Danny Elfman News

59E59 Theaters (Elysabeth Kleinhans, Artistic Director; Peter Tear, Executive Producer) welcomes Project Y Theatre Company with the world premiere of the anti-musical LOVESICK or THINGS THAT DON'T HAPPEN, written by Lia Romeo, with music and lyrics by Tony Biancosino, musical direction by Jon Spurney, and conceived and directed by Michole Biancosino.

Hugh Jackman will return to Broadway during the 2013/2014 season starring as America's greatest showman in HOUDINI, an original musical. Making his Broadway debut as librettist, Academy Award and six-time Emmy Award winner Aaron Sorkin will collaborate with three-time Academy Award and four-time Grammy Award winner Stephen Schwartz. Directed by three-time Tony Award winner Jack O'Brien, HOUDINI is presented by film and theatre producer Scott Sanders and David Rockwell. Mr. Rockwell will also design the sets for HOUDINI. Additional HOUDINI casting, creative team and design team to be announced at a later date.

Ninety-seven scores from eligible feature-length motion pictures are in contention for nominations in the Original Score category for the 84th Academy Awards®, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today.

The BSO presents A Christmas Carol in Concert, a new twist on Dickens' classic tale performed as a concert with a full symphony orchestra on Friday, December 16th at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, December 17th at 7:30 p.m. at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall.

The Broadway at Birdland concert series has announced the return of Zach James, currently starring as Lurch in Broadway's The Addams Family, along with many friends, to celebrate the holidays at Birdland on Monday, December 12 at 7pm.

According to EWonline, composer Danny Elfman will not be able to compose the music for the highly anticpated film THE HUNGER GAMES due to scheduling conflicts. Composer James Newton Howard will be taking over as composer for the film.

The BSO presents A Christmas Carol in Concert, a new twist on Dickens' classic tale performed as a concert with a full symphony orchestra on Friday, December 16th at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, December 17th at 7:30 p.m. at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall.

The Broadway at Birdland concert series has announced the return of Zach James, currently starring as Lurch in Broadway's The Addams Family, along with many friends, to celebrate the holidays at Birdland on Monday, December 12 at 7pm.

Tim Burton's 'The Nightmare Before Christmas' makes its highly anticipated annual return to its favorite haunt - Hollywood's legendary El Capitan Theatre -for a special engagement from October 21 through October 31, once again in spine-tingling 4-D, it was announced today by Lylle Breier, senior vice president of worldwide special events for Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.

Tim Burton's 'The Nightmare Before Christmas' makes its highly anticipated annual return to its favorite haunt - Hollywood's legendary El Capitan Theatre -for a special engagement from October 21 through October 31, once again in spine-tingling 4-D, it was announced today by Lylle Breier, senior vice president of worldwide special events for Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.

Clarinetist David Krakauer, praised internationally for his astounding ability to play in a myriad of music genres with 'prodigious chops' (The New Yorker) and 'soulfulness and electrifying showiness' (The New York Times) will present Krakauer Plays Zorn, on Sunday, October 2 at 8pm at Drom (85 Avenue A, NYC).

Hypnotic and gorgeous from start to finish, Cirque du Soleil's thrilling IRIS: A JOURNEY THROUGH THE WORLD OF CINEMA turns celluloid beauty into living stage art. It is arguably the Montreal-based troupe's most artistic rendering of a single thematic motif to date, and is absolutely the perfect show to call the Kodak Theatre home. With plans to have the show be a decade-long permanent fixture at this Hollywood venue--specifically built to serve as the permanent home of the Annual Academy Awards ceremony--audiences will have plenty of chances to see this rousing, entertaining show.

Cirque du Soleil's Iris written & directed by Philippe Decoufle Kodak Theatre until 2021

Cirque du Soleil presents IRIS, a new major, resident production created exclusively for the Kodak Theatre at the Hollywood & Highland Center, home of the Academy Awards® with previews continuing now through the premiere September 25. Proudly presented by Sun Life Financial.

Clarinetist David Krakauer, praised internationally for his astounding ability to play in a myriad of music genres with 'prodigious chops' (The New Yorker) and 'soulfulness and electrifying showiness' (The New York Times) will present Krakauer Plays Zorn, on Sunday, October 2 at 8pm at Drom (85 Avenue A, NYC).

Clarinetist David Krakauer will be performing with his acclaimed Acoustic Klezmer Quartet at Westchester Reform Temple (255 Mamaroneck Road) on Saturday, September 24, 2011 at 8pm.

Cirque du Soleil presents IRIS, a new major, resident production created exclusively for the Kodak Theatre at the Hollywood & Highland Center, home of the Academy Awards® with previews continuing now through the premiere September 25. Proudly presented by Sun Life Financial.

Cirque du Soleil presents IRIS, a new major, resident production created exclusively for the Kodak Theatre at the Hollywood & Highland Center, home of the Academy Awards® with previews continuing now through the premiere September 25. Proudly presented by Sun Life Financial.