Bernadette Peters, Joel Grey, and More to Attend Premiere Screening of MOZART IN THE JUNGLE

Amazon Studios will celebrate the premiere of its highly-anticipated dramatic comedy series, Mozart in the Jungle with a special screening of the first couple episodes on Dec. 23. Stage and screen legends including Bernadette Peters, Joel Grey, and more are set to attend. Full celebrity list below.

Mozart in the Jungle draws back the curtain at the New York Symphony, where artistic dedication and creativity collide with mind games, politicking and survival instincts. Based on the critically acclaimed memoir Mozart in the Jungle: Sex, Drugs & Classical Music by Blair Tindall, the series is seen through the eyes of a young oboist, Hailey (Kirke), who tries to navigate through the egos and eccentricities of a world renowned orchestra, and new conductor Rodrigo (Bernal), an enfant terrible whose PASSION for music threatens the plans of the orchestra's old guard.

That old guard is represented by Thomas (McDowell), the reluctantly outgoing conductor, and GLORIA (Peters), the chairwoman of the board, who wonder what they have wrought by bringing Rodrigo into the fold. The musicians themselves, a colorful family of disparate personalities, are struggling to deal with this new regime. Along with her friends Alex (Vack), a dancer on the brink of success, Cynthia (Burrows), a worldly cellist, and Lizzie (Dunne), a world class partier, Hailey searches for what it means to dedicate your life to music. The series is written by Oscar-nominee Roman Coppola, actor and musician Jason Schwartzman, Tony-nominated writer and director Alex Timbers, and Oscar nominee Paul Weitz.

Talent expected to walk the red carpet include:

§ Gael Garcia Bernal (Rosewater)

§ Malcolm McDowell (The Mentalist)

§ Bernadette Peters (Smash, Broadway legend)

§ Roman Coppola (Moonrise Kingdom)

§ Jason Schwartzman (The Darjeeling Limited)

§ Saffron Burrows (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)

§ Lola Kirke (Gone Girl)

§ Sofia Coppola (Somewhere)

§ Opera conductor/composer Anton Coppola

§ Joel Grey (Anything Goes, Cabaret)

§ Marc Coppola (The Bling Ring)

§ Hannah Dunne (Frances Ha)

§ Peter Vack (I Just Want My Pants Back)

§ Paul Weitz (About a Boy)

§ John Strauss (There's Something About Mary)

§ Author of the memoir Mozart in the Jungle: Sex, Drugs & Classical Music, Blair Tindall

§ Garry Trudeau (Alpha House)

§ Jonathan Alter (Alpha House)

§ Elliott Webb (Alpha House)

§ Ralph Macchio (Karate Kid)

§ Mickey Sumner (Frances Ha)

§ Andrew Rannells (Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Girls)

§ Hunter Ryan Herdlicka (A Little Night Music)

Amazon Studios most recently debuted a second season of the Garry Trudeau political comedy Alpha House, as well as Jill Soloway's critically acclaimed dark comedy Transparent. The studio has also produced THE COMEDY series Betas, and has also launched three children's series, the Annecy International Animated Film Festival Award-winning Tumble Leaf from Bix Pix Entertainment; Creative Galaxy from Angela Santomero and Out of the Blue Enterprises, the creators of Blue's Clues; and Annedroids, from Emmy nominated Sinking Ship Entertainment. Amazon Studios has also announced five additional, original series including Chris Carter's The After; Michael Connelly's Bosch; Hand of God from Marc Forster and Ben Watkins; Red Oaks from Steven Soderbergh, David Gordon Green, Greg Jacobs and Joe Gangemi; and kids series Wishenpoof! from Angela Santomero and Out of the Blue Enterprises; as well as a second season of Transparent. Recently announced pilots include Cocked, Down Dog, Mad Dogs, The Man in the High Castle, The New Yorker Presents, Point of Honor, and Salem Rogers.

Amazon Studios launched in 2010 as a new way to develop feature films and episodic series-one that's open to great ideas from creators and audiences around the world. Anyone can upload a script online and Amazon Studios will read and review all submissions. Those who choose to make their projects public can also receive feedback from the Amazon Studios community.

Comprehensive cast and crew information, including bios and filmographies, is available on Amazon's IMDb (www.imdb.com), the world's most popular and authoritative source for movie, TV and celebrity content.

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