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Two-time Tony Award-winner and My Big Fat Greek Wedding comedy star Andrea Martin joins forces with Seth Rudetsky for a night of Broadway music. After getting her start on SCTV, she won her first Tony Award for My Favorite Year, a second for Pippin, and received Tony Award nominations for her roles in Young Frankenstein, Oklahoma, Candide and Noises Off. Andrea Martin … +

With his pop sophistication and scrappy New Wave, Jackson hit the charts with “Is She Really Going Out With Him” and “Steppin’ Out.” This musical chameleon always makes a statement on his albums by combining influences such as punk, jazz, swing, pop, rock and New Wave with his wry, surreal and wickedly humorous lyrics. Jackson’s live concert will be as eclectic as … +

Broward County’s newest opera company, Fort Lauderdale Opera Works (Opera FLOW), is pleased to announce its inaugural concert, “New Visions, New Voices.” This one-night-only performance will take place at 8pm on Friday, March 24, 2017 at the JM Family Studio Theater at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts. A concert celebrating contemporary American art song, “New Visions, New Voices” will feature … +

Stephen A. Keller Series Tuesday, March 7 @ 7:45 pm Broward Center for the Performing Arts Lillie McCloud- X Factor Finalist & Pops Vocalist, Sergio & Barbara Salani-piano duo-HALLER FOUNDATION GUEST ARTISTS Classical Soul will feature TV’s celebrated “X Factor” finalist, Lillie McCloud, for a modern pops selection of some of today’s most well-loved popular singers; Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Michael Buble, … +

Yes, the international best-selling autobiography and the powerful film is also an inspiring opera. Can a man’s life, a political revolution, and a pandemic all be summed up in one artist’s life? This opera tells those stories through the persecuted life of Cuban poet and dissident Reinaldo Arenas. His story will resonate with everyone in South Florida Purchase your tickets now! The … +

Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida is back on track with ballet season 2016-2017, and it is getting ready to present Chipollino, a spectacular ballet that has been enchanting audiences from all ages since its debut in Puerto Rico, back in 1992 and in Miami in 2001. The ballet is based on a fairy tale by Gianni Rodari. It is a two-act piece … +

Mixing the angst of a singer/songwriter with the brashness of a garage rocker, Ryan Adams is at once one of the few artists to emerge from the alt-country scene to achieve mainstream commercial success and the one who most strongly refused to be defined by the genre. From his early days in Whiskeytown to his solo career, songwriting and musicianship have been … +

Following sell-out shows in the Northeast, Rockin’ Road to Dublin is coming to Fort Lauderdale on their first national tour. It comes as the new sensation that combines the art of an Irish dance show, the power of a Rock-N-Roll concert, with the finish of a Broadway theatrical production. Starring World Champion Irish dancers Scott Doherty and Ashley Smith, the cast includes … +

Set in 1595, this hilarious smash tells the story of Nick and Nigel Bottom, two brothers who are desperate to write a hit play. When a local soothsayer foretells that the future of theatre involves singing, dancing and acting at the same time, Nick and Nigel set out to write the world’s very first Musical! Something Rotten! is been considered a “Broadway’s … +

Seven Fun-Filled Themed Weekends, Variety of Acts & Performances From goblets to swords, the Florida Renaissance Festival embraces the spirit of its “silver” anniversary with an impressive display of radiance and brilliance! The landmark 25th season of the Florida Renaissance Festival will take place from February 11 to March 26, 2017 at Deerfield Beach’s Quiet Waters Park (401 S Powerline Rd, Deerfield … +

Direct from Broadway, the acclaimed masterpiece returns to Fort Lauderdale as part of their 50th Anniversary Season, the critically acclaimed and award-winning Roundabout Theatre Company is proud to present Sam Mendes (Skyfall, American Beauty) and Rob Marshall’S (Into the Woods and Chicago, the films) Tony Award®-winning production of CABARET. Welcome to the infamous Kit Kat Klub, where the Emcee, Sally Bowles and … +

Concluding a spectacular season on June, 2016 and including the participation at The International Young Dancers Festival in Indonesia, Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida prepares its new 2016-2017 season with four programs summoning the best of international ballet works. Under the artistic direction of Vladimir Issaev, the company is ready to embark on the season’s line up with rehearsals by Mid-August. The … +

Rodgers + Hammerstein’s CINDERELLA is the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical from the creators of The Sound of Music and South Pacific that’s delighting audiences with its contemporary take on the classic tale. In this production some of the most beloved songs are included such as “In My Own Little Corner,” “Impossible/It’s Possible” and “Ten Minutes Ago.” Venue Au-Rene Theater at The Broward … +

Slow Burn Theatre Company presents Avenue Q directed by Patrick Fitzwater. Winner of the Tony Award “Triple Crown” for Best Musical, Best Score and Best Book, Avenue Q is part flesh, part felt and packed with heart. This laugh-out-loud musical tells the timeless story of a recent college grad named Princeton who moves into a shabby New York apartment all the way … +

Steve Vai is a virtuoso guitarist, visionary composer, and consummate producer who sculpts musical sound with technical mastery. At age 12, he started taking guitar lessons from Joe Satriani. At 18, he began his professional musical career transcribing for, and then playing with, the legendary Frank Zappa. After more than three decades, 15 million album sales and three GrammyAwards later, Vai continues … +

For almost 50 years, Bob Dylan has remained 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. Au-Rene Theater Broward Center for the Performing Arts 201 SW … +

Five-time Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter and Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee Mary Chapin Carpenter hits the road in 2016, performing songs from her expansive 14-album catalog and new songs from her latest record The Things That We Are Made Of, released in May 2016. Over the course of her acclaimed career, Carpenter has recorded 14 albums and sold over 14 million records, … +

The Grammy Award-winning and multi-platinum selling artist—whose music incorporates hip-hop, gospel, old-school funk, even a dash of dancehall—comes to the Broward Center in support of his critically acclaimed album, What I’m Feelin’. Hamilton’s signature, honey-dipped vocals shine on hits like “Charlene,” “The Point Of It All” and “Pray For Me.” The evening’s R&B/soul lineup features special guests Lalah Hathaway and Eric Benet. … +

Theater Stage Door presents Topher Payne’s biting comedy Perfect Arrangement. Two U.S. State Department employees, Bob and Norma, have been tasked with identifying sexual deviants within their ranks. The twist: Both Bob and Norma are gay, and have married each other’s partners as a carefully constructed cover. Inspired by the true story of the earliest stirrings of the American gay rights movement, … +

Fushu Daiko, South Florida’s taiko drum ensemble presents its newest show: Spirit Drummers. This is an original adaptation of the famous Japanese legend of the Gojinjo drummers of Nafune. In this legendary conflict of 1576, the unarmed people of Nafune village on the Noto peninsula used creative means to boldly defend themselves from marauding Samurai. The music of Spirit Drummers weaves original … +

Seraphic Fire opens its 15th season with flourish featuring new compositions by Founder and Artistic Director Patrick Dupré Quigley and Guggenheim-winning composer Christopher Theofanidis, as well as selections from Philip Glass’s quintessential opera Einstein on the Beach. Venues Oct 19, 2016, 7:30 PM, St. Sophia Cathedral (Miami) Oct 21, 2016, 7:30 PM, St. Philip’s Episcopal (Coral Gables) Oct 22, 2016, 7:30 PM, … +