Music

Chita Rivera and Tommy Tune: Just in Time at Broward Center for The Performing Arts
Fri 19 Jan, 2018

Chita & Tune: Just in Time is a unique concert event that pairs two of Broadway’s most celebrated legends. Chita Rivera and Tommy Tune collectively have won 12 Tony Awards and this iconic Broadway coupling is guaranteed to dazzle audiences everywhere. Parker Playhouse Broward Center for the Performing Arts 201 SW Fifth Avenue Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312 954.522.5334 www.browardcenter.org

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Cyrille Aimée & the Shelly Berg Trio. Presented by Gold Coast Jazz Concert Series
January 10, 2018, 07:45pm

French vocalist Cyrille Aimée has been called “a revelation” by the New York Daily News. The New York Times called her major label release, It’s a Good Day, “a bravura turn.”  Aimée’s vocals caught the attention of Stephen Sondheim, who cast her in an Encores Special Presentation starring Bernadette Peters at New York City’s City Center. Shelly Berg, Dean of the UM … +

Performing Arts

Mozart Meets Hemingway & Flamenco at Broward Center for The Performing Arts
Tue 19 Dec, 2017

South Florida Symphony celebrates the opening of their 20th anniversary Masterworks series with Mozart’s beloved Haffner Symphony, GRAMMY-Winning favorite cellist Zuill Bailey performing Michael Daugherty’s Tales of Hemingway and the Siudy Garrido Flamenco Dance Company performing the sensuous music of Falla’s El Amor Brujo (The Bewitched Love) with special guests: Siudy Garrido, George Akram, and Argentina. Program: Mozart: Symphony No 35 Haffner … +

Performing Arts

School of Rock at Broward Center for the Performing Arts
Tue 12 Dec, 2017 - Sun 24 Dec, 2017

School Of Rock is a New York Times critics’ pick. Based on the hit film, this hilarious new musical follows Dewey Finn, a wannabe rock star posing as a substitute teacher who turns a class of straight-A students into a guitar-shredding, bass-slapping, mind-blowing rock band. This high-octane smash features 14 new songs from Andrew Lloyd Webber, all the original songs from the … +

Performing Arts

The Secret Garden at Broward Center for The Performing Arts
Thu 14 Dec, 2017 - Sun 31 Dec, 2017

The Tony Award-winning enchanting classic of children’s literature -The Secret Garden- is reimagined in a musical style by composer Lucy Simon and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Marsha Norman. Directed by Patrick Fitzwater, it tells the story of 11 year-old Mary Lennox, orphaned in India, who returns to Yorkshire to live with her embittered, reclusive uncle Archibald and his invalid son Colin. The estate’s … +

Dance

Riverdance 20th Anniversary World Tour comes to Broward Center for The Performing Arts
Fri 5 Jan, 2018 - Sun 7 Jan, 2018

The international Irish dance phenomenon is back by popular demand in Riverdance – The 20th Anniversary World Tour. Drawing on Irish traditions, the combined talents of the performers propel Irish dancing and music into the present day, capturing the imagination of audiences across all ages and cultures in an innovative and exciting blend of dance, music and song. Of all the performances to emerge from … +

Music

Handel’s Messiah with the Master Chorale of South Florida
Fri 8 Dec, 2017

Messiah’s dazzling solos, instrumental fireworks and glorious choral writing have made it a quintessential holiday tradition. Experience the beauty and joy of this masterpiece featuring the famous “Hallelujah” chorus and led by conductor Brett Karlin with world-class soloists and orchestra. Featuring the famous “Hallelujah” Chorus! Tickets on sale now at Broward Center.org or Ticketmaster.com Broward Center’s AutoNation Box Office 954.462.0222 Broward Center … +

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Ann Hampton Callaway: DIVA POWER presented by Gold Coast Jazz Concert Series
December 06, 2017 - 7:45pm

Ann Hampton Callaway, leading champion of the Great American Songbook, has made her mark as a singer, pianist, composer, lyricist, arranger, actress, educator, TV host and producer. In this concert, she presents a soaring celebration of the legendary ladies who helped shape the soundtrack of our lives – Barbra Streisand, Judy Garland, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday, Peggy Lee, Anita O … +

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Lez Zeppelin: All Girls All Zeppelin at Broward Center for the Performing Arts
Sat 26 Aug, 2017

This New York City-based all-woman band has gained worldwide critical acclaim for the musicianship, passion and gender-bending audacity they bring to the music of Led Zeppelin. Founded in 2004 by New York guitarist, Steph Paynes, It wasn’t long before the group’s reputation for playing Zeppelin’s music with a force beyond anyone’s expectations began to attract major interest from press and industry. Lez … +

Music

Beres Hammond in Concert at Broward Center for The Performing Arts
Sun 6 Aug, 2017

The Jamaican reggae superstar Beres Hammond returns to the Broward Center for a summertime performance as a part of his Take Time To Love Tour 2017. Famous for his soulful vibe and smoky-sweet vocals, this GrammyAward–nominated singer-songwriter known as the “Otis Redding of Reggae” has a hit list that includes the songs “Tempted to Touch,” “I Feel Good,” “Putting Up Resistance,” “Rockaway,” … +

Performing Arts

Robert Dubac’s The Book of Moron at Broward Center for the Performing Arts
Fri 4 Aug, 2017 - Sat 5 Aug, 2017

Robert Dubac’s newest Off-Broadway hit has been described as one of the most “hilarious,” “intelligent” and “scorching” satirical attacks on idiocracy since Mark Twain. Having been brainwashed by a culture that worships Kardashians over character, delusion over truth and selfies over self-effacements, Dubac begins his journey with one simple question. Who am I? What do I believe? What’s the point? Okay, that’s … +

Dance

Finding Neverland at Broward Center for the Performing Arts
Tue 13 Jun, 2017

Finding Neverland is Broadway’s biggest new hit and the winner of Broadway.com‘s Audience Choice Award for Best Musical. Directed by visionary Tony winner Diane Paulus, Finding Neverland tells the incredible story behind one of the world’s most beloved characters: Peter Pan. Playwright J.M. Barrie struggles to find inspiration until he meets four young brothers and their beautiful widowed mother. Spellbound by the … +

Music

Girl Choir of South Florida at The Broward Center for the Performing Arts
Fri 12 May, 2017

In May of 2017, the Girl Choir of South Florida will present Dancing and Singing. All ensembles will open with Elizabeth Alexander’s If You Can Walk, You Can Dance, a fast-paced and joyful setting of this Zimbabwean proverb. Musical styles will range from traditional Baroque and Classical pieces to body percussion choirs of Latin and African rhythms. Besides settings of American song … +