Disney's "Snow White" Concert Presentation to Feature Brown

By Adam Hetrick
15 Oct 2009

Broadway's original Mary Poppins, Ashley Brown, will star as Snow White in a special concert of Disney music with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra on Oct. 20.

The Disney Symphonic Legacy, to be presented at 8 PM at the Walt Disney Concert Hall, will feature selections from Danny Elfman's score to "The Nightmare Before Christmas," Peter Tchaikovsky's "Sleeping Beauty Suite," the Hans Zimmer score to "Pirates of the Caribbean" and "The Lion King Suite," with music by Elton John and Hans Zimmer.

As part of the evening, a concert performance of the Disney film "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," featuring Brown as the apple-eating maiden will take place. Brown will be joined by Ruth Williamson as the Queen, Blake Griffin as the Prince, with Bob Bouchard as Dopey, Matt Crabtree as Bashful, Jeffrey Polk as Doc, Justin Robertson as Happy, Amir Talai as Sneezy, Rick Wasserman as Grumpy and Harrison White as Sleepy.

Jeff Lee serves as director with John Mauceri conducting the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. The Cal State University Singers will also perform.

In addition to her work in Disney's Mary Poppins, Brown appeared in the Broadway production of Beauty and the Beast as well as Disney's On the Record, which was seen on a national tour.

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