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Jefferson Performing Arts Welcomes Gary Rucker As New Creative & Managing Director
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 3, 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 - Nov 3, 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.
Winners Announced For The 2022 BroadwayWorld New Orleans Awards
by BWW Awards - Jan 20, 2023

The winners have been announced for the 2022 BroadwayWorld New Orleans Awards, honoring the best in regional productions, touring shows, and more which had their first performance between October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022.
12 Days Left To Vote For The 2022 BroadwayWorld New Orleans Awards; Theatre Baton Rouge Leads Favorite Local Theatre!
by BWW - Dec 19, 2022

The latest standings as of Monday, December 19th, have been released for the 2022 BroadwayWorld New Orleans Awards! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers get to vote for their favorites.
Latest Stats Released For The 2022 BroadwayWorld New Orleans Awards; at Theatre Baton Rouge Leads Best Ensemble Performance!
by BWW - Dec 12, 2022

The latest standings as of Monday, December 12th, have been released for the 2022 BroadwayWorld New Orleans Awards! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers get to vote for their favorites.
Latest Standings Released For The 2022 BroadwayWorld New Orleans Awards; Theatre Baton Rouge Leads Favorite Local Theatre!
by BWW - Dec 5, 2022

The latest standings as of Monday, December 5th, have been released for the 2022 BroadwayWorld New Orleans Awards! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers get to vote for their favorites.
First Stats Released For The BroadwayWorld New Orleans Awards; THE QUARTERS MUSICAL Leads Best Musical
by BWW Staff - Nov 21, 2022

The first live standings have been announced for the 2022 BroadwayWorld New Orleans Awards! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers get to vote for their favorites.
ELF THE MUSICAL Comes to Rivertown Theatres Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Nov 16, 2021

Based on the hit holiday movie, Buddy, a young orphan, mistakenly crawls into Santa’s bag of gifts and is transported to the North Pole. The would-be elf is raised by Santa and his elves, unaware that he is actually a human, until his enormous stature and poor toy-making abilities cause him to face the truth.
Rivertown Theaters to Present NUNSENSE 4/8-18
by Stephi Wild - Mar 29, 2021

NUNSENSE is the hilarious musical farce about a convent of Nuns staging a fundraiser to enable them to bury the last four nuns of their order who died of botulism in an unfortunate convent cooking accident (and who are temporarily being stored in the freezer!).
Rivertown Theaters Announces Holiday Offerings
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 30, 2020

Rivertown Theaters has announced two holiday offerings for the whole family.
Check Out These Live and Virtual Performances in the New Orleans Area!
by Stephi Wild - Aug 25, 2020

Theaters in the New Orleans area have shifted to virtual, or otherwise adapted, performances amidst the health crisis.
Photo Flash: PETER AND THE STARCATCHER at Rivertown Theaters
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 4, 2020

Always discerning in their season show choices for their ever-expanding audiences, co-producers Gary Rucker and Kelly Fouchi continue Rivertown Theaters' sold-out season with the imagination-fueled play with music, Peter and the Starcatcher.
Rivertown Theaters Has Announced Their 2020 - 2021 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 17, 2020

Rivertown Theaters for the Performing Arts' Artistic Directors, Kelly Fouchi and Gary Rucker promise a very entertaining schedule of productions for the 2020-2021 season, artfully produced and directed at the multi award winning theater in Kenner's historic Rivertown.
PETER AND THE STARCATCHER is Up Next at Rivertown Theaters
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 10, 2020

Always discerning in their season show choices for their ever-expanding audiences, co-producers Gary Rucker and Kelly Fouchi continue Rivertown Theaters' sold-out season with the imagination-fueled play with music, Peter and the Starcatcher.
Rivertown Theaters is Bringing Back ...AND THE BALL AND ALL With a Twist
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 17, 2020

Back by popular demand each year, Rivertown Theaters for the Performing Arts will bring back the locally written, performed locally '...And The Ball and All' with a cast like audiences have never seen before '...And The Ball and All' for just one weekend February 13 - 16 on the Main Stage.
Rivertown Theaters to Begin the New Year With OLIVER
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 10, 2019

After its premiere in London in 1960 and in New York in 1963, Oliver! Is still a classic and considered one of the finest musical scores in a Broadway show. Rivertown Theaters is proud to present this hit musical to start the year 2020 January 10 - 26 on the Mainstage.
Photo Flash: Rivertown Theaters Presents NOVEMBER
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 21, 2019

Meet the SOB who runs the USA!  Rivertown Theaters gets in the timely election mode with the laugh-a-minute upcoming show “November” starring Bob Edes, one of the most acclaimed actors in New Orleans, running October 25 – November 10.  
9 TO 5 The Musical Opens Rivertown Theaters' 8th Season
by Stephi Wild - Aug 13, 2019

Rivertown Theaters kicks off what promises to be a delightfully diverse season of shows, starting with the musical adaptation of one of the '80s all-time favorite and still timely comedy movies, 9 to 5, running from September 13 a?" 29.
MAMMA MIA! Comes to The Main Stage At Rivertown Theaters
by Stephi Wild - Jun 13, 2019

Get out your '70s duds and get into the musical magic of Mamma Mia! at Rivertown Theaters this July featuring two dozen hits from the '70s pop sensation ABBA. It's the most wonderfully entertaining summer escape that audiences have raved about since it first opened in London and then on Broadway, opening Fall of 2001.
Photo Flash: ME AND MY GIRL At Rivertown Theaters
by A.A. Cristi - May 6, 2019

Audiences are in for a special treat when the award-winning co-artistic directors of Rivertown Theaters, Kelly Fouchi and Gary Rucker are, once again, on stage together in the delightful, rarely seen local production of "Me and My Girl."

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