We’ve all fallen prey to the old “who would play me in the movie of my life” game. Let us not forget that when Life’s a Pitch becomes a trashy-summer-beach-novel-turned-HBO-series, I will be played by Megan Fox.
The Queensland Symphony Orchestra has collected a truly exquisite group of composer doppelgängers, which they are calling the “Composer Lookalike Wall of Fame.” This is precisely something we would have done in the marketing department at McCarter Theatre some lazy summer Friday afternoon, and I love that the orchestra actually posted this on their official website.
Richard Wagner and John Wayne
Gabriel Fauré and Johnny Depp
Alban Berg and Christopher Walken
Benjamin Britten and Jerry Orbach
Paul Hindemith and Winston Churchill
Claude Debussy and Ricky Gervais
Dmitri Shostakovich and Daniel Radcliffe (as Harry Potter)
Antonio Vivaldi
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and Art Garfunkel
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