Stars of Broadway's ROMEO AND JULIET Orlando Bloom, Condola Rashad and More Set for LA Phil's TchaikovskyFest, 2/26

Actors Orlando Bloom, Robert Sean Leonard, Joe Morton, and Condola Rashad will perform at Walt Disney Concert Hall in the LA Phil's Shakespeare-themed TchaikovskyFest concert led by Music Director Gustavo Dudamel with the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela, Wednesday, February 26 at 8 p.m.

The program (presented without intermission) features Tchaikovsky's three Fantasy-Overtures inspired by Shakespeare plays - Hamlet, The Tempest and Romeo and Juliet. Preceding each of the fantasy-overtures, the cast of actors will perform key scenes from each play, with Orlando Bloom as Romeo, Joe Morton as Prospero, and Condola Rashad as Juliet. Kate Burton, the prolific Tony-nominated stage and screen actress and daughter of the late Richard Burton, directs this all-star cast.

An Upbeat Live pre-concert event takes place in Walt Disney Concert Hall's BP Hall one hour before the concert, and is free to all ticket holders. Joseph Horowitz, artistic consultant, teacher, and author, hosts.

For complete details, visit: laphil.com/tchaikovskyfest.

FEATURING:

SIMÓN BOLÍVAR SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OF VENEZUELA

GUSTAVO DUDAMEL, conductor

KATE BURTON, director

ORLANDO BLOOM, Romeo

JOE MORTON, Prospero

ROBERT SEAN LEONARD, Hamlet

CONDOLA RASHAD, Juliet

COMPLETE PROGRAM:

TCHAIKOVSKY Hamlet Fantasy Overture

TCHAIKOVSKY The Tempest Fantasy Overture

TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture

The performance will take place on Wednesday, February 26, 2014, 8 p.m. at the WALT DISNEY CONCERT HALL, 111 S. Grand Avenue, Los Angeles. Subscriptions and single tickets for the Los Angeles Philharmonic's 2013/14 season at Walt Disney Concert Hall are currently available. To purchase, visit LAPhil.com, the Walt Disney Concert Hall Box Office or any Ticketmaster outlet. To order by phone with credit card, call the Walt Disney Concert Hall Box Office at 323.850.2000, or Ticketmaster at 800.745.3000. For more information, call 323.850.2000.

Photo Credit: Carol Rosegg