{"id":793122,"date":"2026-05-13T09:36:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T09:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/793122\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T09:36:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T09:36:29","slug":"and-then-there-wasphil-will-come-to-florida-theatre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/793122\/","title":{"rendered":"AND THEN THERE WAS\u2026PHIL Will Come to Florida Theatre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>            \ud83c\udfad NEW! Jacksonville Theatre Newsletter<\/p>\n<p class=\"newsletter-subtitle\" style=\"color: #cccccc; font-size: 16px; margin: 0 0 20px 0; line-height: 1.5; font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif;\">\n            Get all the top news &amp; discounts for Jacksonville &amp; beyond.\n        <\/p>\n<p>The Florida Theatre and AEG Presents\/The Musical Box have announced \u201cAnd Then There Was Phil, The Early Years of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/people\/Phil-Collins\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Phil Collins<\/a> at the Helm of Genesis (1976-1980)\u201d on Friday, December 4, 2026 at 8:00 p.m. at the historic Florida Theatre in downtown Jacksonville. Tickets go on sale Friday, May 15, 2026 at noon.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Finally, the fitting show to one of the most impactful artists and performers of our times, through Genesis&#8217; incredible prog (progressive) rock repertoire \u2013 including some of the band&#8217;s early hits such as \u201cFollow You Follow Me\u201d and classic tracks from A Trick of the Tail, Wind &amp; Wuthering, And Then There Were Three, and Duke albums. Plus, a few surprises.<\/p>\n<p>In yet its biggest and most daring production, The Musical Box, true to its reputation as a time machine, delivers an authentic live musical experience for hardcore fans and intrigued people alike &#8211; a long-awaited and well-deserved homage to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/people\/Phil-Collins\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Phil Collins<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>With between 100 million and 150 million albums sold worldwide, Genesis is one of the world&#8217;s\u00a0best-selling music artists. Their\u00a0discography\u00a0includes 15 studio and six live albums. They have won numerous\u00a0awards, and have inspired a number of\u00a0tribute bands\u00a0recreating Genesis shows from various stages of the band&#8217;s career.<\/p>\n<p>In 2010, the band Genesis (including <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/people\/Phil-Collins\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Phil Collins<\/a>) was inducted into the\u00a0Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame. Then, in 2026, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/people\/Phil-Collins\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Phil Collins<\/a> was inducted again into the Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame \u2013 this time as a solo performer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/vote.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778633176_679_CHOICEAWARDS-1777549390.png\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto;\" alt=\"Theater Fans' Choice Awards\"\/><br \/>\n            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n                2026 Theater Fans&#8217; Choice Awards &#8211; Live Stats\n            <\/p>\n<p>\n                    Best Book of a Musical &#8211; Top 3\n                <\/p>\n<p>\n                            <strong>1.<\/strong><br \/>\n                            David Hornsby, Chris Hoch, David Hornsby, Chris Hoch                                                            &#8211; The Lost Boys                                                    <\/p>\n<p>\n                            35.7% of votes\n                        <\/p>\n<p>\n                            <strong>2.<\/strong><br \/>\n                            Jim Barne, Kit Buchan                                                            &#8211; Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)                                                    <\/p>\n<p>\n                            27.8% of votes\n                        <\/p>\n<p>\n                            <strong>3.<\/strong><br \/>\n                            Cinco Paul                                                            &#8211; Schmigadoon!                                                    <\/p>\n<p>\n                            21.8% of votes\n                        <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"#\" class=\"d-block\"><br \/>\n              <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201%201%22%2F%3E\" class=\"img-fluid bww-rec-img\" alt=\"\" style=\"padding:0px;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"#\" class=\"d-block\"><br \/>\n              <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201%201%22%2F%3E\" class=\"img-fluid bww-rec-img\" alt=\"\" style=\"padding:0px;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>            <\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\n  Local Shows<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\ud83c\udfad NEW! Jacksonville Theatre Newsletter Get all the top news &amp; discounts for Jacksonville &amp; beyond. The Florida&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":793123,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5136],"tags":[5229,3188,723,7310,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-793122","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-fl","10":"tag-florida","11":"tag-jacksonville","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-united-states-of-america","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","16":"tag-us","17":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116566595630299522","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=793122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793122\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/793123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=793122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=793122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=793122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}