Broadway at the Beach Blog

Broadway at the Beach has some unbearably cute news this Spring! Our popular Build-A-Bear Workshop has been completely renovated. Girls and boys of all ages now have an even better place to fall in love with their own unique furry selections.

The new Build-A-Bear Workshop is the place where imagination and the spirit of possibility will inspire you to express your creativity. Renovations have enhanced the enchanting interactive experience of meeting and building new stuffed animal friends — and personalizing them with your choice of hundreds of outfits and accessories.

The Workshop is well-known for its wide variety of furry offerings. If your little Star Wars fans yearn for their own Chewbacca or dream of embracing a more huggable kind of Storm Trooper (or even a Darth Vader) bring them for a visit. Build-A-Bear Workshop is the place where even villains can be transformed into warm and lovable friends.

With Easter right around the corner, it's the perfect time to surprise someone with more than the traditional Easter basket. Why not hop over to Build-A-Bear and pick out one of the bunny friends or new Hide & Go Beep™ chicks and bunnies for that special someone. Imagine the joy that will bring on Easter morning!

The Workshop has a grand re-opening planned for March 9, so come join in the fun!

Best of all, Build-A-Bear and other Broadway at the Beach shops are now open until 9 p.m. for the Spring season. And, that means 3 more hours to shop and play at Broadway at the Beach!

Have your kids ever been to the KidzTime Festival at Broadway at the Beach? If not, now is the time to take them. We guarantee they'll love it.

If they've been to the event before, it's likely that they already are asking you to take them again this year.

Several new activities have been added for 2016, including the Game Truck Party where kids can play various video games; pony rides from 5 Star Farms; and craft painting with Innovations Artists’ Emporium.

This is the 15th time we've hosted this family-friendly event which is free and open to the public. So, mark your calendar for Saturday, February 20, from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and join us for the fun!

Thundering into the festival at 11:30 a.m. and staying until 3:30 p.m. is Marvel Comics Superhero THOR. His electrifying special visit (sponsored by Time Warner Cable) will give kids an opportunity to get up close and personal with the comic book and movie hero.

When not meeting THOR, children can participate in a variety of kid-friendly games and interactive activities. A stage inside a large, circus-style tent will be the place to see live performances provided by Broadway at the Beach and WBTW spokeskid, Lance Stevens; the Johnny Rockets dancers; and Ripley’s Aquarium's RUCKUS. There will even be a fashion show from Sparkles, featuring Mini Starz & The Character Company.

Again this year, Broadway is delivering five hours of rollicking, energy-burning fun, with mascot appearances, face painting, spin art, and even some sparkly nail painting. The popular petting zoo and trackless train rides are back, and there will also be a fire engine on display, along with spin-to-win wheels, and bouncy houses.

Join us in parking lot 17, located next to Pavilion Park West and WonderWorks, on the 21st Avenue North side of the property where you'll be able to check out more than 40 vendors located inside and outside our tent.

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The Big Game is less than two weeks away. When the Carolina Panthers and the Denver Broncos face off in Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara on February 7, do your plans include relaxing somewhere with hi-def TV, good food and cold drinks?

If you're not going to fly out to the San Francisco Bay area to see the game, why not watch the festivities with your pals at Chuck & Duck's Sports Grill? The fun begins way before the scheduled 6:30 p.m. kickoff. Much of the day will be filled with opportunities to watch pre-game shows, highlights of the 2015 season, analyses of teams and players, and speculation about whether the much-favored Panthers can pull off their first Big Game win.

For the best seats, make sure you're settled in at Chuck & Duck's at least an hour or two before kick-off. Then sit back and enjoy the 50-inch TVs, jumbo screen, and the company of excited fans pumped for the game. On that super Sunday, Chuck & Duck's will have special prices on wings, sliders, mozzarella sticks and loaded fries, while drafts of domestic beer will be $2 and bottles of domestic beer will be just $2.25. Call 843-232-7084 for more info.

Hard Rock Cafe is where many families will be heading to celebrate that Sunday. So gather up your kids and grab a table at the Rock n' Bowl, a kind of birthday bash for the Big Game that turns 50 this year. The game will be showing on all 12 hi-def TVs in the pyramid and also on a 10 x 14 jumbo screen.

There will be food and drink specials; free appetizers at half time; and a drawing for a door prize will be held after every quarter. Reservations are recommended if you want to get a “sideline” seat in front of the jumbo screen. Call 843-946-0007 for more info.

Other Broadway restaurants will also be open on that Sunday and many will be offering daily specials that can satisfy just about any craving you might have for seafood, a juicy steak or something exotic. And, you can bet that every one of them will be showing the Big Game on TV.

So, when you're ready for some football, head to Broadway at the Beach!

This month, Legends In Concert Theater will be shedding a humorous light on the challenges faced by women dealing with “The Change.”

For seven matinee and evening performances from January 20 through 24, “Menopause The Musical®” will be playing at Broadway at the Beach's Legends In Concert Theater. For years, we've been laughing about it in private with friends. Now there's an opportunity to enjoy a wonderful cast celebrating women “on the brink of, in the middle of, or [who] have survived” the “big M.”

The play has been running nationally and internationally — including off-Broadway — for more than fourteen years. It's 90 minutes of laughter and toe-tapping parodies of classic hits from the 60's, 70's and 80's. Join the cast as they shop for lingerie in a department store and commiserate about the “gifts” that menopause brings. Delivered with gusto, their songs reflect the challenges of hot flashes, loss of memory, nocturnal sweats, fatigue and more. From “Change, Change, Change” to “Stayin Awake/Night Sweatin'” to “Puff, My God I'm Draggin',” you'll be laughing out loud.

The longest-running scripted production in Las Vegas,"Menopause The Musical” is only playing a limited engagement at Broadway at the Beach. Why not get a group of friends together and head to Legends In Concert Theater for the ultimate girls' night out? Group discounts for parties of 10 or more are available.

You'll all be laughing out loud at this joyous celebration of the commonalities all women face as they sail through the choppy waters of middle age.

Have you and your family gone to see Santa yet? Would your kids enjoy a nice long visit with the jolly old elf? How wonderful would it be to have an hour and a half to shoot photos of your children enjoying a party with the big guy?

Grab your camera and bring the kids to Hard Rock Cafe's “Breakfast with Santa” to meet Santa and get a treat from Mrs. Claus.

Santa will be making his list and checking it twice when he comes to Hard Rock on Saturday, December 12, and Saturday, December 19 for his annual “Breakfast with Santa” at Hard Rock Café.

Enjoy a full, hot, breakfast buffet. From scrambled eggs, bacon and sausage, to French Toast sticks with maple syrup, Santa's serving up a feast that has something to please everyone from the littlest kids to Mom and Dad.

Hard Rock will be taking reservations for an 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. and 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. seating. Just call 843-946-0007 Ext. 208. Santa tells us that the 10 a.m. seatings are filling up fast, so call today! Breakfast is $9.95 per person, and children 2 and younger get to eat free when they're with a paying adult.

Hard Rock will also have a free activities room presented by Sparkles, RIDEMAKERZ, Over the Moon Productions and Coccadotts. And, as a special holiday treat, all kids will receive a free admission ticket to WonderWorks (valid with the purchase of a full-priced adult ticket).

After everyone's tummy is full, why not walk off your meal with a stroll around Broadway at the Beach? No other place in town has such a variety of gift options and treats. From toys to jewelry to clothing and more, Broadway offers the unique, beautiful and unexpected at prices worth celebrating.