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One of the American theatre's iconic stars will add a University of Florida honorary degree to her record of achievements that include Tony Awards, the Kennedy Center Honor and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

The FSCJ Artist Series, sponsored by Vystar Credit Union, is proud to announce the 2018-19 Broadway in Jacksonville season, filled with award-winning blockbusters and family favorites.

Awkward Silence Jax, a Jacksonville-based sketch comedy troupe, has been selected to perform in the Tampa Fringe Festival and the Atlanta Fringe Festival this year.

'Beware.

LEGENDS: Diana Ross, Billie Holiday, Beyonce' and More Stars MOTOWN: The Musical and Helen Hayes nominee N'Kenge with the Jacksonville Symphony under the baton of Maestro Nathan Aspinall.

Little Shop of Horrors was a great experience, especially for someone who knew absolutely nothing about the show.

Broadway's Kenny Seymour will join as Music Director and Guest Conductor to previously announced MOTOWN: The Musical and Helen Hayes nominee N'Kenge in the one-woman show Legends: Diana Ross, Billie Holiday, Beyonce' and More with the Jacksonville Symphony at the Times-Union Center for the Performi

Saxophonist Louis Jordan created a new slant on jazz in the 1940's that paved the way for rock and roll in the 1950s.

The award winning Star Center Children's Theatre of Gainesville, Florida will take on the Big Apple in a big way.

Broadway's MOTOWN: The Musical and Helen Hayes nominee N'Kenge will star in a riveting one-woman show LEGENDS: Diana Ross, Billie Holiday, Beyonce' and More with the Jacksonville Symphony at the Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts on March 23rd and 24th at 8:00pm with Maestro Nathan Aspinall.

Motown the Musical is a musical unlike any other.

'There is no place like home'.

One of the most enduring works and great theatre successes of our time.

There truly is no place like home as the greatest family musical of all time, The Wizard of Oz, twists its way into Orange Park! Sponsored by Garber Automall as part of the 2017-2018 Broadway Orange Park Season, the national tour of The Wizard of Oz takes the Thrasher-Horne Main Stage for one day on

CHICAGO is BACK IN TOWN and it's PURE ENTERTAINMENT! Chicago, presented by the FSCJ Artist Series, returns to Jacksonville's Times-Union Center for a limited engagement of six performances May 17-20, 2018.

Super Scientific Circus plays at the Nathan H.

Disney's The Lion King continues to reign across North America with a sold-out run in Jacksonville.

New Shanghai Circus plays at the Nathan H.

Awkward Silence Jax, a Jacksonville - based sketch comedy troupe, will present their latest show " Love and Other Fake News " this February.

So if your Valentine's Day date isn't going as planned, you can always feed him or her to Audrey II, the giant man-eating plant who stars as the main attraction in the Alhambra's upcoming production of the Broadway smash, Little Shop of Horrors.

The Jacksonville return of Disney's The Lion King opens tonight, Wednesday, January 31 at 7:30 p.

On the heels of a highly successful multi-city tour and run on Broadway, the world's best-selling touring magic show, THE ILLUSIONISTS - LIVE FROM BROADWAY (www.

The FSCJ Artist Series is pleased to present the Jacksonville premiere of Canadian (or Montreal-based) contemporary circus troupe Cirque Eloize 11th original creation Saloon - A Musical Acrobatic Adventure on March 16, 2018 at the Times-Union Center for one performance only.

From the pen of legendary composer Marvin Hamlisch, the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning singular sensation, A CHORUS LINE, is dancing into Jacksonville at the Times-Union Center on April 28, 2018 for one performance only!

Elvis Presley and Buddy Holly were iconic and game-changing in their era, and still have influence with today's music-makers.