - 5/17)
Liverpool Legends The Complete Beatles Experience! in New Orleans Liverpool Legends The Complete Beatles Experience!
Jefferson Performing Arts Center (1/24 - 1/24)
C.S. Lewis' The Screwtape Letters in New Orleans C.S. Lewis' The Screwtape Letters
River Center Theatre for Performing Arts (3/14 - 3/14)
Liverpool Legends The Complete Beatles Experience! in New Orleans Liverpool Legends The Complete Beatles Experience!
Heymann Performing Arts Center (1/22 - 1/22)
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