User:Katr08/The Music Box

New article name is The Music Box

Special/Annual Events
The Music Box holds many annual events, some decades old traditions and some just getting started. Since 1983 the Music Box has been showing White Christmas on one screen and It's A Wonderful Life on the other for the two weeks leading up to Christmas. Santa greets audience members and leads them all in Christmas carols before the movies begin and takes photos with the children in the lobby after. Two newer traditions adopted by The Music Box have only started in the last few years. One is the showing of The Poseidon Adventure on New Year's Eve, which started two years ago, and the other is a 24 hour horror movie film festival in October known as The Massacre in Chicago, which started five years ago.

Another special event the theatre is known for is showing midnight movies every week. The movies are mostly cult films, the most popular being The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Some of the films are even accompanied by actors from the local Chicago theatre troupe Midnight Madness. The actors act out the film on stage to add depth, and humor, the the production. Audience members are encouraged to participate, and in the case of the Rocky Horror showings, are sold prop bags, or "virgin kits" in the lobby beforehand so they will be properly equipped with the necessary items. The Midnight Madness crew participates in the showings of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Clue, Hedwig and the Angry Inch and Little Shop of Horrors.

Notable Premiers
While The Music Box has been home to the premiers of many smaller films, it has also been home to some big budget premier's as well. In 2006 it was the site of the premier for the Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn film The Break Up, as well as more recently showing the premiers for the Patton Oswalt film Big Fan and Where The Wild Things Are.