Walt Disney News

Virtuoso pianist Lang Lang returns to Walt Disney Concert Hall, Sunday, November 6, at 7:30 p.m., in a recital featuring music by Bach, Schubert and Chopin. The performance is part of the Los Angeles Philharmonic's 2011/12 Colburn Celebrity Recitals, which feature some of the world's leading virtuosos.

Violinist Hilary Hahn returns to Walt Disney Concert Hall in a recital of music by Bach, Beethoven and Brahms, as well as selections from her own commissioning project, In 27 Pieces: The Hilary Hahn Encores, Tuesday, November 1, at 8 p.m.

The Fulfillment Fund, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping promising yet under-resourced Los Angeles students graduate from high school and complete college, will honor Rich Ross, Chairman of The Walt Disney Studios, at its STARS 2011 Benefit Gala at 6:30 pm on Tuesday, November 1, 2011, at The Beverly Hilton Hotel.

The Los Angeles Philharmonic celebrates Pacific Standard Time with The Hollywood Sound, a program led by Thomas Wilkins, Thursday and Friday, December 8 and 9, at 8 p.m., and Sunday, December 11, at 2 p.m., at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

The producers of the 50th Anniversary production of the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical comedy HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING announced today that Emmy, Golden Globe and Grammy Award-winning star of screen, television and stage, Beau Bridges, will return to Broadway for the first time in 38 years in his first musical as J. B. Biggley, beginning Tuesday, January 3, 2012, for 6 months through Sunday, July 1, 2012. Mr. Bridges will co-star with Darren Criss (January 3, 2012 - January 22, 2012) and Nick Jonas (January 24, 2012 - July 1, 2012). Beau Bridges will replace 2011 Tony Award and Drama Desk Award winner John Larroquette, who will play his final performance along with co-star Daniel Radcliffe on Sunday, January 1, 2012. Tickets for Mr. Bridges' engagement in HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING are now on sale.

This Halloween, for one night only, critically acclaimed author Mark Z. Danielewski returns to REDCAT with a theatrical presentation of his limited edition, illustrated ghost story The Fifty Year Sword.

Emmy® Award-winning actress, comedienne and singer Megan Mullally made her Rrrazz Room debut with her band Supreme Music Program through today. Best known for her Emmy-winning performances as Karen Walker on NBC's hit show Will and Grace, Rrazz Room audiences will discove that this multi-talented star is also an incredibly gifted singer who can perform everything from country to rock to Broadway showstoppers.

The annual Halloween haunt at Walt Disney Concert Hall features the groundbreaking German horror film, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, starring Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt and Friedrich Feher. The projection of the 1920 silent movie will be accompanied by a live soundtrack performed by organist Clark Wilson on Sunday, October 30 (the night before Halloween) at 7:30PM.

Emmy® Award-winning actress, comedienne and singer Megan Mullally makes her Rrrazz Room debut with her band Supreme Music Program October 28-30.

Emmanuelle Haïm conducts two suites of Handel's 'Water Music' in her Los Angeles Philharmonic / Walt Disney Concert Hall debut in an all-Handel program on Thursday, November 17, at 8 PM and Saturday & Sunday, November 19 & 20, at 2 PM.

The Open Fist Theatre Company and The Aquila Morong Studio are thrilled to announce their co-production, CRIMES OF THE HEART, written by Beth Henley and directed by John Hindman.

Los Angeles Philharmonic Conductor Laureate Esa-Pekka Salonen leads the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Master Chorale and soloists in the world premiere of the PROLOGUE TO ORANGO, Shostakovich's unfinished opera, at Walt Disney Concert Hall, Friday and Saturday, December 2 and 3, at 8 p.m., as well as Sunday, December 4, at 2 p.m. The satirical opera about a half-man, half-ape, was sketched in 1932, and discovered in 2006, at Moscow's Glinka Museum by Russian musicologist Olga Digonskaya. At the request of Shostakovich's widow and Digonskaya, British composer Gerard McBurney developed the orchestration of ORANGO in 2009.

The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, Inc. announced today that in celebration of the Statue of Liberty's upcoming 125th Anniversary on October 28th, Macy's has committed the proceeds from the sale of its newly recorded song 'Gift of Light' to benefit the Foundation's non-profit mission for projects at Liberty and Ellis Islands, working in partnership with the National Park Service.

Emmy® Award-winning actress, comedienne and singer Megan Mullally makes her Rrrazz Room debut with her band Supreme Music Program October 28-30. Best known for her Emmy-winning performances as Karen Walker on NBC's hit show Will and Grace, Rrazz Room audiences will discove that this multi-talented star is also an incredibly gifted singer who can perform everything from country to rock to Broadway showstoppers.

Atlantic recording group Simple Plan has announced details of their upcoming U.S. tour. The 'Get Your Heart On! Tour' will kick off on October 28th at Los Angeles' The Music Box and continue through late November (see below itinerary).

Emmy® Award-winning actress, comedienne and singer Megan Mullally makes her Rrrazz Room debut with her band Supreme Music Program October 28-30.

Disney/ABC Television Group (DATG) and Corus Entertainment today announced that they have entered into an expansive licensing agreement to launch ABC Spark, a dedicated millennial-focused channel and multi-platform offering, in Canada in Spring 201