Broward Center for the Performing Arts

Memorial Day events in Broward County

2013-05-22 14:16:31

Monday Coconut Creek Ceremony, 9 a.m. at Veterans Park, 3550 Lyons Road. Activities include speakers, Coconut Creek Police Department Honor Guard and Coconut Creek High School Jr. ROTC. Call 954-545-6670. Coral Springs Ceremony, 9 a.m. at Veterans...

Israeli dance festival returns

2013-05-14 12:15:30

"Numbers" is the theme for the 17th annual Festival Yachad that will celebrate through dance the Jewish people's heritage and connection to the Land of Israel with more than 800 dancers on stage. Each choreography will portray a different number that...

"War Horse" declares victory at the Broward Center

2013-05-08 11:45:00

Glance at the poster or the program for "War Horse" as you go in to see the play at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts. The close-up image of a horse's eye, not only reflecting marching troops but the gut-wrenching trauma of war, is as...

Theater students to take stage at Cappies Awards Gala

2013-05-09 13:03:00

Theater students from 23 public, private and charter schools throughout Broward and Palm Beach County will vie for top honors at the 11th Annual Cappies Awards Gala on Tuesday, May 21, at 7 p.m. in the Au-Rene Theater at the Broward Center for the...

Fort Lauderdale fries The Onion

2013-05-10 11:56:00

Looks like those bureaucrats in City Hall do have a sense of humor. Fort Lauderdale's public information office put this response out to The Onion's satirical dissing of the city. � � Fort Lauderdale Cries Foul Over Onion Grilling! Local Officials...

"War Horse" goes from page to stage to Broward Center

2013-05-01 10:48:00

Michael Morpurgo, author of one of the hottest literary properties ever, sat unrecognized as he had breakfast at the Riverside Hotel on Las Olas back in January 2012. The British author of "War Horse," a book that has been turned into a Steven Spielberg...

Broward School Board helps fund arts center expansion

2013-05-08 03:09:37

It's showtime for the plan to expose Broward County students to more professional art performances and programs. The School Board Tuesday agreed to pay almost $6 million over 10 years to help the Broward Center for the Performing Arts expand and renovate...

Horsey hello

2013-05-07 11:43:00

Zacharia of the Ft. Lauderdale Police Dept's Mounted Unit greets Joey, the horse puppet featured in War Horse, during the Broward Center for the Performing Arts kick-off of the Broadway show. ...

Veterans honored for liberating France nearly seven decades ago

2013-05-07 14:09:28

Nearly 70 years after they risked their lives on the blood-soaked battlefields of Europe, a proud contingent of South Florida veterans of World War II was honored for their valor Sunday in a ceremony cloaked in patriotism and solemn with emotion. "That...

Broward Center makes the case

2013-05-05 00:00:00

Timing is everything and in the push to fund needed improvements at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts, the request for dollars comes full circle Tuesday — to the Broward County School Board, where it was expected to begin two years ago...

Character education program honors 29 Broward students

2013-05-03 00:00:00

Seniors Brooke Denton and Andres Badel and fourth-grader Gavin Ostrow reach out relentlessly to challenged or needy students. The three inspire others as they do. Denton, 18, of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, focuses on her special...

Mike Piazza right at home with Miami City Ballet

2013-04-25 06:12:00

OK, wiseguy, we know what you’re thinking: “Mike Piazza performing with Miami City Ballet? Well, so much for the rumors that he’s gay!” Har-dee-har-har. But while you’re laughing about it, know that Piazza is laughing, too....

Graham Wood Drout, the big bandleader behind Miami swamp-rock-blues act Iko-Iko, is in town for a jam session at the Abdo New River Room at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts.

2013-05-13 00:00:00

Theater students from 23 public, private and charter schools throughout Broward and Palm Beach County will vie for top honors at the 11th Annual Cappies Awards Gala on Tuesday, May 21, at 7 p.m. in the Au-Rene Theater at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts.

2013-05-09 13:09:00

Zacharia of the Ft. Lauderdale Police Dept's Mounted Unit greets Joey, the horse puppet featured in War Horse, during the Broward Center for the Performing Arts kick-off of the Broadway show which opens tonight.

2013-05-07 00:00:00