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Dr. Phillips Center Welcomed 15,000 Middle Schoolers For 6th & Jazz Program

Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts education program, 6th & Jazz, returned to in-person performances in Walt Disney Theater this week. Fifteen thousand 6th graders from Orange County Public Schools attended the interactive jazz history and influences program and were introduced to the works of jazz legends such as Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald and more.

Review: Encore Performing Arts' SORDID LIVES Forages for Fun in a Funeral at Dr. Phillips Center's Alexis & Jim Pugh Theater

“I haven’t laughed so much in my life,” the audience member me behind remarked as curtains drew to a close. A fellow patron to my right turned around and declared, “Neither have I!” The two instantly bonded over how much they loved SORDID LIVES, a self-proclaimed “black comedy about white trash” - the latest production from Encore! Performing Arts.

Dr. Phillips Center Opens Registration For Arts Summer Camps

Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts announces summer camps are on sale now. Week-long camps in June and July at the arts center's AdventHealth School of the Arts are available for students of varying ages and skill levels in a range of performing arts featuring musical theater and comedy.

Tony-Winner Leslie Odom Jr. And More Join Jazz Series At Dr. Phillips Center This Season

Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts has announced their Jazz Series will return this season featuring unparalleled artistry with four upcoming performances taking place in the acoustically remarkable Steinmetz Hall supported by Massey Services, Inc. The downtown Orlando arts center is thrilled to welcome such talented artists that represent the many facets of the jazz genre all in the one-of-a-kind, multiform hall. 

Ballet Tessera Presents CLARA'S CHRISTMAS ADVENTURE This Month

Ballet Tessera, a new contemporary ballet company in Central Florida, is returning to the Dr. Phillips Center's Alexis and Jim Pugh Theater with their beloved holiday treasure Clara's Christmas Adventure,  a full-length production of the holiday classic The Nutcracker. Suspend disbelief as this holiday spectacle transports you to a dazzling winter wonderland with a snowfall on stage in this new production.

Dr. Phillips Center Treats 1,200 Students and Families to Unforgettable HAMILTON Experience

Hamilton returns for an encore at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts this season, and so does the arts center's community giveback initiative–on a much larger scale. Corporate sponsors, private donors, City of Orlando and Orange County officials joined forces to raise $236,000 to treat more than 1,200 students, teachers, families, social service groups, first responders and veterans to the multi-award-winning Broadway musical.

Tickets for WICKED and Disney's FROZEN JR. at Dr. Phillips Center Now On Sale

Tickets for two Broadway musicals coming to the arts center this January 2023 are now on sale. The third show of the AdventHealth Broadway in Orlando 22/23 season, Wicked––the untold true story of the Witches of Oz––will perform 24 times in Walt Disney Theater from January 25–February 12, 2023. Dr. Phillips Center will also present a Youth Theater Production of Disney's Frozen Jr. from January 13–15, 2023 in Alexis & Jim Pugh Theater.

Dr. Phillips Center Presents Celebrating Hispanic Voices: An Evening Of Spoken Word This Week

On Friday, October 14, the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts will present Celebrating Hispanic Voices: An Evening of Spoken Word. This free, dynamic showcase in Alexis & Jim Pugh Theater will feature premier Hispanic spoken word poets from around the country that will give guests a taste of the rich culture of the Hispanic people.

Ballet Tessera Presents THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW

Ballet Tessera, a new contemporary ballet company in Central Florida, is producing entirely original works, beginning with a World Premiere: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow at the Dr. Phillips Center's Alexis and Jim Pugh Theater.

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