SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2026 AT THE ART THEATRE OF LONG BEACH
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2026 AT THE GARDENA CINEMA
“Dubowsky’s score perfectly matched the German Expressionist cinematography and Gothic horror of NOSFERATU. This is not the heavy Hammer Films romanticism of the 1997 James Bernard orchestration, or even the German post-Wagner romanticism of the original Hans Erdmann score (lost for many years), but a mixture of light romantic lyricism (each character has a memorable musically recurring theme), mixed with sparse 20th century experimental music and musical sound effects.” KPFK
ART TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGSWB0wSdZw
GARDENA TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtxOoIx4lAM
Composer Jack Curtis Dubowsky and the Jack Curtis Dubowsky Ensemble (#JCDEnsemble) return this Halloween with Dubowsky’s original score to FW Murnau’s chilling 1922 horror classic NOSFERATU. Two shows, two historic theatres!
Says Dubowsky: “We first performed Nosferatu in 2018, and it is our most popular show. Don’t miss it!”
Thursday October 29, 2026, 7:30pm
The Gardena Cinema
14948 Crenshaw Blvd, Gardena, CA 90249
(310) 217-0505Free parking!
TICKETS $30
Saturday October 31, 2026, 7pm
The Art Theatre
2025 E 4th St, Long Beach, CA 90814
(562) 438-5435
Doors open 6:30pm
TICKETS $30
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== NEW ALBUM “THEMES” ==
https://www.destijlmusic.com/jcde/music/themes.html
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ABOUT JACK CURTIS DUBOWSKY ENSEMBLE
#JCDEnsemble sparks new life with original scores to classic silent films including Nosferatu, The Lodger, The Golem, The Phantom Carriage, Sunrise, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, and The Mark of Zorro. #JCDEnsemble combines intricately composed material and structured improvisation. The Ensemble’s new album, THEMES, was released this year. It’s for your GRAMMY® consideration for Best Chamber Music / Small Ensemble Performance; Best Recording Package; and Best Engineered Album, Classical.
ABOUT NOSFERATU
An iconic German expressionist film, directed by F. W. Murnau. Dracula became a caricature in many later films, but Nosferatu superbly exploits his contradictions: worldly but cloistered, approachable but distant, mannered but deadly. The film’s element of the Black Death – the European plague with no cure – would have resonated strongly with a 1922 audience that survived the Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1919 that killed over 40 million people. Nosferatu leans lighter on the daylight-garlic-crucifix tropes that are clichés in later films, and (avoiding spoilers here) keeps his ancestry and demise mysterious and opaque. The film emphasizes the supernatural with stunning high-speed special effects, created in-camera.
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Jack Curtis Dubowsky is a Professional Artist Fellow of the Arts Council for Long Beach
https://artslb.org/programs/grants/professional-artist-fellowship/
https://artslb.org/artists/jack-curtis-dubowsky/