F E A T U R E D P E R F O R M A N C E
‘NIGHTMARE’ COMES TO LIFE
EVENT: Disney in Concert: Tim Burton’s
Nightmare Before Christmas Live
DATE/TIME: Saturday, October 27,
8 p.m.
VENUE: Walt Disney Theater
NOTES: The Orlando Philharmonic
Orchestra performs the Danny Elfman
animation cult classic, The Nightmare
Before Christmas, is shown on a
gigantic screen.
TICKETS: Prices starting at $55
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he timing is closer to Halloween than
Christmas. But it makes sense because
classic, The Nightmare Before Christmas,
is set in Halloween Town, which is populated
by ghosts, ghouls, zombies,
mummies, vampires, werewolves
and witches.
Nightmare follows the earnestbut
misguided efforts of “Pumpkin
King” Jack Skellington (voiced by
Chris Sarandon), who stumbles
upon Christmas Town and decides
to appropriate the holiday, believing
that it will offer his creepy
constituents a welcome change
of pace.
includes the kidnapping of Santa Claus —
of Christmas movie that Frank Capra might
have made.
Continuing a trend toward more “live-to-
Tim Burton’s The Nightmare
Before Christmas Live will kick off the holiday
season in an atypically darkly humorous
manner when it comes to the Walt
Disney Theater on Saturday, October 27.
Showtime is 8 p.m., and tickets are priced
starting at $55.
Everybody gets the concept by now.
road, showing on gigantic screens in concert
halls while local symphony orchestras
perform the scores. Fans, many in costumes,
pack venues and enjoy familiar favorites in a
more immersive and interactive way.
The Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra —
which previously played the scores of Harry
Potter and Star Wars
— has been booked to accompany Nightmare,
a wonderfully weird musical fantasy
that was originally released under the Touchstone
Films banner of Walt Disney Studios.
long history with Burton. In 1985, Burton and
Paul Reubens invited him to write the mu-
Pee-wee’s Big
Adventure.
Since then, Elfman has scored all but three
Beetlejuice (1988),
Edward Scissorhands (1990) and
two superhero blockbusters: Batman
Batman Returns (1992).
He has also written the open-
Spider
Man movies and the theme
for The Simpsons, among many
Nightmare — which was conceived
and produced by Burton
but directed by Henry Selick —
nominated for an Academy Award for Best
Visual Effects
Golden Globe.
The live event is produced under license
by Disney Concerts, a division of ABC Inc. Disney
Concerts produces concerts and tours,
and licenses Disney music and visual content
to presenters on a worldwide basis.
— Randy Noles
T
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Filmmaker Tim Burton
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