News Release
Release date: July 29, 2011
“Bugs Bunny at the Symphony” at the Blossom Festival
on September 3 and 4
Saturday, September 3, at 8 p.m. and Sunday, September 4, at 8:30 p.m.
Bugs Bunny returns to Blossom on Labor Day Weekend with Bugs Bunny at the Symphony, a newly created concert sequel to Bugs Bunny on Broadway, which debuted in 1990 and celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2010. For these performances of Bugs Bunny at the Symphony, the original cartoon scores by Carl Stalling, Milt Franklyn, and others will be performed live by the Blossom Festival Orchestra, conducted by George Daugherty.
Bugs Bunny at the Symphony spotlights many of the original Looney Tunes treasures of Bugs Bunny on Broadway while adding cartoons featuring favorite Warner Bros, characters such as Tweety, Sylvester, and Pepe Le Pew, plus special guest appearances from the expanded Warner Bros. animation family including Tom and Jerry, Scooby-Doo, The Flintstones, and others. The new concert also includes a critically acclaimed montage titled “I Love To Singa,” celebrating the Looney Tunes legacy of songs and songwriting throughout the golden age of cartoons.
George Daugherty, who created both Bugs Bunny on Broadway and Bugs Bunny at the Symphony, made his Cleveland Orchestra debut at Blossom Music Center in 1979, conducting for Joffrey Ballet performances. In 1991, he returned to Blossom to conduct the Warner Bros. Symphony Orchestra as part of the world premiere tour of Bugs Bunny on Broadway. He most recently conducted The Cleveland Orchestra in December 2007, at Severance Hall. At Blossom, Mr. Daugherty has also conducted Rodgers & Hammerstein on Stage and Screen and Blossom Night at the Movies: Celebrating the 85th Anniversary of Warner Bros., programs that he created. His most recent engagement at Blossom was in September 2009, conducting the Blossom Festival Orchestra in two performances of Bugs Bunny at Blossom, marking the 20th Anniversary of Bugs Bunny on Broadway.
LOONEY TUNES and all related characters and elements are trademarks of and © Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
THE FLINTSTONES, SCOOBY-DOO and all related characters and elements are trademarks of and © Hanna-Barbera.
TOM AND JERRY and all related characters and elements are trademarks of and © Turner Entertainment Co.
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Fireworks follow the concert. All-American Cookout concessions will be available for purchase prior to the concert. Concert ticket prices range from $21 to $88.
All concerts at Blossom Music Center, 1145 Steels Corners Road, Cuyahoga Falls. Free parking for all performances; upgrades available for purchase.
For more information or to order tickets, call 216-231-1111 or 800-686-1141, or visit online.
September 3 and 4 sponsors: The J.M. Smucker Company, a Cleveland Orchestra Partner in Excellence, and Akron Community Foundation
Calendar Listing
Saturday, September 3, 2011, at 8:30 p.m.
Sunday, September 4, 2011, at 8:30 p.m.
Blossom Festival Orchestra
George Daugherty, conductor
Bugs Bunny at the Symphony
Emmy Award-winning creator and conductor George Daugherty is back with a new edition of this legendary concert of classic Warner Bros. favorites on the big screens, including “What’s Opera, Doc?” and “The Rabbit of Seville.” New this year: “Home Tweet Home,” “I Love To Singa,” “Bedrock Ballet,” “Scooby-Doo’s Hall of The Mountain King,” and more. Original cartoon scores played live by the Blossom Festival Orchestra.
Pre-concert All-American Cookout available at 6 p.m.
Pavilion Tickets: $32, $37, $48; Box Seats: $88.
Lawn Tickets: $21
Two young people under 18 will be admitted free to the Lawn with each adult ticket purchased; they must be accompanied by an adult. Lawn Passes for “Under 18s” are available online, at the Severance Hall Ticket Office, or at the Blossom Box Office the day of the concert.
All concerts at Blossom Music Center, 1145 Steels Corners Road, Cuyahoga Falls.
Free parking for all performances; upgrades available for purchase.
For more information or to order tickets, call 216-231-1111 or 800-686-1141, or visit online.
Blossom Music Center opened in 1968 as the summer home of The Cleveland Orchestra. It is located 25 miles south of Cleveland in Summit County, just north of Akron, Ohio.
All artists and programs are subject to change.
Press Contact
Jennifer Schlosser, Media Relations Manager, 216-231-7518, Email
