Roger Wilson

Roger Wilson, a native of Louisiana, has accumulated over 30 years of experience in the entertainment and business development arena. But one of his proudest ventures includes what many call “Broadway South.”

Broadway South has grown into a statewide plan to pull in investments and build the entertainment industry throughout the state. This plan calls for the state to pass theater tax credits to set the stage for investors to build and open theaters and producers to present live entertainment.

The Federal Go Zone tax credits, passed to help specified areas of Louisiana and Mississippi recover following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, give investors significant market incentives to open theaters in the state. Likewise, production companies also have substantial incentives to move operations like pre-Broadway debut previews to New Orleans from cities like Philadelphia or Boston, which offer no tax incentives.

Wilson has already secured letters of interest from some of the biggest live-theater producers in the country and has his sights set on turning Louisiana into one of the biggest productions outside of New York.