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DR. PHILLIPS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS AND UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BLACK BOX THEATRE

445 South Magnolia Avenue Orlando, FL 32801 (Dr. Phillips Center) AND 12700 Pegasus Dr bldg 6, Orlando, FL 32816 (Black Box Theatre at UCF)
Orlando, FL 32801


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Review: ANASTASIA at Titusville Playhouse


by Joseph Harrison - October 27, 2024

History, romance and a captivating mystery told in a breathtakingly magical way – that’s the thrilling combination you get with ANASTASIA, the latest production from Titusville Playhouse. The beloved musical, inspired by the classic 1997 animated film, takes audiences on a “Journey to the Past” thro...

Review: The BOOK OF MORMON Makes Welcome Return to Dr. Phillips Center's Front Door


by Aaron Wallace - October 25, 2024

The show works because it forces us to identify with these well-meaning Mormon kids, which has the double effect of indicting our own sense of cultural supremacy while also softening the slurs toward its Latter-Day Saints. We’re invited to care and even root for Elder Price and his socially awkward ...

Review: SNAPSHOTS at The Winter Park Playhouse


by Joseph Harrison - October 06, 2024

There’s a particular thrill experiencing the familiar in an unfamiliar way - seeing a favorite dramatic actor in a comedic role, eating a “deconstructed” dish with all the familiar ingredients of a favorite entrée but delivered in a very different way, or watching a new film that revisits a classic ...

Review: GOTHIC SEAS: FATHOMS OF INTOXICATING FORTUNE by New Generation Theatrical


by Joseph Harrison - September 22, 2024

“What do you do with a drunken sailor?” An age-old question sung by scalawags and ne’er do wells as they drank rum on the deck of a ship on its way to pillage and burn. Sound familiar? For any fan of pirate popular culture, this conjures a particular image. Maybe it’s of Captain Jack Sparrow stumbli...

Review: JERSEY BOYS at Osceola Arts


by Joseph Harrison - September 15, 2024

Jukebox musicals are a polarizing topic in the world of musical theatre. For fans of an artist or group whose music is used as the score of a musical, these can often be favorites due to the familiarity and affinity one might have for the songbook. For musical purists, however, jukebox musicals ofte...

Review: MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET at Titusville Playhouse


by Joseph Harrison - September 08, 2024

On Tuesday evening, December 4, 1956, in Memphis, Tennessee, while a winter chill bit into passersby at the corner of Union Avenue and Marshall Avenue something big was heating up the studio of Sun Records on that very same corner. Sun Records founder and producer, Sam Phillips had brought together ...

Review: PIPPIN at Garden Theatre


by Joseph Harrison - September 01, 2024

“Everything has it’s season, everything has it’s time..” So goes the lyrics of “Corner of the Sky”, one of the most well-known songs from Stephen Schwartz’ and Roger O. Hirson’s Tony award winning musical, PIPPIN. And it seems, that for the Garden Theatre’s latest production of this classic, now is ...

Review: TOOTSIE at Titusville Playhouse


by Joseph Harrison - July 28, 2024

What happens when you take a classic film, update it for a modern audience and then turn it into a Broadway musical? This seems to be a question producers and creatives have been asking themselves more and more over the last few years. With musicals like BACK TO THE FUTURE and THE OUTSIDERS currentl...

Review: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS at Garden Theatre


by Joseph Harrison - July 14, 2024

There’s something about a musical that never gets old, regardless of how many different productions one might see. It’s hard to pinpoint what the core reason for that may be – a catchy score? A tight book? A unique concept? A clarity of purpose? Whatever it may be, the fan favorite LITTLE SHOP OF HO...

Review: LES MISERABLES Offers Hope for the Hopeless(ly Devoted) at Dr. Phillips Center


by Albert Gutierrez - June 26, 2024

At the height of its fame, the musical Les Misérables was the Dorsia of Broadway, a hot-ticket event that reached Hamilton levels of excessive prices, elite A-list attendees, and legions of fans who’d revisit the show through repeat viewings, memorization of the cast recording, and fierce debates of...

Past Shows

Irreverent!
Irreverent!
4/9 - 4/21/2024


Project Spotlight, UCF’s only student developmental theatre organization, presents a new play by student Hudson Cosgrove-Naftal.  What happens when you put yourself under the microscope ...

Videos


A Beautiful Noise in Orlando A Beautiful Noise
Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts (2/4 - 2/9)
A Tuna Christmas in Orlando A Tuna Christmas
Ocala Civic Theatre (12/4 - 12/15)
Come From Away (Non-Equity) in Orlando Come From Away (Non-Equity)
Peabody Auditorium (2/24 - 2/24)
Mamma Mia! in Orlando Mamma Mia!
Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts (1/14 - 1/26)
The Calm Leaf in Orlando The Calm Leaf
The Calm Leaf (5/2 - 5/2)
Mean Girls (Non-Equity) in Orlando Mean Girls (Non-Equity)
Peabody Auditorium (3/31 - 3/31)
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella: Youth Edition in Orlando Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella: Youth Edition
Athens Theatre (1/24 - 2/9)
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