{"id":252,"date":"2014-06-29T19:23:23","date_gmt":"2014-06-29T19:23:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/?p=252"},"modified":"2014-06-29T19:23:23","modified_gmt":"2014-06-29T19:23:23","slug":"the-long-awaited-dr-phillips-center-revealed-performances-but-not-opening-activities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/2014\/06\/29\/the-long-awaited-dr-phillips-center-revealed-performances-but-not-opening-activities\/","title":{"rendered":"The long-awaited Dr Phillips Center revealed performances  but not opening activities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Dr._Phillips_Center_Construction.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-253\" src=\"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Dr._Phillips_Center_Construction-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Dr._Phillips_Center_Construction\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a>The new center\u2019s grand opening is scheduled for November 6. After the announcement that Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts will host splashy Broadway shows, co-presented with Florida Theatrical Association: \u201cThe Phantom of the Opera\u201d in December and \u201cThe Book of Mormon\u201d at Christmas, as well as Orlando Ballet with \u201cSwan Lake\u201d and \u201cThe Nutcracker\u201d, representatives of Dr. Phillips Center unveiled a few days ago other shows to be seen during the new center\u2019s first months of operation.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The shows range from a jazz concert series including big names like Chris Botti, to dance performances, children\u2019s shows. Officials said that more are to be announced in the future.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a title=\"Transportation from Orlando International Airport\" href=\"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/\" target=\"_blank\"> The center<\/a> currently under construction at Orange Avenue and South Avenue is being built on a site which is more than nine acres in size and will feature two grand performances theaters, a community theater, an educational facility and outdoor plaza.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The state-of-the-art venue will cost $514 million: two thirds come from public funds from the Orange County, Florida and tourist development tax and the other third comes from private donations, mostly large funding from the Dr Phillips Foundation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Orlando&#8217;s new downtown performing-arts center will be built into two phases: an amplified hall and a 300-seat venue during the first phase and an acoustic hall is planned for phase II. They are still raising funding for phase II.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Floridians and visitors of all ages worldwide are looking forward to coming for world-class entertainment. However, the activities of the center\u2019s opening gala on November 15 still remain a mystery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new center\u2019s grand opening is scheduled for November 6. After the announcement that Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts will host splashy Broadway shows, co-presented with Florida Theatrical Association: \u201cThe Phantom of the Opera\u201d in December and \u201cThe Book of Mormon\u201d at Christmas, as well as Orlando Ballet with \u201cSwan Lake\u201d and \u201cThe &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/2014\/06\/29\/the-long-awaited-dr-phillips-center-revealed-performances-but-not-opening-activities\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The long-awaited Dr Phillips Center revealed performances  but not opening activities&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[19,55,63],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}