Bigger than Broadway in South Florida: Entertaining a live audience of 100,000 a day

A South Florida studio puts on more shows each year than Broadway and London’s West End.

Combined.

The Royal Caribbean Production Studio in North Miami oversees 134 stage productions for the cruise line’s fleet of 26 ships (make that 27 when the Spectrum of the Seas launches in March). On any given day there are 1,500 performers in the three-story building that sits on the edge of the Florida International University North Campus.

“This is the best-kept secret in show biz,” says Nick Weir, senior vice president of entertainment for Royal Caribbean International.