Broward Center for the Performing Arts

What if you were invited to dance for the president? You’d want it to be the best dance ever. Come meet Yelia who visits her grandmother in Cuba to add some salsa flavor to her own hip-hop style. The audience gets to dance along during this interactive performance. Journey with Yelia as she discovers the fun of her multicultural heritage and introduce … +

Bob Dylan is one of the most influential American musicians rock & roll has ever produced. Inscrutable and unpredictable, Dylan described as a folk, blues, and rock & roll legend has been both deified and denounced for his shifts of interest, most notably from acoustic to electric. Don’t miss this true American legend. Au-Rene Theater at The Broward Center for the Performing … +

This Summer Night of Music will include: Flock of Seagulls “I Ran (So Far Away,” “Space Age Love Song”; Wang Chung “Everybody Wang Chung Tonight,” “Dance Hall Days,” “To Live and Die in LA”; Naked Eyes “Promises Promises,” ” Always Something There To Remind Me; Animotion “Obsession,” “Room to Move” and Farrington and Mann the original When in Rome UK “The Promise,” … +

Iga Ninja, Ninjutsu artist and Ninja stunt performer Tomoyoshi Ukita presents Way of The Ninja, a free demonstration and lecture presented by the Consulate General of Japan in Miami. A specialist in Japanese swords, shuriken (throwing ninja stars), shichihode (the art of disguise), kaginawa (the art of grappling hook and rope) and kusarigama (the art of chain and sickle), Ukita is a … +

The Florida Grand Opera has announced its 2018-19 season, featuring four productions. The 78th Season includes eight Miami debuts featuring the US debut of tenor Alessandro Scotto di Luzio and the US regional premiere of “Frida” based on the legendary Mexican painter Frida Kahlo. La bohème by GIACOMO PUCCINI Experience Giacomo Puccini’s lyrical romantic tragedy of young lovers in the Latin Quarter … +

Celebrating the 25th anniversary of her GRAMMY®-award winning, critically acclaimed album Ingénue, k.d. lang brings her live performance of the platinum-selling record to the Broward Center. Audiences will experience the album performed live in its entirety, including the Grammy Award–winning hit “Constant Craving”—along with hits from her 2004 Nonesuch debut album, Hymns of the 49th Parallel. Guitar virtuoso, Featuring opening act, Mak … +

The highly anticipated annual poetic megaFLO’ production “FLO’pocalypse” returns to the world famous Broward Center for the Performing Arts. An exciting Spoken Word journey through the words & life experiences of one the greatest & most historical storytellers of all time – the POET. This unique artistic showcase spotlights an array of national & internationally renown professional poets (featuring nationally & internationally … +

The South Florida community is invited to participate in the It Gets Better Project which began when Dan Savage and his husband, Terry Miller, created a YouTube video in which supporter from all around the world assured youth who felt bullied that “it gets better”. What started as a grassroots campaign evolved into community residencies and one is set to take place … +

Realite Film Production Presents: Apres Le Mariage (After the Wedding). Film by Romuald Thermidor, an extraordinary story of Solange, a Haitian-American stuck in a life of human trafficking and abuse. Directed by award winner Samuel Vincent. Live performance by new female artist: Siwo miel. Hosted by the talented actress Nadege Telfort. Aventura Arts & Cultural Center Broward Center for the Performing Arts … +

Honoring the Great Ladies of Jazz Debbie Orta, Wendy Pedersen and Nicole Yarling. Members of the Gold Coast Jazz Society Band under the direction of Martin Hand will have an evening of jazz to close our 26th season. An exciting close to its 26th year of our concert series The Gold Coast Jazz Society Band is comprised of local professional jazz musicians, … +

Inspired by the writings of the great Gabriel García Márquez (One Hundred Years of Solitude), and Mexican composer Daniel Catán, Florida Grand Opera will premiere Florencia en el Amazonas (Florence in the Amazon), which is considered one of the most lyrical and melodious new operas of the past 30 years, embraced by critics and audiences everywhere it has played. This story of … +

In this Beethoven program, the quartet will show the splendid span of music from this genre-defining composer from his early, middle and late periods. The program features Beethoven’s “String Quartet No. 3,” “String Quartet No. 7” and “String Quartet No. 14.” With three Danes and one Norwegian cellist, this chamber music ensemble truly is a Scandinavian treasure. The high technical and musical … +

Recreating the look, sound, pomp and showmanship of Queen and its flamboyant frontman Freddie Mercury, this amazing tribute band showcases rock royalty’s greatest hits with amazing authenticity. You’ll relive all the classics you love with songs like “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “Killer Queen,” “Crazy Little Thing Called Love,” “We Are the Champions” and many more. Known for their staggeringly convincing shows, Gary Mullen and … +

Brought to life by a groundbreaking all-female creative team, this irresistible new hit features original music and lyrics by 6-time Grammy® nominee Sara Bareilles (“Brave,” “Love Song”), a book by acclaimed screenwriter Jessie Nelson (I Am Sam) and direction by Tony Award® winner Diane Paulus (Pippin, Finding Neverland). “It’s an empowering musical of the highest order!” raves the Chicago Tribune. Inspired by … +

Gluck’s masterpiece is most famous for its immortal aria, “Che farò senza Euridice.” But it’s also a compelling and deeply personal story of how far one man will go to prove his devotion to his wife. The grief-stricken musician and poet Orfeo risks the terrifying depths of the Underworld to bring back his beloved Euridice alive. For years, the role of Orfeo … +

Standup Comedy will never be the same as three guys from the neighborhood take the stage. Although each comedian grew up on different sides of the tracks, each one will share their brand of humor in a way only their eyes could see. The most hysterical show to hit the stage since you left Brooklyn…Fuggetaboutit. This program may include adult content and … +

Turn up that dial… From the underground dance clubs of 1950s Memphis, Tennessee, comes this hot, four-time Tony Award-winning Broadway musical that bursts off the stage with explosive dancing, irresistible songs and a thrilling tale of fame and forbidden love. Inspired by actual events, Memphis tells the story of a radio DJ who wants to change the world and a club singer … +

On Golden Pond is considered an American treasure. Made famous through the Academy Award-winning film with Henry and Jane Fonda and Katharine Hepburn, this simple tale of a single family and how they pull apart and then find each other has been touching audiences for decades and generations. The story continues to resonate because we all have mothers and fathers, we all … +

Orfeo ed Euridice is an opera composed by Christoph Willibald Gluck based on the myth of Orpheus. It’s a compelling and deeply personal story of how far one man will go to prove his devotion to his wife. The grief-stricken musician and poet Orfeo risks the terrifying depths of the Underworld to bring back his beloved Euridice alive. Featuring Anthony Roth Constanzo, … +

The Original Florida Follies presents “Age Is Just a Number” now under the direction of Sandie Lech-Bloom. Don’t miss this show-stopping performance for people of all ages! Comprised of former New York and Las Vegas dancers and other show business professionals ages 60 to 90- plus years young, The Original Florida Follies performs for its 18th year in this high energy musical … +

Inspired by the Chorale’s nearly sold-out performances of “Broadway Legends 1” in 2016, this concert series will treat audiences to a wonderful evening of show tunes that will highlight traditional Broadway legends such as Bernstein, Sondheim, and Rodgers & Hammerstein, as well as songs from more contemporary musicals, including Wicked, Avenue Q, and Dear Evan Hansen. Featuring guest artists from current Broadway … +