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Halsey, Catherine O’ Hara, Ken Page, Riki Lindhome, & Fred Armisen Join Danny Elfman in ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’ at the Hollywood Bowl

Disney Concerts, Live Nation-Hewitt Silva & Hollywood Bowl announced today the spooktacular special guests who will join four-time Oscar nominee Danny Elfman (Edward Scissorhands, Batman, The Nightmare Before Christmas) when he returns to the Hollywood Bowl for three performances of Disney Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas In Concert. In addition to creating its music, Elfman performed the singing voice of Jack Skellington in the original 1993 stop-motion film.

Taking the storied stage of the Hollywood Bowl will be Grammy nominee and two-time RIAA Diamond singer/songwriter Halsey (Without Me), Emmy winner Catherine O’Hara (Schitt’s Creek, Beetlejuice, Sally in The Nightmare Before Christmas), Ken Page (Cats, Ain’t Misbehaving, Oogie Boogie in The Nightmare Before Christmas), Emmy nominee Riki Lindhome (Wednesday, Garfunkel & Oates) and Grammy and Emmy nominee Fred Armisen (Wednesday, Saturday Night Live).

Tickets on sale now at Ticketmaster.com. for the three-night engagement, with the following guest star lineup:

  • Friday, October 27 with Halsey, Ken Page, Riki Lindhome and Fred Armisen
  • Saturday, October 28 with Halsey, Ken Page, Riki Lindhome and Fred Armisen
  • Sunday, October 29 with Catherine O’Hara, Ken Page and Fred Armisen

The concerts welcome back featured vocalists Randy Crenshaw, Angie Jarée, Baraka May, Greg Proops and Fletcher Sheridan. Violinist Sandy Cameron returns with the Skeleton Trio Entr’acte.

Elfman, who composed the original film music, lyrics and score, and worked closely with Tim Burton in the creation and development of Jack Skellington, will sing his songs accompanied by a choir and live orchestra, led by conductor John Mauceri, founding Director of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. Animated visual projections on the façade of the Hollywood Bowl, directed by Richard Kraft and created by Medici XD Media, will transport the audience into Halloween Town and beyond.

Attendees are encouraged to arrive early to enjoy the Hollywood Bowl/Halloween Town transformation with special pre-show activities including unique photo opportunities, trick-or-treating stations and a costume contest hosted by Greg Proops (Whose Line Is It Anyway?)Tim Burton-inspired costumes are encouraged!

Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas In Concert sold out two nights over Halloween weekend at the Hollywood Bowl in 2015 and returned for three nights each in 2016 and 2018 due to overwhelming demand. Past performances have featured Billie Eilish, Catherine O’Hara, Phoebe Bridgers, Paul Reubens, Ken Page and “Weird Al” Yankovic.

The Nightmare Before Christmas was directed by Henry Selick (James and the Giant Peach) and based on a story and characters by Tim Burton. The film follows the earnest-but-misguided adventures of Jack Skellington, Halloween Town’s beloved Pumpkin King, as he attempts to take over the Christmas holiday. Against the advice of Sally, a lonely rag doll who has feelings for him, Jack enlists three mischievous trick-or-treaters — Lock, Shock and Barrel — to help him kidnap Santa Claus.

The concert is produced by Laura Engel & Richard Kraft of Kraft-Engel Productions and Alison Ahart Williams, Tim Fox & Georgina Ryder of AMP Worldwide in association with Disney Concerts.

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