Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts

The Dr. Phillips Center opened in 2014 on Magnolia Avenue in downtown Orlando and quickly became the city's serious room for the arts. It's not one theater - it's a complex. The 2,700-seat Walt Disney Theater handles the big Broadway tours and the Orlando Philharmonic, while the intimate 300-seat Alexis & Jim Pugh Theater takes the smaller, closer stuff. More halls are coming as the campus keeps expanding.

What makes a night here easy is the location. It's walkable from the Church Street nightlife stretch and the South Eola dining pocket, so you can make a real evening of it - grab a cocktail at The Stubborn Mule on South Eola Drive before curtain - and the SunRail commuter train stops close enough that you can skip the parking entirely. For a Broadway tour, splurge on the orchestra level of the Disney Theater; for chamber music or comedy, the smaller Pugh room is where you want to be.

Broadway, orchestra, dance, comedy - the programming covers a lot of ground without ever feeling thin. Browse what's coming to the Dr. Phillips Center on Evil Tickets and plan your downtown Orlando night out.