{"id":126489,"date":"2026-03-01T03:12:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T03:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/126489\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T03:12:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T03:12:08","slug":"the-philadelphia-orchestra-will-bring-the-wizard-of-oz-to-life-in-center-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/126489\/","title":{"rendered":"The Philadelphia Orchestra will bring \u2018The Wizard of Oz\u2019 to life in Center City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-end=\"409\" data-start=\"303\">If you\u2019ve ever wanted to hear \u201cOver the Rainbow\u201d backed by a full symphony orchestra, this is your chance.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"732\" data-start=\"411\">The Philadelphia Orchestra will perform the score to &#8220;The Wizard of Oz&#8221; live as the movie plays on screen during two concerts at Marian Anderson Hall inside the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts. The performances are scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 26, and 2 p.m. Saturday, June 27.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"970\" data-start=\"734\">The 1939 MGM film will screen above the stage while the Orchestra performs Harold Arlen and Herbert Stothart\u2019s score in sync with each scene, from Dorothy\u2019s Kansas farm to the Emerald City. Steven Reineke will conduct both performances.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1278\" data-start=\"1238\">Tickets are on sale now at <a data-original-title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/philorch.ensembleartsphilly.org\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">philorch.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Philadelphia Orchestra presents &#8220;The Wizard of Oz&#8221; Score<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1278\" data-start=\"1238\">June 26 &amp; 27<br \/>Marian Anderson Hall<br \/>300 S Broad St.<br \/>Philadelphia, PA 19102<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1278\" data-start=\"1238\">This content was generated by PhillyVoice Media Events, not by the newsroom staff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you\u2019ve ever wanted to hear \u201cOver the Rainbow\u201d backed by a full symphony orchestra, this is your&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":126490,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1681,5646,13517,69,71,70,19940],"class_list":["post-126489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-entertainment","tag-film","tag-performances","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news","tag-philadelphia-orchestra"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126489"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126489\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}