Jim Pugh News

For most of us, the very reason for celebrating Christmas has been plowed over long ago. Opera Orlando, through its upcoming performances of Gian Carlo Menotti's Amahl and the Night Visitors, will do more than its part in helping to restore a spiritual sense to the holiday season.

Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts announces, due to popular demand, a second show added to Rufus Wainwright's Orlando February concert schedule.

Opera Orlando once again will hold a series of events to engage the Central Florida community in anticipation of each mainstage opera presentation. Boh me Buildup is a series of seven events, beginning on October 21. All events are free and open to the public except where noted.

Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts and AEG Presents announce the Orlando concert date of Jake Owen. The country music singer-songwriter will bring The Good Company Tour to Dr. Phillips Center's Walt Disney Theater on Thursday, January 18, 2018 at 8 p.m. Tickets go on sale to the general public Friday, October 20, 2017 at 10 a.m. Tickets start at $35.00 and may be purchased online at drphillipscenter.org, by calling 844.513.2014 or by visiting the Dr. Phillips Center Box Office at 445 S. Magnolia Avenue, Orlando, FL 32801 between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, or 12 p.m. and 4 p.m. Saturday. Online and phone ticket purchases are subject to handling fees.

Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts and AEG Presents announce comedian Bill Burr will play Orlando this December. The stand-up, actor, writer, podcaster and social critic will offer his brand of comedy to audiences at the Bob Carr Theater on Saturday, December 16, 2017 at 7 p.m.

Then there is HAND TO GOD, a play that hit Broadway in 2015 and notably starred Bob Saget for a bit. It's raunchy, it's laugh out loud funny, and it's got a great cast, which makes for a crazy night out.

Generation Productions announces the production company's return to the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts' Alexis and Jim Pugh Theater with the delightfully sinister Broadway play HAND TO GOD, playing October 12-22.

Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts announces the creation of a new series that will begin this November at the arts center.

Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts announces the formation of a new educational initiative: the formation of a premiere performance group entitled Docs & Dellas.

Opera Orlando once again will hold a series of events to engage the Central Florida community in anticipation of each mainstage opera presentation. Boh me Buildup is a series of seven events, beginning on October 21. All events are free and open to the public except where noted.

Opera Orlando has chosen Boh me to open their 2017-2018 main-stage season-Love Lost and Found-on November 15, 17, and 18 at 7:30 p.m. and November 19 at 2 p.m. in the Alexis and Jim Pugh Theater at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave., Orlando, Florida.

Multiple GRAMMY-winning jazz pianist and world-renowned singer, Diana Krall, is kicking off the third leg of her Turn Up the Quiet World Tour across North America. The concert will arrive in the Dr. Phillips Center's Walt Disney Theater on Saturday, February 3, 2018 at 8 p.m. Tickets go on sale to the general public September 22, 2017 at 10 a.m. Tickets start at $55.50 and may be purchased online at drphillipscenter.org, by calling 844.513.2014 or by visiting the Dr. Phillips Center Box Office at 445 S. Magnolia Avenue, Orlando, FL 32801 between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, or 12 p.m. and 4 p.m. Saturday. Online and phone ticket purchases are subject to handling fees.

Individual tickets for all three Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts productions offered by Opera Orlando will go on sale Friday September 15, 2017 at www.drphillipscenter.org; 844-513-2014 or the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts Box Office: 445 S. Magnolia Ave. in downtown Orlando (no fees).

Due to popular demand, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts announces an added second show of Dr. Phillips Center Jazz Orchestra's Vocal Jazz Summit.

Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, Broadway Across America and Florida Theatrical Association confirm that performances of the touring production of The King and I will begin on Wednesday evening, September 13, 2017 at 8 p.m. All previously scheduled performances for the remainder of the week will go on as planned.

Rodgers & Hammerstein's THE KING AND I, winner of four 2015 Tony Awards including Best Revival of a Musical, comes to Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts this fall as the first show in the 2017 - 2018 FAIRWINDS Broadway in Orlando Season. Tickets are on sale to the general public today Friday, July 14, 2017.

Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts announces the four local area elementary schools that have been selected to participate in the Disney Musicals in Schools program, now in its second year locally.

The Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, in association with Live Nation, will present the Orlando engagement of Chicago. The legendary rock-and-roll-band-with-horns will play the Bob Carr Theater on Friday, October 27, 2017 at 8 p.m.

The Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, Florida Theatrical Association and Broadway Across America announce that tickets are now available to the general public for the Orlando premiere of Love Never Dies, coming to Orlando as part of the 2017 - 2018 FAIRWINDS Broadway in Orlando season during the show's North American tour.

All over the United States, people will turn to the sky on Monday, August 21, 2017 between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. to watch the moon totally eclipse the sun for the first time in 99 years.