As the holiday season is upon us, and the weather starts to get chillier, families are tasked with finding new ways to keep busy while also staying inside to keep warm. One can only watch so many movies, read so many books, bake so many treats and play so many games before getting bored.
So why not watch a movie while also listening to a live orchestra play the music?
Many orchestras around the nation including the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra in Washington D.C., The Cleveland Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Orchestra and the Dallas Symphony Orchestra take part in creating play-along experiences to movies like “Elf”, “Harry Potter”, “Home Alone” and “The Muppet Christmas Carol”.
This is essentially the movie playing on the background of the theatre’s stage while the symphony or orchestra is playing the movie’s soundtrack live on the stage below.
The Omaha Symphony should also take up movie play-along experiences. It allows for families to find a way to keep kids entertained during the cold months, especially with Omaha being known for getting quite cold in the winter. It also enables teenagers to see some of their favorite childhood movies on the big screen with an extremely talented orchestra playing along.
It is a way for people to get out of their houses during the long, cold, gray months that are the Midwest winters and allows for the people of Omaha to have a new fun experience. This would also allow a chance for the Omaha Symphony to increase their sales throughout the Metro and showcase their talents to the city of Omaha.
As someone who loves the arts and seeing live performances, this seems really intriguing as you only really hear about the large artists that come to Omaha for concerts or the musical and plays that come to Omaha’s Orpheum theatre. While The Rose theatre’s various casts consist of residents from Omaha the productions are not necessarily as talked about as the national productions that come to Omaha’s Orpheum Theatre would be. These play-Along’s would create another way for the amazing talent that is held within Omaha to be showcased.
Being able to experience a live symphony while also being able to watch a movie that many grew up watching seems like it would bring a sense of nostalgia and create an experience that many around the nation do not have the opportunity to enjoy because very few know about the productions.
Going to a movie with a symphony or orchestra play along would be a great way to get people out of the house during the long winter months, would be a great holiday evening activity, would allow for people to see a movie on something larger than the big screen, and be a way to create many new experiences among the residents of Omaha.
