2025/2026 Nicklaus Children's Smart Stage Matinee Series Announced for The Broward Center and The Parker
Season includes Pinkalicious, Seussical, The Nutcracker, She Persisted, and more.
The Broward Center for the Performing Arts and The Parker will welcome students, families, and educators for the 2025/2026 Nicklaus Children’s Smart Stage Matinee Series, featuring school-day performances designed to inspire creativity and connect directly to Florida’s B.E.S.T. Standards.
The season will run from October through April and includes beloved titles such as Pinkalicious: The Musical, Seussical, The Nutcracker, She Persisted: The Musical, and Elephant & Piggie’s “We Are in a Play!” among others. Performances will take place at the Broward Center’s Amaturo Theater and Lillian S. Wells Hall at The Parker.
Highlights include the return of magician Bill Blagg with The Science of Magic, Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida’s The Nutcracker, and musical adaptations of The Pout Pout Fish, Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, and The Emperor’s New Clothes. Each performance offers free downloadable “Curriculum Connections” study guides, and many include an optional Smart Stage Plus interactive learning workshop for groups. “Supporting curriculum-connected performances is vital to inspiring creativity, deepening classroom learning, and giving students meaningful access to the arts,” said DeAnn Hazey of Nicklaus Children’s Health System.
Tickets are available at BrowardCenter.org, ParkerPlayhouse.com, and through Ticketmaster, with lap tickets available for children 12 months and under.
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Glazer Hall Summer Jazz Series Presents Yvette Norwood-Tiger Glazer Hall (7/08-7/08) |
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Golden Girls The Laughs Continue Sunrise Theatre (10/30-10/30) |
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Disney''s Alice In Wonderland, Jr.: A Summer Theater Camp Production Amaturo Theater at Broward Center (6/30-7/15) |
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The Wizard of Oz Actors’ Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre (7/02-7/25) |
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Sandrell Rivers Theater (7/11-7/11) |
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New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players: The Pirates of Penzance Au-Rene Theater at the Broward Center (1/31-1/31) |
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs by The United European Ballet Company The Fillmore Miami Beach (12/22-12/22) |
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The Shark is Broken Actors’ Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre (7/15-8/09) |
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South Florida Symphony Orchestra’s Summer Chamber Music Series – Dohnányi & Dvořák Center for Spiritual Living Fort Lauderdale (7/24-7/24) |
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MONTY PYTHON’S SPAMALOT Kravis Center for the Performing Arts (11/10-11/15) |