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ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — FusionFest is holding its 5th Annual Multicultural Festival this weekend at Seneff Arts Plaza at the Dr. Phillips Center. The two-day event includes food, music, games, visual arts, dance, two stages featuring live performances and contests with cash prizes. Some of the fan favorite activities returning are Family Village featuring a cardboard village of the world; the Fun & Games Tent and the Family Art Tent; Celebration & Faith Station; and the International Marketplace. A new show is set to debut, called Kaleidoscope -- The Wonders of Creative Collaboration, which headlines this year’s event. Free tickets available at www.fusionfest.orgExpand Autoplay Image 1 of 13 Fusion FestClick here to download the free WFTV news and weather apps, click here to download the WFTV Now app for your smart TV and click here to stream Channel 9 Eyewitness News live.

Two days of culture celebrations are coming to downtown Orlando.

When Hamilton first toured to Orlando in early 2019, the entire town was buzzing about the Broadway phenomenon’s arrival at the brand-new Dr. Phillips Center,...

Concert halls are the castles for these Broadway Disney princesses coming to the Dr. Phillips Center this November.

The musicals are hitting the Orlando stage for the theater’s 2022-23 season.

The Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts is getting into the Halloween spirit this October with a series of spooky shows.

A giant inflatable and immersive art installation along with interactive mazes, an inflatable garden and more are coming to Orlando.

Tickets for Steve Martin and Martin Short's “You Won’t Believe What They Look Like Today!” Orlando tour stop go on sale starting Friday, Sept. 9.

Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts is offering semester-long classes this fall at its AdventHealth School of the Arts for adults and children alike.

Orlando’s own Dr. Phillips Center is celebrating Caribbean American heritage with a festival full of music, dancing and food.

The Dr. Phillips Center chairman is retiring after nearly two decades of working at the Orlando performing arts building, theatre officials announced Wednesday.

“Hamilton” is returning to the Walt Disney Theater at Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts and tickets for the show go on sale next week.

The Dr. Phillips Center received $250,000 in federal funding for educational programs, theatre officials announced Monday.

The Dr. Phillips Center is featuring six months worth of showcases and performances highlighting African American artists.

Orlando’s Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts and Ginsburg Family Foundation have announced a first of its kind performance by the world-renowned National Ballet of Ukraine to benefit Ukrainian citizens, refugees and veteran services, according to a news release from the Dr. Phillips Center.

The Dr. Phillips Center will be exploring China before communism with performances of “Shen Yun” from May 20-22.

The hit Australian animated television series Bluey is jumping off the your TV screen and going on a national tour!

Opera Orlando Tickets are on sale now for Opera Orlando’s upcoming season at the Dr. Phillips Center. (Opera Orlando)ORLANDO, Fla. — Tickets are on sale now for Opera Orlando’s upcoming season at the Dr. Phillips Center. Opera on the MainStage tickets are on sale to the general public now, with special early bird pricing available through July 5. Opera on the MainStage subscriptions are on sale through the Dr. Phillips Center’s Bill & Mary Darden Box Office (445 S. Magnolia Avenue, Orlando), online at DrPhillipcsCenter.org or by calling 407-839-0119, ext. READ: The Judds, Ray Charles join Country Music Hall of Fame one day after Naomi Judd’s deathIn addition to its Opera on the MainStage series, Opera Orlando has a full slate of events planned for its Opera Everlasting season.

Clint Coley Tickets are now on sale for eight new shows at the Dr. Phillips Center. (Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts)ORLANDO, Fla. — Tickets are now on sale for eight new shows at the Dr. Phillips Center. The shows include everything from Broadway, ballet, magic, comedy and opera. • Central Florida Community Arts presents “Ragtime: A Benefit Concert” coming to the Alexis & Jim Pugh Theater on June 18 and 19. You can click here to buy tickets.

The first annual D.T.O. Jazz Fest is coming to the Dr. Phillips Center in Orlando on April 30.

As part of her “One Way Out” tour, Melissa Etheridge will perform in Orlando at 7:30 p.m. on May 1.

The Broadway showtunes you’ve been blasting on repeat in your car will soon come to life and find a new sound at the Dr. Phillips Center.

Chris Rock will be bringing his 2022 comedy tour to the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts come Wednesday, July 27.

Black History Month is on full display at Dr. Phillip’s Center new Steinmetz Hall over the next few weeks.

Will we feel like laughing later this year? Hmmm, the jury seems out at present. But, just in case, we're penciling in this newly-announced Wanda...

The long-awaited opening of the new Steinmetz Hall performance space at the Dr. Phillips Center is almost upon us, along with two weeks worth of...

There were lots of cheers and excitement Wednesday as leaders announced the official completion of the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Orlando with the debut of a brand-new, world-class theater in January called Steinmetz Hall.

The other "acoustically perfect" shoe drops! During a Wednesday press conference at the Dr. Phillips Center, the official-official opening date of the much-anticipated Steinmetz Hall...

The concert calendar for the Frontyard Festival at the Dr. Phillips Center has been quiet for a few weeks, but they've just added some powerhouse...

The Frontyard Festival — an outdoors, ongoing run of concerts and performing arts events in downtown Orlando — launched back in December with an ambitious brief to host...

ORLANDO, Fla. – The City of Orlando plans to observe Women’s History Month, in part, by showing a film from a local filmmaker that highlights the contributions of Star Trek actress Nichelle Nichols to NASA. The film is directed and produced by Todd Thompson, and shows how Nichols took her career in sci-fi television to a career in science itself. AdNews 6 spoke to Thompson about the documentary back in 2019 right after it showed to a standing-room only crowd at the Orlando Film Festival. “It’s important for me to tell stories that enlighten mankind and the world and make the world a better place,” said Thompson. “Nichelle certainly did that with her impact on NASA.”For more information on the film, click here.

click to enlarge Austin WarrenJoel, Gerald and Jamiel Lawclick to enlarge Photo courtesy of Zoe McCrayZoe McCray and Jessica RaspolichThis weekend is a fitting musical launch forwith two consecutive days of expression that’s not just incidentally Black but proudly and intentionally so.On Saturday, Feb. 6, local jazz groupwill kick it off at the Dr. Phillips Center’s Alexis & Jim Pugh Theater. More than just musical selections from Law’s latest two companion albums (), this program will notably feature selections froma multimedia project by Gerald and brothers Joel and Jamiel that frames African-American culture through the perspective and voices of its people.To optimize safety, the night is a two-show stand with seating in either single, spaced-out gallery seats or tables for four. Tickets for the 7 p.m. show and the 9 p.m. show are both currently available.Then, on Sunday, Feb. 7, local singer— a member of the Voices of Liberty singing group at Epcot — will manifest the Black voice in her own soprano at Timucua Arts Foundation. Titledafter the Beatles classic that McCartney wrote during the Civil Rights movement to honor Black women, her recital — accompanied by pianist— will be devoted to classical composers of color and arias written with a Black woman as the narrator.To maximize viewing opportunities while maintaining safety-minded capacity, Timucua will offer donation-based tickets to the in-person performance as well as a livestream of the event. Show begins at 7:30 p.m.If you go out, respect everyone’s distance, for all our sakes.

click to enlarge Photo courtesy of Dr. Phillips CenterThe Jazz Orchestra at Dr. Phillips CenterSince we're basically living through our own version of the 1960s,comes with extraordinary relevance and imperative this momentous year. To celebrate, the Dr. Phillips Center will host a weekend full of honorary events ahead of the federal holiday.On Friday evening, Jan. 15, theconcert will channel the indefatigable American spirit of the Civil Rights movement with the 17-memberand spoken word artists performing the work of icons like Marvin Gaye, Charlie Parker and Nina Simone. The outdoors show is part of the Frontyard Festival, so all seating is in private, distanced boxes with food and beverage service. Face masks are required and seating is in private boxes for up to five people assigned upon entry.The event is free and open to the public. Show begins at 10 a.m.Remember: If you go out, respect everyone’s distance, for all our sakes.

He's helping inaugurate the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts' Frontyard Festival, an ambitious year-long outdoor event that's influencing arts organizations across the country. Event Details Michael James Scott: A Fierce Christmas @ Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts 445 S. Magnolia Ave. "I am the product of a community in Orlando, Florida, that really, really supports the arts," explains Scott, an alumnus of Dr. Phillips High School's performing arts program. After that Orlando engagement, Scott rejoined Aladdin's Broadway company just in time for the pandemic's first peak to hit New York City. "I need to be able to look into the audience and see a patron's face sitting there, looking into you, having that intimate connection in a theater," Scott says.

click to enlarge photo by Bao Le-HuuSomeday Honey at the Dr. Phillips Center's AMP'd Seriesclick to enlarge photo by Bao Le-HuuSomeday Honey at the Dr. Phillips Center's AMP'd Seriesclick to enlarge photo by Bao Le-HuuSomeday Honey at the Dr. Phillips Center's AMP'd Seriesclick to enlarge photo by Bao Le-HuuSomeday Honey at the Dr. Phillips Center's AMP'd Seriesclick to enlarge photo by Bao Le-HuuSomeday Honey at the Dr. Phillips Center's AMP'd Seriesclick to enlarge photo by Bao Le-HuuSomeday Honey at the Dr. Phillips Center's AMP'd SeriesDowntowns gleaminghas unquestionably upped the average on the citys stage game. Its programming focus, though, is primarily a Promethean one aimed at bringing us the fire from the major touring circuit. Itson the other hand, is dedicated to showcasingAfter nearly two years since its debut run, AMPd is currently in its second season and will run monthly through June. And Baker, well, shes never anything less than a knock-down encounter.Experiencing a show at the posh Dr. Phillips Center is certainly a pleasure. And the AMPd Series is a nice civic acknowledgement, boost and celebration of thethat exists under and around it.

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click to enlarge Screenshot and video via Dr. Phillips CenterMayor Dyer appears second from the left, above"Little guy from Tangelo Park, I never thought I'd see the day that I have my own day in Orlando," Brady says in the video. Dr. Phillips High School, the drama program, Karen Rugerio, SAK Theater, I love you guys. So I'll see you October 12, in Orlando, Dr. Phillips Center, come get ready to laugh. "But this is his first big show in Orlando, and certainly at Dr. Phillips Center, since it opened." as well as his own "The Wayne Brady" show, for which he won two Emmys for Outstanding Talk Show Host.