BAZ LUHRMANN'S
STAr+CROSSED SYMPHONY
Inspired by the music of Baz Luhrmann's films:
Romeo+Juliet
Moulin Rouge!
The Great Gatsby
and the choreography of:
Strictly Ballroom
FOR THE RECORD,
the breakthrough, genre-bending
live entertainment that turns the soundtracks of iconic films into thrilling immersive theater, now arrives in the concert hall.
The critically-acclaimed BAZ: Star Crossed Love gets the symphony orchestra treatment, weaving three timeless stories of star-crossed love, and the spectacular ballroom dance of a fourth, into a single multimedia concert event.
“THE BEST SPECTACULAR
YOU MIGHT EVER WATCH.”
- Las Vegas Sun
"Searingly visceral,
THE MOVIES
SING!"
- LA Times
WINNER
Best Musical
in Los Angeles
- BroadwayWorld.com
"A unique post-modern cabaret
that is TAKING THE CITY BY STORM."
- Vanity Fair
Joanna Jones sings "Over the Love" in BAZ Los Angeles
Lush & layered arrangements of each film's hit
soundtrack, and the star vocalists that have
come to define every FTR production,
transform the Pops Orchestra into
a sweeping, story-telling,
cinematic experience.
Baz Luhrmann's STAR-CROSSED SYMPHONY will take the signature sound of each of these soundtracks and, using the lyrics of each perfectly placed song, introduce the final core element of Baz Luhrmann's filmography: the story of star-crossed love.
Baz Luhrmann's films are known for their visual spectacle, their opulent settings and decadent style. But just as important to the Baz pop look is the pop, rock, orchestral sound. Injecting pop music into classical settings is the heartbeat of a Baz Luhrmann film, whether it's hip-hop into the Jazz Age (The Great Gatsby), house music into the Can-Can (Moulin Rouge!), or angst rock into Shakespeare (Romeo+Juliet).
A Symphony of
Song & story
"Young Hearts
Run Free"
"Kissing You"
"#1 Crush"
"When Doves Cry"
"Lovefool"
ROMEO+JULIET
The heartbreaking melody and lyrics of "Kissing You" sung by young Juliet - torn from Romeo after the magic of their first kiss - and supported by the romance of a full string section, capture the pure heart of Juliet in a single song.
"Pride can stand a thousand trials
The strong will never fall
But watching stars without you my soul cries
Heaving heart is full of pain
Oh, oh, the aching
'Cause I'm kissing you oh
I'm kissing you"
"Your Song"
"Roxanne"
"Sparkling Diamonds"
"Lady Marmalade"
"One Day I'll Fly Away"
MOULIN ROUGE!
These three love stories told through song don't simply share the stage, they musically intertwine. Exchanging melodies, weaving songs from one world through the sound of another, highlights their shared, star-crossed themes.
For example, a centerpiece of each of these stories is The Party. Whether it's Gatsby's, Capulet's, or Zidler's, this party is where our lovers first meet. Using "A Little Party Never Killed Nobody", "Sparkling Diamonds", and "Young Hearts Run Free", all three pairs co-exist as the meta-mashup bash explodes around them.
"Over the Love"
"Back to Black"
"A Little Party Never
Killed Nobody"
"Young & Beautiful"
"Love is Blindness"
THE GREAT GATSBY
Joanna Jones (Hamilton) & Janel Parrish (Pretty Little Liars)
sing Lana Del Rey's hit from The Great Gatsby
Dramatically stepping through this eclectic soundscape is our dynamic duo from Strictly Ballroom. While they share the theme of two lovers forced apart by circumstance, this pair will tell their story strictly through dance.
Stars like Brittany Cherry from Dancing with the Stars and Kiril Kulish of Billy Elliot fame have stepped into these roles in previous productions, adding an exciting twist to the push and pull of the heart.
"Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps"
"Time After Time"
Strictly ballroom
For The Record's Production of
BAZ: Star Crossed Love
For The Record 's production of
LOVE ACTUALLY LIVE
Adapting FTR
to the concert hall
To bring the cinematic, immersive theater of BAZ to the concert hall for STAR-CROSSED SYMPHONY we will take inspiration from the best staged concerts of recent memory. Above is our immersive BAZ in Vegas and our live cinema reimagining of Love Actually. Both productions featured visible orchestras which were included in the action and architecture of the show, and both used video design in novel ways.
Below is NY Philharmonic's staged concert of Sweeney Todd. Though NY Phil's production has a simplified video projection surface and a more contained staging area, the environment is alive - theatrically dynamic without distracting from the concert's focus on the music. The unique arrangement of the orchestra in Sweeney Todd, with singers able to move through the musicians, creates movement similar to the way our performers would move through the audience on the extended runways in BAZ.
NY Philharmonic's staged concert of
SWEENEY TODD
FTR Creative Team
The Los Angeles based FTR creative team includes Emmy award winners & designers of major live events including The Oscars, MTV VMAs, the Olympic Opening ceremonies, The Grammys, and many others.
Shane Scheel
Executive Producer / FTR Founder
Matthew
Steinbrenner
Scenic Design
Mike Berger
Lighting Design
Ben Soldate
Sound Design
Perry Freeze
Video Design
Steve Mazurek
Costume Design
Sumié Maeda
Associate Director
Jesse Vargas
Music Supervisor / Arrangements
Nick Florez
& rj Durell
Choreography
Adapted & Directed by
Anderson Davis
