A Halloween Double Bill, Michael Giacchino Hosts Werewolf by Night and a World Premiere at Disney Hall
The composer hosts the LA Phil on October 31 for a first look at a new Sleepy Hollow musical and a live-scored Werewolf by Night.
Michael Giacchino will host a Halloween night at Walt Disney Concert Hall on Saturday, October 31, pairing the world premiere of a new musical with the Los Angeles Philharmonic playing his Werewolf by Night score live to picture.
The evening opens with a first look at Headless, a new musical by Giacchino, Kate Anderson and Elyssa Samsel inspired by Washington Irving’s The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. The LA Phil lists it as a world premiere running about 45 minutes, with Daniel Klintworth as musical director. After intermission, Sarah Hicks conducts the orchestra through Werewolf by Night, the hourlong 2022 Marvel special that Giacchino also directed, a monster-hunter story inspired by the gothic horror films of the 1930s and 1940s. The LA Phil lists the whole program at about an hour and a half to two hours.
Time Out Los Angeles notes that the hall’s annual Halloween silent film with live organ has moved to a matinee this year to make room for the evening show. That screening, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, is on the LA Phil calendar at 3 p.m. the same day. The orchestra’s listing quotes one description of Werewolf by Night as a “full-on endorphin rush for horror nerds.”
Tickets start at $44, and Time Out lists a top price of $152. The LA Phil advises guests to arrive at least an hour early. The hall’s parking garage is entered from 2nd Street or Lower Grand Avenue, and the A and E lines stop at Grand Av Arts/Bunker Hill while the B and D lines stop at Civic Center/Grand Park.
The LA Phil bills Giacchino as an Academy Award-winning composer and director, and here he takes the stage as host rather than conductor. Headless is produced in association with Michael Giacchino and Maria Giacchino, according to the orchestra.
The booking continues a Halloween season already crowded with horror programming around the city, including the Academy Museum’s The Horror Show.
