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Parker Playhouse

The Parker Playhouse curtain rose for the first time on February 6, 1967. This 1,167-seat fully equipped theater plays an important role in the community by serving as a vibrant part of the area. Parker Playhouse helps fuel economic development while also bringing the community together with performances, activities and educational programming.

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    Parker Playhouse

    707 Northeast Eighth Street
    Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304

    Phone: 9544620222   |   Fax: 9545249952   |  

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    Broward Center for the Performing Arts

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  • • Upcoming Events

      07/28/12

      An Evening with John Waters – This Filthy World Parker Playhouse An Evening with John Waters – This Filthy World Presented by Strong Reaction Booking at Parker Playhouse July 28, 2012 In his only Florida appearance, Strong Reaction Productions presents iconic filmmaker, writer, producer, actor, and stand-up comedian John Waters as he brings his dazzling, risqué one-man show “This Filthy World” to Parker Playhouse. There aren’t many individuals who can put their name on a resume which embodies a canon of continuous, seminal works which span over forty years and encompass nearly every role of filmmaking: writer, director, producer,...

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  Upcoming Events

  • Current Events

    There are no current events at this time.

  • Upcoming Events

    07/28/12

    An Evening with John Waters – This Filthy World Parker Playhouse An Evening with John Waters – This Filthy World Presented by Strong Reaction Booking at Parker Playhouse July 28, 2012 In his only Florida appearance, Strong Reaction Productions presents iconic filmmaker, writer, producer, actor, and stand-up comedian John Waters as he brings his dazzling, risqué one-man show “This Filthy World” to Parker Playhouse. There aren’t many individuals who can put their name on a resume which embodies a canon of continuous, seminal works which span over forty years and encompass nearly every role of filmmaking: writer, director, producer,...

  • Upcoming Events (Broward Center for the Performing Arts )

    06/10/12	"The Great Pas de Deux Series IV and The Sleeping Beauty Act III" Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    06/12/12- 06/24/12	La Cage aux Folles Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    06/16/12	SFPWE Concert - MUSIC OF OUR LIVES Broward Center for the Performing Arts

• Past
  Events

  • Past Events

    05/06/12	Clifford the Big Red Dog - Live! Parker Playhouse
    05/05/12	Florida's Singing Sons Boychoir presents "The Great Outdoors" Parker Playhouse
    05/04/12	Steve Trash Parker Playhouse
    04/18/12	Chanticleer Parker Playhouse
    04/07/12	Leslie Jordan & Varla Jean Merman Parker Playhouse
    03/25/12	Cathy Dooley Presents "The Original Florida Follies" Parker Playhouse
    03/23/12	Piano 2 Piano: Brian Culbertson and David Benoit Parker Playhouse
    03/11/12	Forbidden Hollywood Parker Playhouse
    02/24/12	Arlo Guthrie Parker Playhouse
    02/18/12	Get The Led Out Parker Playhouse
    02/17/12	Hispanico Ballet Flamenco Parker Playhouse
    02/10/12	Soweto Gospel Choir Parker Playhouse
    01/17/12- 01/22/12	Love, Loss, and What I Wore Parker Playhouse
    12/17/11- 12/18/11	Vladimir Issaev's The Nutcracker Parker Playhouse
    12/16/11	The Nutcracker Parker Playhouse
    12/10/11	Stephanie Miller’s Sexy Liberal Comedy Tour Parker Playhouse
    11/16/11	Let's Go Science Parker Playhouse
    11/09/11	Charlotte's Web Parker Playhouse
    10/26/11	Fushu Daiko Parker Playhouse
    10/23/11	Gianmarco Zignago - Dias Nuevos Tour Parker Playhouse
    10/20/11	Trailer Park Boys Parker Playhouse
    10/20/11	Lucinda Williams Parker Playhouse
    10/15/11	Rhythms of Africa: Music Around the World Parker Playhouse
    10/06/11	Stone Soup Parker Playhouse
    09/29/11	Stacy Beyer Parker Playhouse
    09/17/11- 09/18/11	American Fantasy Parker Playhouse
    08/27/11	Kenny Vance and The Planotones Parker Playhouse
    08/11/11- 08/14/11	Girl Talk - A Girls Night Musical Parker Playhouse
    07/23/11	Fab Faux Parker Playhouse
    06/11/11	Slidin' Through The Years Parker Playhouse
    05/17/11	SENIOR IDOL Parker Playhouse
    05/14/11	Florida's Singing Sons: The American Boy Parker Playhouse
    05/14/11	The American Boy - Florida's Singing Sons Parker Playhouse
    05/07/11	One Night of Queen Parker Playhouse
    05/05/11	Doktor Kaboom! Parker Playhouse
    04/01/11- 04/02/11	"The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" ... with a Twist! Parker Playhouse
    03/24/11- 03/27/11	Spring Awakening Parker Playhouse
    03/18/11	Naturally 7 Parker Playhouse
    03/10/11- 03/13/11	'SWonderful - Off Broadway In Broward Parker Playhouse
    03/04/11	The Fab Four - Ultimate Tribute Parker Playhouse
    02/24/11- 02/27/11	Ella Parker Playhouse
    02/17/11	Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra Parker Playhouse
    02/14/11	Tango Inferno Parker Playhouse
    02/12/11	Barrage "Animado" 2011 Parker Playhouse
    01/21/11	Simply Sinatra - Starring Steve Lippia Parker Playhouse
    01/16/11	Forever Plaid Parker Playhouse
    01/15/11	Celtic Crossroads 2011 Parker Playhouse
    01/12/11	Chinese Golden Dragon Acrobats Parker Playhouse
    01/08/11	Oh What A Night of Doo Wop & Rock & Roll Parker Playhouse
    12/18/10- 12/19/10	The Nutcracker Parker Playhouse
    12/17/10	Arts Ballet Nutcracker Parker Playhouse
    12/13/10	The King Singers Parker Playhouse
    11/22/10	Lazer Vaudeville Parker Playhouse
    11/10/10	Charlotte's Web Parker Playhouse
    10/16/10	Pigeon Party! Parker Playhouse
    10/15/10	Pigeon Party! Parker Playhouse
    10/06/10	Stone Soup Parker Playhouse
    10/02/10	Eva Ayllon - 40th Anniversary Concert Celebration Parker Playhouse
    08/27/10- 07/27/10	Air Supply Parker Playhouse
    07/25/10	Flamenco In The Sun CAFE CANTANTE Parker Playhouse
    07/24/10	The Fab Faux Parker Playhouse
    05/23/10	Jonny Lang at Parker Playhouse Parker Playhouse
    05/08/10	The Greatest Hits Parker Playhouse
    05/01/10	Live...From South Florida...It's Saturday Night! Parker Playhouse
    04/20/10- 04/25/10	The Kosher Cheerleader Parker Playhouse
    04/07/10	David Garrett Parker Playhouse
    03/27/10	Sandra Bernhard Parker Playhouse
    03/14/10	The Original Florida Follies Parker Playhouse
    03/12/10	Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Parker Playhouse
    02/10/10- 02/28/10	The 39 Steps Parker Playhouse
    02/04/10	Les Ballets Trockadero De Monte Carlo Parker Playhouse
    02/03/10	Buffalo Soldier - Smart Stage Series Parker Playhouse
    01/27/10- 01/31/10	Girls Night - The Musical Parker Playhouse
    01/16/10	Groovaloo - The Hip Hop Sensation Parker Playhouse
    01/10/10	The Fab Four Parker Playhouse
    01/09/10	Glenn Miller Orchestra Parker Playhouse
    01/08/10	Oh What a Night of Doo-Wop and Rock n Roll Volume 1 Parker Playhouse
    01/05/10	Tamburitzans - Smart Stage Series Parker Playhouse
    12/26/09	Kosher Comedy Tour - Laughing From Right to Left Parker Playhouse
    12/12/09- 12/13/09	The Nutcracker Parker Playhouse
    11/17/09	New Shanghai Circus - Smart Stage Series Parker Playhouse
    11/09/09	Fushu Daiko - Smart Stage Series Parker Playhouse
    11/07/09	A Sordid Affair Parker Playhouse
    10/24/09	Jo Dee Messina Parker Playhouse
    10/15/09	Super Scientific Circus - Smart Stage Series Parker Playhouse
    07/26/09	Flamenco in the Sun 2009 - Cafe Cantante Parker Playhouse
    07/19/09	Avett Brothers Parker Playhouse
    06/06/09- 06/07/09	Journey Parker Playhouse
    05/16/09	Live from South Florida...It's Saturday Night! Parker Playhouse
    05/12/09	Senior Idol Parker Playhouse
    05/09/09	Toquinho and Friends Parker Playhouse
    05/02/09	All Music is World Music Parker Playhouse
    05/02/09	Florida's Singing Sons Boychoir Parker Playhouse
    04/24/09- 04/26/09	Bob the Builder Live - Spud's Big Mess Parker Playhouse
    04/19/09- 04/20/09	Goodnight Moon and Runaway Bunny Parker Playhouse
    04/17/09	Chuck Mangione Parker Playhouse
    04/11/09	National Philharmonic of Russia Parker Playhouse
    04/10/09	One Night of Queen - Gary Mullen and the Works Parker Playhouse
    04/02/09	Barrage Parker Playhouse
    03/10/09- 03/28/09	Dame Edna - My First Last Tour Parker Playhouse

  • Past Events (Broward Center for the Performing Arts )

    05/10/12- 05/12/12	Roméo et Juliette Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    05/09/12	Celebrating Hampton - Christian Tamburr & the Gold Coast Jazz Society Band Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    05/06/12	Sun, Moon, Stars Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    05/05/12	Vladimir Issaev's Ballet Gala Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    04/15/12	Skippyjon Jones Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    04/13/12	Harry Allen Quartet & Bucky Pizzarelli Play the Great American Songbook Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    04/10/12- 04/22/12	South Pacific Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    04/01/12	Seth Rudetsky's Big Fat 70s Show Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    03/27/12	Broadway Goes to the Movies Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    03/23/12- 03/25/12	Miami City Ballet Program IV Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    03/17/12	Michael Flatley's Lord of the Dance Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    03/16/12	Denyce Graves Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    03/10/12- 03/11/12	Vladimir Issaev's Fairy Doll Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    03/07/12	Swinging with the Big Bands - UM Frost Concert Jazz Band & Kathy Kosins Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    03/02/12- 03/03/12	Trey McIntyre Project Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    02/29/12- 03/11/12	Billy Elliot Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    02/28/12	An Evening with George Winston Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    02/28/12	From Austria With Love Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    02/26/12	Are You My Mother? Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    02/24/12	Jane Monheit Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    02/24/12- 02/26/12	Miami City Ballet Program III Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    02/16/12- 02/18/12	Rigoletto Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    02/15/12	I Have A Dream Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    02/11/12	The Improvised Shakespeare Company Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    02/10/12	Improvised Shakespeare Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    02/10/12	perforMAN!ce Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    02/08/12	Taking Love Easy - Sophie Milman, Jazz Vocalist Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    02/03/12- 02/05/12	Miami City Ballet Program II Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    02/01/12	The Temptations and The Four Tops Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    01/31/12	Tchaikovsky St. Petersburg State Orchestra Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    01/28/12	Tom Rush Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    01/27/12	Learn the Business Behind the Show: Commercial Theater Institute One-Day Seminar Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    01/24/12	An Orchestra, A Cello and A Piano Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    01/23/12	Private Evening with MICHAEL FEINSTEIN Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    01/21/12	Marc Salem's Mind Games Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    01/19/12	Women Fully Clothed Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    01/13/12	Schoolhouse Rock Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    01/12/12- 01/15/12	Capitol Steps in Desperate Housemembers Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    01/11/12- 01/29/12	Jersey Boys Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    01/11/12	The Music of Duke Ellington - Duke Ellington Legacy Band Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    01/03/12	Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    12/27/11- 01/01/12	Cirque Dreams Holidaze Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    12/21/11- 12/24/11	George Balanchine's The Nutcracker Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    12/17/11	Miracle on 34th Street Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    12/16/11	A Night of Broadway Stars! Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    12/14/11	Singing the Great American Songbook - Mad Romance Vocal Quartet Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    12/12/11	Sounds of the Season: A Holiday Extravaganza Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    12/10/11- 12/11/11	Yo Gabba Gabba! Live! It's Time To Dance! Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    12/09/11- 12/11/11	A Christmas Carol Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    12/08/11	New York Pops Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    12/03/11	Kinsey Sicks - Oy Vey in a Manger Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    12/02/11	Math Rocks Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    12/01/11- 12/03/11	Luisa Fernanda Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    11/21/11	From Bebop To Doo Wop To Hip Hop Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    11/18/11	10 Years of Brazilian Voices - Celebrating Women Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    11/17/11	A Midsummer's Night Dream Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    11/15/11- 09/27/11	Beauty & The Beast Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    11/14/11	Chrystal Hartigan presents...Songwriters Showcase Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    11/11/11	A Natural Groove...88 Keys and a Sax - Shelly Berg Trio with Houston Person Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    11/06/11	Sylvester and the Magic Pebble Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    11/06/11	Hilary Hahn Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    11/04/11	Kathleen Madigan Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    11/03/11- 05/14/12	Laffing Matterz Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    11/01/11	Cirque de la Symphonie: The Encore Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    10/31/11	Cirque de la Symphonie Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    10/28/11- 10/30/11	Miami City Ballet Program I Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    10/19/11	2011 Arts Teacher of the Year Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    10/18/11	In Celebration: Hispanic Heritage Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    10/13/11- 10/15/11	Free Range Thinking Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    10/12/11- 10/23/11	Jon & Juan's Wedding Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    10/04/11- 10/16/11	Rain Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    10/01/11- 10/02/11	Harlequinade Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    10/01/11	Save The Twinz Live Pink! presents Women Who Jam! Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    09/24/11- 09/26/11	Sesame Street Live - Elmo's Healthy Heroes Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    09/22/11	Joao Carlos Martins Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    09/16/11	XVI International Ballet Festival - Italian Night Gala Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    08/21/11	India's Independence Day Celebation Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    08/21/11- 06/14/11	India’s Independence Day Celebration Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    08/20/11	Alison Krauss & Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    08/13/11	Chris MacDonald's Memories of Elvis Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    08/04/11- 08/06/11	Disney's Aladdin Jr. Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    07/23/11	Next Step Dance 2011 Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    07/20/11	Symphony of the Americas 20th Anniversary Summerfest Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    07/19/11- 07/24/11	Mamma Mia Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    07/16/11	Claudia Diez presents Tropical Symphony Orchestra Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    07/16/11- 07/17/11	From Mozart to Marley Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    07/07/11- 07/09/11	Disney's Camp Rock Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    07/02/11	Dirty Little Secrets Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    07/01/11- 07/03/11	Camp Kappawanna Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    06/30/11- 07/03/11	Summer Shorts Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    06/12/11	South Florida Pride Wind Ensemble Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    06/09/11	Meet Award-Winning Filmmaker, Ken Burns, at the Screening of His New Film: Prohibition Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    06/07/11- 06/19/11	Hair Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    05/29/11	Israeli Dance Festival Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    05/26/11	Cocktails with Larry Miller Little League, Adultery & Other Bad Ideas Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    05/22/11	Reggae Jazz Fusion Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    05/21/11	Jackson Browne Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    05/17/11- 05/18/11	Lucky, Lucky Hudson Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    05/17/11	Ninth Annual South Florida Cappie Gala Broward Center for the Performing Arts
    05/15/11	International Young Dancers Festival Broward Center for the Performing Arts