Event Calendar
Upcoming Events
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American Big Band
A talented cast of singers, dancers and musicians brings the “big band story” to vivid life in a show that features hits such as String of Pearls, Mona Lisa, In the Mood and more.
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Sweet Baby James: The Music of James Taylor
Round out your Father’s Day celebration with a tribute to James Taylor. Sweet Baby James features such hits as Fire and Rain, How Sweet it Is, You’ve Got a Friend and more.
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The Piano Men - Starring Jim Witter
A musical journey through the ’70s featuring the songs of Billy Joel and Elton John, this multimedia rock musical features their biggest hits including Movin’ Out, Crocodile Rock and, of course, Piano Man.
Curtis M. Phillips Center
315 Hull Road PO Box 112750 Gainesville, FL 32611-2750
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The lights dim, the curtain rises and a quiet air of excitement settles over the audience at the Curtis M. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. Each season, University of Florida Performing Arts presents the very best established and emerging national and international artists on the Phillips Center main stage.
In 2000, retired Jacksonville surgeon Dr. Curtis M. Phillips provided The Barbara J. and Curtis M. Phillips M.D. Endowment Fund to name the performing arts center.
Since opening its doors in January 1992 with three sold-out performances of CATS, the Phillips Center has hosted performers as diverse as Tony Bennett, Itzhak Perlman, RIVERDANCE, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Ray Charles, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Alison Krauss, STOMP, Yo-Yo Ma, David Sedaris, Bolshoi Ballet, Wynton Marsalis, Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra and Capitol Steps. In recent years, the Phillips Center has hosted world premieres and been home to productions of AEROS and The People of the Forest as they mounted new, collaborative works.
The Phillips Center consists of a 1,700-seat proscenium hall and a 200-seat Black Box Theatre. It is located in the University of Florida Cultural Plaza near the intersection of 34th Street and Hull Road with convenient access from I-75 at the Archer Road and Newberry Road exits.
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