Walt Disney News

Conductor Bernard Labadie returns to Walt Disney Concert Hall to lead the Los Angeles Philharmonic in three performances of an all-Mozart program, Friday, December 16, at 11 am, Saturday, December 17, at 8 pm, and Sunday, December 18, at 2 pm.

The heart-tugging original feel-good series 'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition' concludes its 9th and final season on ABC with two episodes in January 2012, including its biggest-ever build -- the 200th episode, in which the team builds 7 homes in 7 days for tornado victims in Joplin, Missouri. The final two regularly scheduled episodes, 'Gibbs Family' and 'Joplin, Missouri,' will air January 6 and January 13, respectively (8:00-10:00 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network. 'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition' will continue on ABC with specials after this season.

A new Marvel original anime series sinks its teeth into the G4 network with the premiere of Blade on Friday, January 13th at 11pm ET/PT.

THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE, Walt Disney Pictures' magical tale of four children traveling through a wardrobe to the mystical land of Narnia, will air as the 'ABC Friday Movie of the Week,' DECEMBER 30 (8:00-11:00 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network.

Due to overwhelming demand, Ryan Adams has added a second performance at Walt Disney Concert Hall and will give a full solo concert on Saturday February 18, at 8 p.m.

Los Angeles' collective holiday spirit is always palpable at the annual Deck the Hall holiday concerts at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Eclectic programming from across the country descends upon the city's premiere concert venue, radiating the holiday spirit throughout. Beginning Tuesday, December 13, the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association presents festive programming that features ten performances in December including two very special engagements on New Year's Eve.

Heralded as "the world's reigning male chorus" by New Yorker magazine, Chanticleer returns to Walt Disney Concert Hall Thursday, December 15, at 8:00 PM with A Chanticleer Christmas. Continuing their much-loved tradition, this captivating "orchestra of voices" brings the bright spirit of the season to Walt Disney Concert Hall in a radiant holiday program.

The ABC Television Network will celebrate the joy of the holidays with the classic animated Christmas-themed PEANUTS special, 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' (rebroadcast; OAD on ABC: 12/6/01), created by late cartoonist Charles M. Schulz, airing THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET). The hour will also include 'Prep & Landing: Operation Secret Santa' (rebroadcast; OAD on ABC 12/7/10), the seven-minute animated short featuring the voice of Betty White as Mrs. Claus.

Jazz guitarist/singer John Pizzarelli joins his wife, actress/singer Jessica Molaskey, for A Swingin' Christmas at Walt Disney Concert Hall on Tuesday, December 20, at 8 PM.

Driven by its 14th annual '25 Days of Christmas' campaign, ABC Family recorded its most-watched week of 2011 in Prime in Total Viewers (2.4 million), Adults 18-49 (1.1 million) and Women 18-49 (670,000), and its 2nd-most-watched week of the year in Adults 18-34 (555,000), Women 18-34 (344,000) and Viewers 12-34 (815,000), behind only last week.

The Klezmatics - the first (and only) Jewish music group ever to win a Grammy - return to Walt Disney Concert Hall on Monday, December 19, at 8 PM to celebrate Hanukkah and the band's 25th anniversary.

The Fifth Third Bank Broadway Grand Rapids Series announced today that MARY POPPINS, playing DeVos Performance Hall February 22-26, 2012, will have a special Family Night during the Sunday, February 26 6:30pm performance.

Disney will introduce a little girl princess to its celebrated legacy of princess fairytales in an animated television movie and series, 'Sofia the First,' premiering in fall 2012 and spring 2013 respectively, on Disney Channel and Disney Junior channels around the world.

Ryan Adams, who recently made his Walt Disney Concert Hall debut on November 21 as part of See a Little Light: A Celebration of the Music and Legacy of Bob Mould, will return to the iconic venue to give a full solo concert performance on Friday, February 17, at 8 p.m.

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.

Willie Nelson, American country singer-songwriter, actor and activist, makes his debut appearance at Walt Disney Concert Hall with a one-night-only Willie Nelson & Family concert on Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at 8 p.m. Lukas Nelson, Willie Nelson's son, opens the show.

Internationally acclaimed cellist Ralph Kirshbaum joins the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO), conducted by Music Director Jeffrey Kahane, for Tchaikovsky's elegant Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 33, on Saturday, December 10, 2011, 8 pm.

The orchestra's Los Angeles appearance is the final stop on its five-concert tour of California this month.

Edward Gero and Patrick Andrews star in Red at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater, produced in association with Goodman Theatre.