Broward

State-of-the-art technology and electrifying entertainers unite to create the ultimate performing arts experience of iLuminate. Blending music, art and technological magic, iLuminate tells a story of adventure and romance through dance styles ranging from contemporary, hip-hop, latin, and breaking, all using the power of light. iLuminate gained national attention on hit television shows including America’s Got Talent, Dancing with the Stars, X Factor, … +

This full-scale production, choreographed by renowned choreographer Marius Petipa, is based on the Brothers Grimm’s enchanting fairytale, where love restores life.
This is the first time the legendary National Ballet Theatre of Odessa has visited the United States, with 55 of the most talented and the brightest ballet stars, this production is sure to bring this celebration of true love onto our stage … +

The holiday season is upon us, and Meg Segreto’s Perpetual Motion Dance Company is here to help kick it off. Along with our revamped “Nutcracker” we’re bringing back our festive kicklines! It’s going to be a beautiful, fun show for every age. Please join us on December 9th. Sun, Dec 9, 2018 – 2:00 PM Price $30.00 Buy Tickets Now Parker Playhouse … +

Big Screen Images through ground-breaking performance art, features symphonic photochoreography to familiar classics by noted photographer & multi-media artist, NicholasBardonnay, who has premiered works with over 180 orchestras worldwide – paired with a new work of Mexican Grammy Award-winning composer, Eduardo Magallanes. Nicholas Bardonnay is a photographer, multimedia artist, and the Creative Director & CEO of Westwater Arts. The London Photographic Association … +

Two worlds collide in this “breathtaking and exquisite” (The New York Times) musical, based on the 2015 Tony Award®-winning Lincoln Center Theater production. One of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s finest works, THE KING AND I boasts a score that features such beloved classics as “Getting To Know You,” “I Whistle a Happy Tune,” “Hello Young Lovers,” “Shall We Dance” and “Something Wonderful.” Set … +

Masterworks I by South Florida Symphony Orchestra will include compositions by Barber, Beethoven and Dvorák, with a variety of presentations across the region. The concerts will have Angelo Xiang Yu in (violin), who is considered a promising figure with a rising career in North America.  Winner of the prestigious Yehudi Menuhin International Violin Competition in 2010;  in addition, Yu was awarded the 2nd prize at … +

Back by popular demand, don’t miss Mystic India: The World Tour. Come witness as they delight your senses with a Bollywood Dance Spectacular full with renowned acrobats, brilliant dancers, breathtaking stunts, opulent costumes, and stunning visual effects.  Add to your experience by joining MCC before the show for The Mystic Lounge with Indian cuisine. This show is not appropriate for children 4 … +

War On The Catwalk – The Queens From Season 10. An evening of high energy drag starring some of the contestants from the reality television show on VH1. All ages welcome. There will be a 20-minute intermission.   Broward Center for the Performing Arts 201 SW Fifth Avenue Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312 954.522.5334 www.browardcenter.org

Hailed by The Washington Post as “a polished, peppy, modern fairy tale,” this classic story of a mother and daughter who magically swap bodies for 24 chaotic hours has been given a contemporary spin with a hilarious new book and “a driving pop and rock score” by Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winners Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey. Book by Bridget Carpenter Music by Tom … +

Five-time Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter and Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee Mary Chapin Carpenter celebrates her acclaimed 30-year recording career by performing songs from her newest album Sometimes Just The Sky featuring new interpretations of her most beloved songs. Over the course of her acclaimed career, Carpenter has sold over 14 million records, with hits like ”Passionate Kisses” and “He Thinks He’ll … +

This performance is intended to create a welcoming and supportive environment for children and adults on the autism spectrum as well as individuals with other sensitivity issues or developmental disabilities. To create a sensory-friendly setting, slight adjustments have been made to the production including reduced sound levels, no flashing or strobe lights and minimal special effects. An area adjacent to the theater … +

Earning widespread recognition for her role on HBO’s “Treme,” acclaimed violinist Lucia Micarelli hails from an incredible musical pedigree, including classical training at Juilliard and studying with classical titans such as Itzhak Perlman and Pinchas Zukerman. Through the years, she has expanded her dazzling musicianship far beyond the classical world to explore jazz, rock and pop, and has toured with Trans-Siberian Orchestra, … +

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 … +

Based on the 1988 film of the same name , Dirty Rotten Scoundrels centers around two competing con men, living on the French Riviera. At first, the suave and experienced Lawrence Jameson takes the rookie con man, Freddy, under his wing. But soon Freddy is successful enough that he tries to compete directly with Lawrence. The competition comes to a peak when they agree … +

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 … +

Giacomo Puccini’s lyrical romantic tragedy of young lovers in the Latin Quarter of nineteenth century Paris. Will Mimì and Rodolfo find a way to make their love survive terrible poverty, the freezing winter, and Mimì’s life-threatening illness? Puccini’s magical melodies, including “Si, mi chiamano Mimì” and Musetta’s famous waltz, transform this tale of lovers living on borrowed time into a timeless classic. … +

Hippiefest returns this summer to Fort Lauderdale celebrating the music and bands of rock’s most important decade; an age that would shape the musical landscape for years to come. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Summer of ’68, a year that, according to Time Magazine “changed the world.” That is no less true for 60’s music than its politics and … +