FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, PLEASE

For more information, contact:

Jenni Benzaquen

Press Director

Geffen Playhouse

(310) 208-6500, ext. 126

jenni@geffenplayhouse.com

GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE PRESENTS

GRAMMY-NOMINATED

“BEETHOVEN’S WIG:

SING ALONG SYMPHONIES”

CLASSICAL MUSIC WITH A TWIST

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SPECIAL ADDED PERFORMANCE:

SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 2003

LOS ANGELES, CA – March 20, 2003– Due to popular demand, Geffen Playhouse has added a performance of Grammy-nominated classical sensation Beethoven’s Wig: Sing Along Symphonies, featuring Richard Perlmutter and his invisible orchestra performing playful renditions of classical music’s greatest hits. The added performance takes place on Saturday, April 12 at 11AM. (The Saturday, March 22 performance is sold-out.) Admission is $5 for adults and $1 for children. Following the performance, there will be refreshments in the Geffen Playhouse courtyard. For more information or to reserve tickets, please call the Geffen’s Education Department at (310) 208-6500, ext 198.

Geffen Playhouse presents Beethoven’s Wig as part of its educational outreach family series, The Saturday Scene. Nominated for a 2003 Grammy Award, Beethoven’s Wig has been featured on The Today Show and National Public Radio and is the winner of the 2002 Parent’s Choice Award and 2003 Learning Magazine’s Teacher’s Choice Award. Richard Perlmutter, lyricist, singer and producer of Beethoven’s Wig, introduces kids to classical music in an engaging and friendly manner by performing hilarious renditions of great works by Beethoven, Bach and Mozart. Perlmutter will perform pieces such as “Beethoven’s Wig,” a celebration of the ridiculously colossal powdered wigs of Beethoven’s time set to the “Fifth Symphony.”

Perlmutter explains, “What Beethoven’s Wig does is give the listener a hook to get their ears around – something that will stick in their heads, so the next time they hear

the music they will not only remember the composer and the piece, but it will make them smile thinking of what they learned from the song.”

The Saturday Scene series was introduced by Geffen Playhouse to bring a myriad of high quality theatrical productions and workshops to the community and celebrate theater with young people and their families. Past Saturday Scene guests have included the theater troupe We Tell Stories, Parson’s Nose Productions in their Family Twelfth Night and Family Midsummer Night’s Dream, and theater professionals teaching workshops in improvisation, puppet making and masks. The Geffen school tour is in its fifth year of providing free theater for Los Angeles area students. Family Midsummer Night’s Dream is available to 12 Los Angeles area public schools free of charge (the tour is also available to private schools for a fee).

Geffen Playhouse is headed by Producing Director Gilbert Cates, Artistic Director Randall Arney and Managing Director Stephen Eich.

Geffen Playhouse is located at 10886 Le Conte Avenue in Westwood. Visit the Geffen website at www.geffenplayhouse.com. For ticket information, please call the Geffen Playhouse box office at (310) 208-5454.

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