Give their regards to Broadway

The Walt Disney Concert Hall is alive with The Sound of Music–and other musical gems of the stage and concert hall—in a special Saturday matinee concert by the California Philharmonic.

Works by Rodgers and Hammerstein will be featured, including songs from hit musicals Oklahoma!, South Pacific and The Sound of Music. Also on the menu is the William Tell Overture, Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet, and the symphonic poem The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, famously included in Walt Disney’s classic animated film, Fantasia.

This concert is part of maestro Victor Vener’s “That’s Entertainment” series, which expands the symphonic repertoire to include the best of jazz, pop, Broadway and opera. Joining in this Saturday will be Broadway vocalists Brandi Burkhardt and Derek Keeling, whose roles have included parts in hit musicals Mamma Mia! and Grease, respectively.

The show starts at 2 p.m. on Sunday, August 7. The Walt Disney Concert Hall is located at 111 South Grand Avenue, just a block away from the Civic Center stop on Metro’s Red Line. Tickets start at $38 and may be purchased by through Ticketmaster at (800) 745-3000.

Posted 8/3/11