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Bugs Bunny on Broadway, also called Bugs Bunny at the Symphony, is a concert musical featuring Looney Tunes characters such as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and Elmer Fudd. The production was conceived by George Daugherty with music by Carl Stalling and Milt Franklyn.

History
Instead of having actual performers on stage, the concert features a large projection screen, on which the cartoon characters are shown, with an orchestra visible directly under the screen. Daugherty conducts the orchestra, with Bugs Bunny as a "guest conductor".

Bugs Bunny premiered in 1990 at the Civic Theatre in San Diego, California.

A short lived Broadway production of the show played at the George Gershwin Theatre from October 4, 1990, to October 23, 1990. Voice characterizations were by Arthur Q. Bryan and Mel Blanc, with the The Warner Brothers Symphony Orchestra. Animation direction was by Chuck Jones, Friz Freleng, Robert McKimson and Robert Clampett.

In 1996, a production played in Sydney, Australia.

A revised version, entitled Bugs Bunny at the Symphony, began a United States national tour in July 2010, at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, played by the Los Angeles Philharmonic. A previous tryout had opened in May 2010 at the Sydney Opera House in Australia.

Recordings
On July 13, 2010, a live recording with the Sydney Symphony was released.