Utah Symphony Presents Oz with Orchestra (SLC: Nov 12 - 13)

Contact: Kevin Bentz, (801) 869-9006
kbentz@usuo.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 8, 2010

THE UTAH SYMPHONY PRESENTS OZ WITH ORCHESTRA

An evening featuring music and film of one of the most loved movies of all time


SALT LAKE CITY – Associate conductor David Cho will lead the Utah Symphony, in a concert featuring some of the greatest film music ever written, The Wizard of Oz. The evening will feature Judy Garland’s complete original 1939 vocal recordings while the full-length movie is shown overhead as the Utah Symphony plays the score live! The performances will be held at Abravanel Hall on Friday, November 12 and Saturday, November 13 at 8:00 p.m.
Tickets for the evening’s performances start at $30 and can be purchased by calling (801) 355-ARTS (2787), in person at the Abravanel Hall box office, or by visiting www.usuo.org. Subscribers and those desiring group or student discounts should call (801) 533-NOTE (6683). Ticket prices will increase $5 day of performance.
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Program

Oz with Orchestra
November 12–13 | 8 PM Abravanel Hall
David Cho, Conductor

CAST

Judy Garland Dorothy Gale
Frank Morgan Prof. Marvel / Emerald City doorman / The cabbie / The Wizard’s guard / The Wizard of Oz
Ray Bolger Hunk / The Scarecrow
Bert Lahr Zeke / The Cowardly Lion
Jack Haley Hickory / The Tin Man
Billie Burke Glinda, the Good Witch
Margaret Hamilton Miss Gulch / The Wicked Witch
Charley Grapewin Uncle Henry
Clara Blandick Auntie Em
and The Munchkins

SCREENPLAY BY
Noel Langley
Florence Ryerson
Edgar Allan Woolf

DIRECTED BY
Victor Fleming

PRODUCED BY
Mervyn LeRoy

MUSIC BY
Harold Arlen (songs)
Herbert Stothart
Film Courtesy of Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.


Production Credits

Producer: John Goberman

Original orchestrations reconstructed by: John Wilson and Andrew Cottee

Technical Supervisor: Jon Sharpe



The producer wishes to acknowledge the contributions and extraordinary support of John Waxman (Themes & Variations).
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