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(L to R) Lena Owens (Lisa), Juliette M. Ojeda (Sophie Sheridan), and Maddie Garbaty (Ali), from the 25th Anniversary Tour of Mamma Mia!
Photo by Joan Marcus.
DIRECTOR PHYLLIDA LLOYD REFLECTS ON THE PHENOMENON OF MAMMA MIA! AND ITS ENDURING LEGACY
STORY BY Broadway.com Staff
Phyllida Lloyd, the director behind Mamma Mia!, never anticipated how the ABBAinspired musical would become a global phenomenon when she first took the helm. What began as an unexpected venture has since transformed her career, propelling her from the British not-for-profit sector to directing high-profile stage and film projects. Looking back on the impact of the show she helped create, Lloyd reflects on its lasting success, her unexpected journey with ABBA's music, and the creative process that made it all possible. When Lloyd first took on Mamma Mia!, she wasn’t actively seeking a commercial musical, particularly one as bold and unorthodox as the ABBA jukebox show. But that all changed when she met producer Judy Craymer and writer Catherine Johnson, two women whose vision aligned with her own. “I suppose I had never chased a West End musical before because I was quite afraid of the potential poisoned chalice in terms of the extent to which they could be a Faustian pact,” Lloyd told Broadway.com. “But it was very disarming to meet Judy, who felt instantly like a kindred spirit. And the whole thing sounded kind of mad and interesting and had such a strong female drive, and I was immediately seduced
Juliette M. Ojeda (Sophie Sheridan), and the Company of Mamma Mia! 25th Anniversary Tour.
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by Judy herself.” Mamma Mia! premiered in London in 1999, and it was clear from the start that something extraordinary was taking shape.
At the time, Lloyd had little personal connection to ABBA's music. She remembers, “I was only really subconsciously an ABBA fan. I’d sort of jumped from The Beatles to Led Zeppelin and then to Bowie without really having a particularly long sojourn with ABBA, so I rushed out and started with [greatest hits album] ABBA Gold As soon as I started listening, I suddenly realized that ABBA was really part of one’s musical DNA without one having faced up to that fact.”
Despite coming from a background rooted in opera and theater, Lloyd was never met with snobbery when directing Mamma Mia!. “Nobody was remotely snobbish,” she reflects. “I think most people felt it’s all one thing if you’re a director whether you’re doing Wagner or ABBA.” In fact, she found surprising parallels between the two worlds. “At one point, I was doing Wagner’s Ring cycle at the same time as Mamma Mia! and I thought, ‘Here are two different pieces about lost parents. It’s just that one lasts 17 hours and the other lasts 2 hours 40 minutes. I’m going at both with exactly the same seriousness and rigor.”
When it came to the show’s initial run, Lloyd quickly recognized that Mamma Mia! had the potential to sell tickets, but she also knew there was more work to be done. “I realized straight away that it was going to sell tickets, but in some ways, I was on a different trajectory during previews to everyone else. The audience were going mental at the end and I was thinking, ‘There’s still something not right with this, and we’ve got three weeks of previews dramaturgically to fix it.’” Lloyd and the team refined the show to ensure it struck the right balance. “That’s why we start right in with the plot and with Sophie sitting on a rock, so by the time her mother [Donna] and her friends come on stage, you know the story.”
The creative team’s hard work paid off, as Mamma Mia! soon took the world by storm. But when the conversation turned to the prospect of adapting the show for film, Lloyd had her reservations. She says, “The thing about why the stage show works on screen, aside from having so many favorite actors and favorite songs, was that it was set on location: it wasn’t Rent, say, set in a load of apartments, which can be hard to open up into a proper movie. Mamma Mia! was sort of bursting at the seams to be on location, and the combination of that with the actors that we managed to get to do it, along with the soundtrack, pretty much made it.”
Perhaps the most unexpected turn of events came when Meryl Streep became attached to the film. Lloyd recalls how Streep, who had seen the show during its Broadway run after 9/11, wrote a letter expressing interest in starring. “Meryl was looking for something to do with her teenage daughter and her friends who were all very preoccupied by the horrendous events of 9/11,” Lloyd explains. “So, she stumbled on this ABBA musical at the Winter Garden and came to see it and she wrote us a letter, which we kept copies of until they withered and fell off the fridge magnets.”
When Meryl’s agent called about the movie, Streep was already fully invested. “Meryl said, ‘I AM Mamma Mia!,’” Lloyd remembers with a smile. “Judy and I then went to see her and it was sort of like, ‘When do we start?’ I didn’t have to take her to the show to try and persuade her because she had already seen it very early on.”
As Mamma Mia! continues its reign across the globe, one question still lingers: after all these years, does Lloyd have a favorite ABBA song? “I absolutely loathe karaoke,” she says, laughing. “But when a gun is put to my head, I tend to do ‘Lay All Your Love on Me.’ It’s not necessarily my favorite ABBA song, but it’s one I think I can do.”
Mamma Mia! is coming to the Broward Center February 2–14 as part of the upcoming 2026–2027 Broadway in Fort Lauderdale season. For more information and features, head to Broadway.com.
JUST A LITTLE CHANGE
Writer Linda Woolverton and director-choreographer Matt West describe the evolution of Beauty and the Beast from the screen to the stage — plus what’s new for this tour.
STORY BY Ruthie Fierberg
When Disney’s animated film Beauty and the Beast landed on silver screens in 1991, it changed the cinematic paradigm. “[Executive producer and lyricist] Howard [Ashman] really conceived of it as a Broadway musical in animation,” said the movie’s screenwriter Linda Woolverton. “It was the first time it had ever been done. Little Mermaid did a little, but Beauty just blew out the form.”
“We really made that statement that we were basically doing Broadway musicals,” Woolverton added. And in 1994, Disney mounted Beauty and the Beast in its inspirational form — opening as a full-fledged Broadway musical on the stage of the Palace Theatre. Woolverton penned the book for the stage adaptation, which was directed by Robert Jess Roth and choreographed by Matt West with a score of now iconic songs by Ashman, composer Alan Menken and lyricist Tim Rice.
The Broadway musical’s opening marked another paradigm shift — this time a theatrical one. Beauty and the Beast was the first Broadway outing for Disney, the production that would usher in the establishment of Disney Theatrical Productions and the dozens of stage shows it has since created. Since Beauty first bowed in 1994, the musical has played in the West End, on tours throughout the U.S. and the U.K. and in productions around the globe. Now, just over 30 years since its premiere, Beauty and the Beast has been revitalized for a new tour.
But don’t worry. It is still very much the Beauty and the Beast that won the hearts of millions of people. That said, transformation is in the show’s DNA. “One of the things
Kyra Belle Johnson and Fergie L. Philippe. Disney’s Beauty and the Beast.
that’s so lovely about Beauty and the Beast is that it’s a living, always growing piece of theater,” said West, who took over direction of the show in 2021 and is the directorchoreographer of its latest tour. “We’re a team that loves [the show] so much that we continue to look at it, we continue to bring it into the contemporary world because it lends itself to that.”
Something there that wasn’t there before
After all, when Beauty first leapt from animation to the stage, it underwent changes. “In animation, you can do anything. You say ‘cut to,’ but [on Broadway,] we had to move people across the stage,” Woolverton recalled. “We had to figure out the horse, Philippe,” West remembered. “That horse, in the animated film, came back to tell Belle that something was wrong. We had to figure out things like that. It took a long time.”
The musical’s creative team also integrated new ideas about the castle’s servants — Lumière, Cogsworth, Mrs. Potts and more — who had become enchanted objects. “We had this new conceit that they were gradually changing, which isn’t in the movie,” Woolverton explained. “In the show, they are gradually becoming more and more [inanimate]. So everybody’s got more stakes in Belle and the Beast coming together.”
“Linda expanded the script from the animated film in so many ways,” West added. The musical’s score also expanded — salvaging songs that had been cut from the animated version, like “Human Again,” and adding new ones, like Belle’s solo “Home.” But the core of the beloved characters has always remained the same, particularly Belle.
“Howard Ashman and I had decided we wanted to do a different kind of Disney heroine — not a princess, a heroine — who was a thinker, who wasn’t about what she looked like,” Woolverton recalled. “She was proactive. [She] had a vision and read a lot. I don’t think we ever really said it in words, but really we were trying to create a new iconic Disney heroine. I think we succeeded.”
No change in heart
Over the decades, Belle has only become a stronger, more insightful and more relatable character. In 1998, the Broadway musical’s team added the song “A Change in Me” — the heroine’s second-act power ballad. For this 2025 iteration, Belle wears reading glasses. “Those connective tissues to the audience are important, too,” West said. “Watching the first audiences come through, many of the young ones were in their Belle dresses. But so many of the young people were wearing glasses. I called Linda and said, ‘What if Belle wears glasses when she reads, to connect to these kids?’”
The show itself has also evolved — from the script to the choreography to the design — in order to continue to feel contemporary. Woolverton wrote an entirely new scene for this production and has updated some of the language. “Terminology changed,” Woolverton said. “We don’t call the Beast ‘master’ anymore. We say ‘lordship.’ Just simple things like that that make it feel less stuck in the past.”
“Disney is so great about coming to us and saying, ‘What would you like to do?’” West said. That willingness to innovate has led to entirely new choreography for this Beauty
“I’ve always wanted to see ‘Be Our Guest’ as a tap number,” West shared. “And so now, it’s got every flavor of dance in it. It’s got the tango, it’s got Big Band and it ends with a big swing tap number.”
“We’ve been able to do that with all the numbers,” West revealed. “‘Human Again,’ the ‘Gaston’ pub number — the [mug] clinking is still in there, but in a whole other way. Even in the opening number of ‘Belle’ we’ve added things.”
From a production and design standpoint, Beauty has also leveled up. Ann Hould-Ward has slightly revamped her Tony Award-winning costume design, integrating more luscious fabrics and textures and refining the silhouettes of characters. Natasha Katz has reinvigorated her Tony-nominated lighting design, leveraging today’s technology to sculpt with color and warmth for a more vibrant visual. Stanley Meyer combines analog and digital aspects to elevate the enchanted nature of his scenic design. The costumes, sets, lights, props and sound equipment travel in nine trucks to deliver this fresh spectacle in every city.
“The show has grown up,” said West. “When you go to see ‘Beauty and the Beast,’ you still have that warm, fuzzy feeling, because we are true to the characters. They may look a little different in textures and clothing, but we’re using all the opportunities to heighten the show and bring it to life in new ways.”
Still, sometimes heightening the experience means trusting in what has always been there: a dazzling score, an iconic story, not to mention the original stagecraft of the Beast’s climactic transformation — all of which remains true to the original.
As West said, “Some magic is so amazing, you don’t mess with it.”
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast dances into the Broward Center April 6–18 as part of the upcoming 2026–2027 Broadway in Fort Lauderdale season. For more in-depth interviews, up-to-date news and show reviews on Broadway, visit BroadwayNews.com.
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CENTER BLUE MAN
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RIGHT BLUE MAN
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Wes and Angie Parker
Ladan and Patrick G. Patel
Forest Patten and Jamie Stafford
Marc and Phyllis Pechter
$50,000 and Above (cont’d)
Sheryl Maher and Blaine Phillips
Caroline Pierce
George and Anne Platt
Michelle and Hap Pomerantz
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Quatrano
Dr. William J. and Deborah Rand
Lindsay Raphael
The Rinker Companies Foundation, Inc.
Robin and Michael Robins
Lisa and Richard Roselli
Ruth Rosenblum Foundation
Durée and Dwayne Ross
Joni and Alan Routman
Runway Growers
Saslaw Family Foundation
Shelly and Phoebe Satlin
Mr. Tim and Dr. Mary Scanlon
Alexandria and John Scherer
Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon J. Schlesinger
Sheri Fiske Schultz and Lee Lasris
Joel Schwartz Family
Theresa, Denise & Robin Scogna
Wylie T. Scott, M.D.
Sarah and Kelley Shanley
Ashley and Shea Smith
Wilbur and Jean Snider
Allan C. Sorensen
Carolyne Smith Spataro
Dr. Henry and Elaine Spiro
Adam Steinberg
Susan and Marshall Steirn
Anita Stember
Isobel and Roger Sturgeon
Chuck Sussman
Paul and Jodi Tartell
The Ovation Society
Elizabeth Tonkin
Gale Goldstein Tucker
Dr. Brian Udell
Jacqueline Udell
Steven and Carolyn Valancy
Betsy and David Weisman and Family
Florence and Bob Werner
Gene A. Whiddon, Sr.
Jeremy and Yeva Wilford
Lynne Wines
Dr. and Mrs. Zachariah P. Zachariah
Linda and Scott Zakheim
Judd and Laura Zebersky
Leonard E. Zedeck Charitable Foundation and Stacey Hawhorne Zedeck
Heather and Matthew Zifrony
Patricia and Lawrence Zuanich
The Ovation Society recognizes friends who support the Broward Center with planned gift arrangements.
John E. Abdo • Beverly Raphael Altman • Stephanie Aoun and Robert Wagner
Beverly S. Bachrach • Bonnie Barnett • Richard A. Berkowitz • Ann M. Burris • Judith Carney
Flo and Rick Celender • Carolyn Davis and Ned Black and Philip Davis • Dr. Lynn Dieter
Douglas Eagon and Jane Brand-Eagon • Robert Esposito
Rana Ghosh • William Glazer and Thomas Smith, Ph.D. • Neil Goldberg
Mrs. Sara Goldberg • Barry H. and Elisa R. Goldman • Jan Goodheart and Ian Ibbetson
Dr. Stanley and Pearl Goodman • Richard A. Grillo • Marie and Leo Hansen
Robert Harrigan and Cindy Lane • Nugene Harvey • Aly Heimovics • Andrew M. Heller
Anne Hotte • Brian Huseman • Alice and Mike Jackson • Craig Johnston and James Stellas
Carol Harrison Kalagher • Lisa J. Kitei • James and Lynn LaBate • Charles Ladd
Arthur and Christine Lambertus • Ida and Ray Leightman • George S. LeMieux • Michael Lepera
Mrs. Nile Lestrange • Jarett Levan • Robert B. Lochrie III • Lisa Mahl • Laura L. McAuliffe
Jack Melnicoff • Dominick Miniaci • Dev Ramesh Motwani • Ann Klingloff Newman • Peggy Olin
Ms. Sharon Oliver • Matthew J. Organ • Charles L. Palmer • Jodi Peck and Les Weil
Sally and Leonard Robbins • Ramon Rodriguez • Allan E. Ross
Mr. Robert Rusinko and Mr. Frank Stumpo • Bernard and Suzanne Scharf
Anne Scherer • Lyneth and Bobby Schroeter
Alan M. Schwartz, M.D. • Drazia S. Simon • Barry E. Somerstein, Esq.
Michelle Howland Sussman • Ty and Polly Sutton
Kenny and Sandy Tate and Family • George Taylor and Heather Geronemus
Joan M. Thornton • Stephanie Toothaker
Gale Goldstein Tucker • Eric Vainder • Joyce Worthington Virga • Bruce A. Voelkel
Linda and Douglas Von Allmen • Richard and Christine Welch • Deborah Wendt
Gary Wendt • Ethelind Altman Wiener • Victoria and Joel Wugalter
Jake Wurzak • Patricia and Kurt Zimmerman
Broward Performing Arts Foundation Named Endowed Funds
Beverly and Joel Altman Endowed Fund for Education
Amaturo Performing Arts Endowed Fund
Jane S. Brown Memorial Education Fund
Albert E. and Birdie W. Einstein Endowed Fund
M. Austin and Christine Forman Endowed Fund
William Glazer and Thomas Smith General Endowed Fund
Dr. Stanley and Pearl Goodman Endowed Fund
Doug Gorab and Ron Plotkin Fund for Children’s Education
Barbara and Arnold Grevior Education Endowed Fund
Mary Jane Harlow Charitable Trust Education Endowed Fund
Michelle Howland General Endowed Fund
JM Family - Jim and Jan Moran Endowed Fund
Kapila Family Foundation Endowed Fund
Kapila Family Foundation Endowed Fund for Sensory-Inclusive Pre-School Programs
Rose Miniaci Education Endowed Fund
Anita Perlman Endowed Fund
Art and Sandy Phillips Family Fund
Rumbaugh Care and Maintenance Fund • Rumbaugh Perpetual Care Endowed Fund
Kendall and Gilbert Spencer Endowed Fund • Gotta Dance! Ted Stephan Endowed Fund
Sandy and Kenny Tate Endowed Education Fund
Nancy Bryant and Jerry Taylor Education Endowed Fund
I Lorraine Thomas Endowed Fund for Children
2025/2026 Memberships and Gifts
Robert B. Lochrie, Jr. Founders’ Club “Buddy’s Club”
After making cumulative gifts of $100,000 or more, “Buddy’s Club” members carry on the legacy of Broward Center founders through annual contributions of $10,000 and above.
After making cumulative gifts of $50,000 or more, Patrons’ Circle members continue their Benefactor support with annual gifts of $5,000 and above.
Platinum Benefactors
Pam Africk and Shari Africk-Olefson
Drs. Neel Amin and Travis Lewis
David and Michael Barnes
Caryn and Michael Bedzow
Berkson Family
Ray and Courtney Berry
The Binko Family
The Boca Raton
Ellyn Bogdanoff
David Bowles and Christopher Boswell
Ashley Boxer and Michael Lessne
Nancy Brown – Fritch Foundation
Terra Buckley PA
Setnor Byer Family Charitable Fund
Mr. Andrew and Dr. Connie Caldwell
Luciana Caplan
Kevin and Mary Carroll
Arlo and Robert Casper
The Chernov Family
Robin and Steven Chess
Lisa and James Colen
Nelson and Hollis D’Antonio
Bob DeLizza
Jeanne and Chuck Del Vecchio
Tiffany and David DiPietro
Dr. Jim Doherty
Gwen and Howard Dvorkin
Najla & Bernie Eastman
Andy Elisburg
Raquel and President Emeritus
Ray Ferrero Jr.
Anita and Michael Fischler
Sharon Florescue
Margie and Trevor Fried
Leta and Joe Gardella
Sonali and Chris Garvin
Dianne and Glenn Garvin
Debra Gill and George Mallinckrodt
Sally Goldman Foundation
Clay B. Goldstein and Marty Silver
Sally Goldwasser and Daniel Goldwasser
Andrew Greenfield
Gross Family Trust
Suzanne Gunzburger
Nurit and Steve Haft
Marie and Leo Hansen
Craig and Rachel Hecker
Carola Hooper
Daniel Hotte and Vita Gopman Hotte
Helen and Kirnanja Joe
Lital and Itai Kathein
Andrée and Harvey Kelly
David Kilmnick
Jon Kotler, M.D. & Anita
Paoli Kotler, Esq.
Dr. Fred and Bonnie Lippman
The Livek Family
Ira Maltz and Janis Gallinson
Sandi and John Mann
Frederick Martin and Craig Standen
Mastriana Family
Dr. and Mrs. Wayne and Lianne Maxson
Laura L. McAuliffe
Tom and Vickie McDonald
Cindy and Jeff McWaters
Rosalee and Charles Messa
The Miller Family
Moss & Associates
Naro Family
James and Laura O’Connor
Old School Hospitality
Jeannie and Michael O’Neill
Ladan and Patrick G. Patel
Marc and Phyllis Pechter
Sheryl Maher and Blaine Phillips
Ruth Rosenblum Foundation
Runway Growers
Saslaw Family Foundation
Phoebe Satlin
Mr. Tim and Dr. Mary Scanlon
Sheri Fiske Schultz and Lee Lasris
Kelley and Sarah Shanley
Adam Steinberg
Elizabeth Tonkin
Gale Goldstein Tucker
Jennifer and Mike Vandemaele
Jeremy and Yeva Wilford
Heather and Matthew Zifrony
Gold Benefactors
Ron and Kathy Assaf
Dr. Howard and Mrs. Judee Barron
Mimi Bauer and Didi Salvaneschi
Nancy Blosser
Betsy Bradford
Howard and Rebecca Braverman
Flo and Rick Celender
Chance Family
Eleanor Chaney
Loretta and Howard Chatoff
Ruchel and Pieter Coetzee
Daoud’s Fine Jewelry
Dr. Tony and Jean Dorto
Paige and Whitney Dutton
Flamingo Road Nursery –Lisa and Jim Dezell
Jason S. Gibson
Sonia and Michael Gleit
Greenberg Traurig
Richard Grillo
Robert Harrigan and Cindy Lane
Dr. and Mrs. Jacob Harris
Bill and Patty Hawk
Crockett Herd
Marci and Ron Holzer
Michael and Yvette Hooley
Frank and Donna Horkey
Dr. and Mrs. Maury A. Jayson
Robert B. Judd, Esquire
Richard and Mary Kazares
Bobbi and Joseph Kirner
Kelly and Keith Koenig –City Furniture
William Korey
Tina Kreysar
Arthur and Christine Lambertus
Gwendolyn and Sydney Landers
Senator George S. LeMieux
Mitchell Lombard
Andy McNeill and Todd Bludworth
Dr. and Mrs. Edward D. Michaelson
The Peter S. Mozino Foundation–Ted J. Mozino, Joan Readding, Barbara Mozino Seegul
Betty and Dan O’Connor
Paul M. and Patricia E. O’Hara
Merle and Michael Orlove
John and Priscilla Oughton
Wes and Angie Parker
Michelle and Hap Pomerantz
Lindsay Raphael
Robin and Michael Robins
Lisa and Richard Roselli
Joni and Alan Routman
Alexandria and John Scherer
Lois and John Schmatz
Alan M. Schwartz, M.D.
Ashley and Shea Smith
Carolyne Smith Spataro
Anita Stember
Jamie Stiles
Jodi and Paul Tartell
Steven and Carolyn Valancy
Seth and Lori Wise
Linda and Scott Zakheim
Anne and Joe Zavernik
Leonard E. Zedeck
Charitable Foundation and Stacey Hawthorne Zedeck
After making cumulative gifts of $25,000, members of Parker Producers maintain their benefits with annual contributions of $5,000 and above.
Mary Beth and Jason Albritton
Dr. William and Mrs. Debra Barkins
Dr. John Bloom
Linda and Don Cielewich
Douglas Cutler
Jan Goodheart and Ian Ibbetson
Kelsey Hastings
Entourage Producer
Mary Manifould
Patty and Miles McGrane
Penelope Ann Moore
Stephen Thayer and Howard Terry
Leonard E. Zedeck Charitable Foundation and Stacey
Hawthorne Zedeck
Jonathan Hines
Scott Holey
Bernadette and Eric Jaeger
Lisa Mahl
Kim Cardone and David McDonough
Susan and Neal Mehlman
Entourage
Entourage Maestro
Norma Anzalone
Patrick Berkley
Bruce Bolton
Stephanie Brandon
Sarah and Jon Burns
Mary Busenburg
Allison and Andrew Cagnetta
Pizzella Family
Diane and Chris Pohanka
Gary and Randi Press
Joseph Roberts and Henry Ng
Bradford White
Jeffrey and Gae Wood
Harry Casey
Ray H. Casey
Nidia Chediak
Trish and Ron Chiaverini
Jane and Paul Chmielinski
Stephen Craig
Shaun and Tanya Davis
Nancy Dzoba
Entourage Maestro (cont’d)
Juliana Farkas
The Galluzzo Family
Eric Gleit
Jonathan Goldstein and Florence Goldberg
Caren and Lon Gorman
Stan Gronwall
Betsy and Randy Haberman
Steven Jungles and Robert Meyer
Cheryl and Walter Katz
Alice Kemper
Rose and Michael Koretsky
JoAnn and Roni Laskin
Robyn Lefcourt
Elissa Mogilefsky and Len Weiselberg
Lilia and Robert Oden
LuAnn and John Prokos
Donald D. Rogers Foundation, Inc.
Lori and Robert Sabo
Hugh Shafritz
Lorraine Shanley
Kenneth Silverstein
Jody Sklar and Dana Fishkin
Stark Family Foundation
Bob Swindell and John Cotter
Benjamin Tobias
Bob Gourlay and Andrew Young
Entourage Celebrity
Judith and Philip Averbuch
Barbi Breimann and J. Frank Barefield
Suzanne and Saul Berkowitz
Jackie Bibliowicz
Frank Biewer
Julie Levi and Richard Blau
Rosemary and Michael Blumberg
Hilde Breitbart
John Bult
Colleen and Michael Burke
John Burton
Gale Butler
Pam Butler
William Campbell III
Kathleen Cannon
Michelle and Frank Catinella
Christine Corrado
Drs. Edward and Joanne Dauer and Family
Kathleen Davenport and Andy Cobble
Christina Demidio
Elizabeth and Sal DeStefano
Tania Santiago and Joseph DiNoia
Doris and Steven Dolchin
Richard Dotson
Jonathan and Shannon Dudor
Valarie Elliott
Dave and Maria Enlow
Jeff Evans
Houda Samaha and Joel Feingold
Angelica Guckes and Eduardo Fernandez
Debra and Julius Fisher
William and Allison Fleck
John Flood
Ramona and James Fowler
Amy and Mark Franzblau
David French
Todd H. Frost
Melanie Ginn
Douglas A. Greene
Sheryl Greenwald
Carleen Griffith
St. George and Page Guardabassi
Maggie Gunther
Mark and Karen Harrison
Laura and Michael Hartstein
Cindy Herd
Susan Herter
Marcia and Joel Hochberg
Joanna Holbrooke
Martina Hund-Majean
Jeannine and Justin Jacobson
Mary and Peter Jargowsky
Carol and Anthony Kalliche
Peter and Elizabeth Keenoy
Robert Kelley
Debra Klein
Madelene Klein
Anthony Krayer
Kristin and Robert LaFleur
Elizabeth Lamb
Paul M. Lawless
Carol and Noel Leary
Sandy and Bernie Leibov
Tina Levy
Kristina Lucia
Alex Lukianov
Lisa Lyden
Lydia and Waynewright Malcolm
Edward McDonough
Donald McLean
Mark Mendel
Sandra and Bernie Meyer
Bob Miller
Allan Mishaan
Bonnie Miskal
Bruce Moldow
Ann Marie and Harry Moon
Shellie Morrison
Corissa and Jeff Nichols
Neil Odze
Ronni Nusbaum
Andrew Okun
Matthew J. Organ
Susan and Michael Pace
Stefano Palazzo
Joe Pallant and Sandro Trevisan
Joan and Steven Palmer
Judith Patino-Rodrigue
Cheryl Pearson and Randy McKinley
Cara Peckens and Katherine Owen
Chris and Abigail Pendrak
Diane Perry
John E. Phelan
Carmine Piucci
Jason Portnof
Lynore Reiseck and David Prince
Jordan Rabinowitz
Kevin Rader
Stacy Schultz and Michael B. Rappaport
Gerardo Reyes Retana
June Rivera
Alexis and Aaron Rothenberg
Jeffrey D. Rubens
Marjorie Rudolph
Monica Raspler and Robert Schoenthal
Ronald Schram
Robert Senatore
Esther and Roger Shacket
Murray and Lori Shepard
Barbara Shostak
Carol and Fred Showker
Harry and Gayle Silverman
Christina Smigie
Leslie Sponder
John Kochanowski and John Squarok
Robert St Jean
Susan and Robert Stallone
Murry Stegelmann
Emmanuelle Subar Litvinov
Kimberly Taylor and Calvin Hsu
Robert Taylor
Hillary and Howard Tescher
Kathleen Thomsen
The Traino Family
Lisa Trevisano
Louis Trillo
Donna and Eric Uberman
Umberto Veltri
Fred Walker
Neil Weissman
Michael Wild
Mike and Kathy Worley
Bryan Yale
Kathy and Fred Zanoff
Entourage memberships listed at the Celebrity level and above. Donor listings are based on active memberships as of April 1, 2026.
Foundations, Philanthropic Gifts and Grants
The programs of the Broward Center and The Parker are sponsored in part by the State of Florida through the Division of Arts and Culture and the National Endowment for the Arts, and by: Bank of America Charitable Foundation • The Batchelor Foundation • BBX Capital Foundation Community Foundation of Broward • Frederick A. DeLuca Foundation • Florida Panthers Foundation Florida Theatrical Association • Charles F. and Esther M. Frye Foundation • Funding Arts Broward, Inc. Genesis Inspiration Foundation • Gore Family Memorial Foundation Trust • Mary Jane Harlow Charitable Trust City of Hollywood • JM Family Enterprises • Willard T.C. Johnson Foundation • Kapila Family Foundation
Josephine S. Leiser Foundation • Judith Ann Linell Foundation Fund of the Community Foundation of Broward D. Richard Mead Charitable Foundation • Ronald Plotkin Scholarship Fund • City of Pompano Beach
Harold Rosenberg Fund for Children’s Education • The Salah Foundation • The Taft Foundation
Jerry Taylor and Nancy Bryant Fund of the Community Foundation of Broward • Vernon Family Charitable Foundation Wayne and Lucretia Weiner
