From tomorrow through December 20, the Aventura Arts & Cultural Center has a show on its stage almost every week. Two Tony winners are booked, plus a vampire ballet, two seatings of a Hanukkah comedy show and a Shakespeare adaptation by Don Soffer Aventura High School. All of it plays in a 330-seat hall on the Intracoastal at 3385 NE 188th Street. Read across the season, the calendar shows the city programming its own hall for a room that size, with headliners booked as intimate evenings and the remaining nights given to local performers.
A room built for 330
The center opened in October 2010. Its "Curtain Up" community day included guided tours of the building, and the opening night featured Patti LuPone. According to the center's history page, the building covers 14,864 square feet. The auditorium has 330 seats. A floor-to-ceiling glass wall encloses the lobby and faces the water. The terrazzo floor underfoot was designed by the artist Edouard Duval-Carrié and commissioned through Miami-Dade Art in Public Places to evoke the Atlantic and its marine life. Outside, the plaza connects to a Shorewalk lined with brick pavers that form the donation-based Walk of Arts.
Two organizations share the work. The Broward Center for the Performing Arts manages the building. The City of Aventura presents the two marquee series, Broadway and comedy. The city books those headliners for this particular hall, and the bookings fit what 330 seats does well.
The Broadway series is booked as cabaret
The 2026/2027 Aventura Broadway Concert Series describes itself as "four unforgettable evenings of Broadway classics, contemporary works, cabaret and personal storytelling." Each artist on the South Florida Sun Times season preview is booked in a format that works best when the audience is close:
- An Evening with Victoria Clark, Sunday, November 22, 7 p.m. Clark is a two-time Tony winner, for The Light in the Piazza and Kimberly Akimbo. Her concert pairs songs from those roles with standards. She performs with music director Ted Sperling, who won his own Tony for The Light in the Piazza.
- An Evening with Norm Lewis, Friday, January 8, 2027, 8 p.m. Lewis brings a one-man revue covering jazz, blues, soul, pop and American standards. In 2014 he became the first Black actor to play the Phantom on Broadway.
- Reeve Carney: Broadway Divas, Friday, January 22, 2027, 8 p.m. The center bills Carney's show as "a cabaret that feels like an invitation-only afterparty." Carney originated Orpheus in Hadestown.
- Andrea McArdle's Broadway Jukebox, Saturday, April 10, 2027, 8 p.m. McArdle was Broadway's first Annie, and the show marks the original production's 50th anniversary. The evening is unscripted, and the audience chooses the songs and story prompts.
Every concert sells a VIP add-on with a post-show meet-and-greet and photo. The series is not sold by subscription, so tickets are bought one evening at a time. The format has a track record. BroadwayWorld reported last October that Stephanie J. Block opened the 2025/2026 edition on November 22, 2025. This season keeps the same opening date and format with a new lineup.
The rest of the calendar belongs to Aventura
The headliners fill a handful of nights. Most of the fall goes to companies and performers with ties to the city.
Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida has a full 2026/2027 season at the center. That season includes Dracula, The Nutcracker, a sensory-inclusive Nutcracker, Fairy Doll and a Spring Gala. Dracula plays Thursday, October 22, at 7:30 p.m. In December the company stages a Nutcracker gala on the 10th and regular performances December 11 through 13. One performance on December 13 is sensory-inclusive.
On October 14 and 15, Don Soffer Aventura High School performs Rome & Julie at 7 p.m. both nights. On November 1, the city holds its 17th annual Young Stars Showcase. On both of those dates, Aventura's young performers are on the same stage Victoria Clark plays three weeks later.
The rest of the season is varied. El Perro del Hortelano runs this weekend, October 9 and 10 at 8 p.m. with a 2 p.m. matinee on the 11th. Miami New Times included it in its 2026-27 arts and culture guide. On October 18, six pianists share two pianos at the Two Piano Extravaganza. Later in the season, the Glocal Piano Festival on November 15 is subtitled "Road to the 66th Busoni Piano Competition."
Ten weeks on one stage
Here are the published listings from tomorrow to the winter holidays, taken from the center's events page. Dates can change, so check the event page before buying.
| Date | Program |
|---|---|
| Oct. 9–11 | El Perro del Hortelano |
| Oct. 14–15 | Don Soffer Aventura High School: Rome & Julie |
| Oct. 16–17 | ICONS: Latin Rhythms |
| Oct. 18 | Two Piano Extravaganza: Six Pianists, Two Pianos |
| Oct. 22 | Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida: Dracula |
| Oct. 24–25 | La Velada: An Alchemy of Past and Present |
| Nov. 1 | 17th Annual City of Aventura's Young Stars Showcase |
| Nov. 7 | Timeless Harmonies: Celebrating 40 Years of Making Music |
| Nov. 12 | New World Dance Ensemble @ Aventura |
| Nov. 13 | Absolute Journey, the Journey Tribute |
| Nov. 15 | Glocal Piano Festival |
| Nov. 20 | Julia Scotti |
| Nov. 21 | Top of the World: A Carpenters Tribute Featuring Debbie Taylor |
| Nov. 22 | An Evening with Victoria Clark |
| Dec. 5 | Dovi Neuburger & Ami Kozak Hanukkah Comedy Show |
| Dec. 6 | The Dean Martin Story: Christmas Special |
| Dec. 10–13 | Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida: The Nutcracker, including the gala and a sensory-inclusive performance |
| Dec. 17 | The Expanding Man |
| Dec. 19 | "ELVIS: In Person" Starring Matt Stone & The TEC Band |
| Dec. 20 | Uptown: A Very Soulful Christmas |
The busiest stretch runs November 12 through 15, with four shows in four days. The weekend of November 20 to 22 then has a comedian, a Carpenters tribute and the Broadway series opener on consecutive nights.
Comedy at the same scale
The city's comedy series uses the same approach as the Broadway series. The 2026/2027 Aventura Comedy Series lists Julia Scotti on November 20 and the Dovi Neuburger and Ami Kozak Hanukkah show on December 5. Rita Rudner follows on February 9, 2027. The Hanukkah show and Rudner's date also sell a VIP add-on with a post-show meet-and-greet and photo. The Hanukkah show has two seatings, at 7:15 p.m. and 9:45 p.m., which suggests the city expects more demand than one 330-seat house can hold.
Getting in and getting out
The practical details are simple, as you'd expect at a venue this size.
- Parking. Self-parking in the adjacent lots is free. Valet at the main entrance is $20 for most performances.
- Box office. The box office at 3385 NE 188th Street is open Wednesday through Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. It usually also opens 90 minutes before ticketed events, though on most national holidays it may open only an hour ahead. Ticket lines are 877-311-7469 and 954-462-0222.
- Before curtain. Concessions open one hour before each performance and sell light snacks and drinks. In that hour you can walk the Shorewalk past the Walk of Arts pavers, or stand at the lobby glass and watch the light change over the water.
For dinner plans, our earlier piece on how The Abbey moved Aventura's evenings outdoors covers the city's open-air district. More on the city itself is on our Aventura neighborhood page.
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