Broward Center for the Performing Arts

Cultural events and educational mission of the Broward Center

Currently, he got a place in the top ten most popular theatrical institutions in the world. The design was developed by eminent architect Benjamin Thompson, the famous Chicago-based firm Kirkegaard Associates was engaged in acoustics.

The partnership provided by the theater center with many famous organizations, for example, the Florida Grand Opera, the Florida Concert Association, has a qualitative impact on the events held. Cooperating with them, the Broward Center gets the opportunity to improve cultural activities without losing their own economic viability.

Implemented projects, to a greater extent, have an integration focus: the introduction of works of art in the educational process. To this end, specialists have developed a special program that allows them to cover performing skills training not only for young people, but also for their adult relatives and teachers.

The methodological manuals created for this, other additional manuals, various seminars, summer academic camps, and even a special award called “Arts for the Future” help any person who wants to grow professionally in the cultural and educational field. This was the reason that it was the Broward Center for the Performing Arts Fort Lauderdale that was chosen as a partner for the implementation of the training programs of the renowned Kennedy Center.

Features of concert and theater halls

• Au-Rene Theater
  All the largest events of various levels, from local to international, are held on this territory. This theater room accommodates 2700 people. On its stage performances of opera and concert organizations of Florida, ballet groups of Miami and Broadway are often held. The performances held in this place are known to everyone who has at least a small idea of the theater. Even the most inexperienced audience must have heard of The Lion King, The Phantom of the Opera, Tonnie Bennett, Whoopi Goldberg, and other popular productions.
• Amaturo Theater
  Is the second most popular concert venue of the Broward Center, most often adapted to staging a variety of dramatic creations. However, there are also children's and amateur performances, film screenings, choral and jazz performances, concerts of dance and music groups. A variety of seminars and conferences are held within the walls of the institution. The hall has 590 seats with excellent visibility, regardless of where the viewer is located.
• Abdo New River Room
  Another popular space in the center of Broward — a large room, intended, as a rule, for use in banquet events and official conferences. Its capacity is 590 spectators in a theater format and 240 in a banquet. In addition, rehearsals, all kinds of receptions, banquets, weddings are held here, various cultural and educational projects are being implemented. Abdo New River Room was honored to host the famous Next Stage Dance Theater, Tony n'Tina's Wedding.
• Parker Playhouse
  This theater during its existence has become almost legendary. Its hall, equipped with a classic stage, accommodates more than 1,100 visitors. Here you can see multi-genre performances, comedy and dance shows, concerts. The theater hosted, for example, such eminent guests as Elizabeth Taylor, Judy Collins. Parker Playhouse has its own personal address.
• Rose and Alfred Miniaci Performing Arts Center
  The cultural space holds 498 seats for spectators (parterre 399, balcony 99 seats). Its unique acoustic and lighting systems are used in organizing a variety of corporate and collective meetings, conducting lecture classes, and demonstrating performances for children. It is also located separately, namely in the territory of Nova Southeastern University.