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For more information:
Barbie Reif, Operations Manager,
918-584-3645,
barbie@tulsasymphony.org
TULSA (Feb. 13, 2007) — The Tulsa
Symphony Orchestra is going “Looney”
in April with “Bugs Bunny on
Broadway,” the critically-acclaimed
concert which showcases classic
Warner Bros. Studios cartoons
projected on the big screen, while
their original film scores are
performed live, in perfect
synchronization by Tulsa Symphony
Orchestra’s own 70-piece symphony
orchestra. Emmy Award-winning
Conductor George Daugherty will lead
Tulsa Symphony Orchestra as they
take Tulsa Performing Art Center’s
Chapman Music Hall’s stage on
Saturday, April 28, 2007 at 7:30
p.m. and Sunday, April 29, 2007 at
1:00 p.m.
This unique concert will feature
musical masterpieces of Wagner,
Rossini, Strauss, Tchaikovsky, and
others, as interpreted through the
“hare-raising” cartoon scores of
legendary Warner Bros. Studios
composers Carl Stalling and Milt
Franklyn, in such beloved Looney
Tunes as “What's Opera, Doc?,” “The
Rabbit of Seville,” “Corny
Concerto,” “Baton Bunny,”
“Long-Haired Hare,” “High Note,” and
many more.
Since its sold-out, extended
Broadway debut at The Gershwin
Theatre in 1990, more than a million
and a half people have seen this
concert in performances with the
world’s greatest orchestras,
including 11 sold-out performances
at The Hollywood Bowl with The Los
Angeles Philharmonic, four sold-out
weeks at The Sydney Opera House, and
record-setting performances with The
Philadelphia Orchestra, Cleveland
Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony,
The Royal Philharmonic at London’s
Royal Festival Hall, and dozens of
other orchestras . . . plus an
historic sold out week at Moscow’s
iconic Kremlin Palace. Newsday gave
it “Four carrots, highest rating!”
“I have always loved Bugs Bunny,”
said Tulsa Symphony Orchestra’s
President and CEO Frank Letcher,
“What an exciting opportunity to
showcase a perfect combination of
classic cartoons and live symphonic
music. Bringing George Daugherty and
his spectacular creation is Tulsa
Symphony Orchestra’s gift to Tulsa.
Our hope is these performances will
reveal the universality of classical
music for generations to come.”
George Daugherty created this
unusual combination of cartoons and
classics, and has conducted it
throughout the world. Daugherty’s 25
year conducting career has also
included appearances with some of
the world's leading orchestras,
ballet companies, opera houses and
concert artists. Daugherty is also
an Emmy award-winning creator whose
professional profile includes major
credits as a director, writer and
producer for television, film,
innovative and unique concerts and
theater.
Daugherty is a frequent guest
conductor of the Los Angeles
Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra,
Philadelphia Orchestra, Houston
Symphony, San Francisco Symphony,
London’s Royal Philharmonic Concert
Orchestra, and the Sydney Opera
House, among others. He is music
director of London’s Sinfonia
Britannia.
Since its creation, “Bugs Bunny on
Broadway” has delighted audiences on
every continent of the world. Bugs,
Elmer, Daffy, The Road Runner, Wile
E. Coyote, and Porky Pig now make
their Tulsa Symphony Orchestra
premiere on the tail of these
acclaimed worldwide performances in
the U.S., Canada, Australia, The
United Kingdom, Russia, Japan,
China, Korea, New Zealand, Mexico,
South America, and many other
locales.
For tickets, call MyTicketOffice.com
or call 918-596-7111. Ticket prices
begin as low as $20.00.
For media information, please
contact Tulsa Symphony Operations
Manager Barbie Reif at 918-584-3645.
LOONEY TUNES and all related
characters and elements are
trademarks of and © Warner Bros.
Entertainment Inc.
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Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
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