‘Bugs Bunny at the Symphony’ comes to Orchestra Iowa and Paramount Theatre

CEDAR RAPIDS — Orchestra Iowa and Warner Bros. Discovery will present “Bugs Bunny at the Symphony” on March 7 at the Paramount Theatre.

Conducted by Emmy Award winner George Daugherty and created by Daugherty & Emmy Award winner David Ka Lik Wong, “Bugs Bunny at the Symphony” has delighted audiences worldwide — from the New York Philharmonic and The Philadelphia Orchestra to the Hollywood Bowl to the Sydney Opera House — since 1990, when the production first sold out Broadway’s Gershwin Theatre as “Bugs Bunny On Broadway.”

Since then, the concert has appeared with over 250 symphony orchestras worldwide to audiences exceeding 2.5 million people. This latest edition of this popular production premiered last July at The Hollywood Bowl for 20,000 fans, just in time for Bugs Bunny’s 85th Birthday and the concert’s 35th anniversary.

“Bugs Bunny at the Symphony” features 16 beloved, classic Looney Tunes projected on the big screen, including “What’s Opera, Doc?,” “Baton Bunny,” “The Rabbit of Seville,” “Long-Haired Hare,” “Zoom and Bored,” “Corny Concerto” and the new “Skyscraper Scrap,” as Orchestra Iowa (conducted by Daugherty) plays their iconic, original and classical-infused musical scores life.

Generations of audiences over the past 90 years have been introduced to classical music from these iconic Carl Stalling and Milt Franklyn mini musical masterpieces, based on the masterworks of Wagner, Rossini, Johann Strauss, Liszt, Smetana, von Suppé, Mendelssohn and more, making this concert hilariously perfect for audience members of all ages.

Ahead of the concert, get your picture taken with the “Wascally Wabbit” and other characters at the Orchestra Iowa photo op or participate in several family friendly cartoon themed crafts and activities.