The actress who originated the role in Tim Burton’s 1993 film will sing the part of Sally on Sunday, Oct. 29 when the live-to-film concert wraps up its three nights at the Bowl. Singer Halsey…
Actress Catherine O’Hara sings with musician Danny Elfman during a past performance of “The Nightmare Before Christmas” with live music at the Hollywood Bowl. The live show returns Friday-Sunday, Oct. 27-29, 2023 with O’Hara reprising her role as Sally for the Sunday performance. “Oh my Lord, all I can think is 30 years ago he set that key,” O’Hara says, laughing about the notes written by composer Danny Elfman then that now seem somehow higher. “That’s all I can think about. Oh boy.
“The first time I did there was no dialogue, and I happened to add the dialogue. You know, ‘Jack, dear, Jack, whatever,’ just to help remind myself and that audience that this a character, not a singer on the stage. Which I don’t pretend to be. The rest of the singers include actor-musician Fred Armisen in the role of Lock and Ken Page as Ooogie Boogie, which he also did for the movie. They’ll be backed by a full orchestra and choir led by conductor John Mauceri.O’Hara had worked with Burton on the 1988 movie “Beetlejuice” five years before making “The Nightmare Before Christmas.”
The reception that “The Nightmare Before Christmas” received – in 1993 and throughout the following three decades – was never imagined, she says. “It’s especially cool, I’ve got to say, to rehearse,” she says. “Because when you rehearse, you’re in the room with the orchestra and you can really hear every instrument right there. You know, right there beside you, behind you. You know, it’s not my world, and I never knew that I would get a chance in my life to sing with an orchestra. It’s truly a beautiful gift.”
“I have to remind myself there’s an actual live orchestra right there, but in rehearsal, you really feel that.”“In the show, I didn’t realize they were going to stop the movie and have us come out and sing the song,” O’Hara says of her not-very-actorly hope that no one would watch her onstage. “I thought I could just sort of sneak in and sing the song while the movie played.
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