Oscar Nominees! Valentine’s Day! Second Saturday Silent Cinema at Music Box!

We have a huge week of events planned for you! First is our 2012 Oscar-Nominee Week, which includes screenings of some of our faves including TREE OF LIFE, BRIDESMAIDS and DRIVE. Scroll down for the full schedule as well as a chance to attend a FREE screening next Thursday!

Do you have plans for Valentine’s Day yet? We’ve got you covered! Come on out to the Theatre to experience Michelle L’Amour’s ‘Big SEXY Show‘ on Saturday, or BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S on Sunday, or our interactive screening of THE PRINCESS BRIDE on Tuesday!

Last but certainly not least is our continuing series Second Saturday Silent Cinema. Next up is the 1921 Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle classic LEAP YEAR. Oh, and if the only thing you know about Roscoe ‘Fatty’ Arbuckle is the name, you’d be well served to check out his Wikipedia page here. He literally invented the Hollywood scandal.

See you at the movies!

The 84th Annual Academy Awards will occur on February 26th 2012, and here is your chance to see some of the nominees you may have missed on the big screen! This series will feature some of our favorites form 2011, some films that never opened in Chicago, and a SUPER SECRET SCREENING of a film that has not yet been released nationwide!

The Music Box will continue it’s exclusive Chicago screenings of “A SEPARATION” as well as the first and only chance to see the 2012 Oscar Nominated Documentary Short Subject Program. A new film from Drafthouse Films, “BULLHEAD” has only been screened in Chicago as part of the Chicago International Film Festival before these screenings.

THE HOTTEST NIGHT OF WINTER: For the 10th year in a row, Michelle L’amour brings Chicago the ultimate Valentine’s Date Show. This year Big SEXY Show promises to be another stunning and eclectic mix of burlesque and fantastical vaudeville. The Chicago Starlets, the World’s Best Burlesque Group (2010) lead the charge with sexy new acts and follies-style production numbers.

Directed by Michelle L’amour and Franky Vivid

Sat 11 Feb, 8:30pm and 11:00pm

A cast of over 25 performers will grace the stage at Chicago’s Historic Music Box Theatre. Burlesque, Comedy, Vaudeville, Circus…all will be represented at Michelle L’amour’s Big SEXY Show – Chicago’s HOTTEST NIGHT OF WINTER. The World’s Best Burlesque Group (2010), the Chicago Starlets will dazzle and delight with tantalizing teases, Toronto comedy duo Parker and Seville will entice the audience with “Vaudeville Shaped Words”, world renown beat-box artist Yuri Lane will blow your mind and much more. Not to mention the director/producer of the show, Michelle L’amour, bringing down the house with another stunning striptease – the kind that earned her a Top 5 Burlesque Stars in the World for the 3rd year in a row. (21st Century Burlesque).

About Studio L’amour
Studio L’amour opened officially in June of 2008 in response to the overwhelming call for Michelle L’amour to open her own burlesque instruction school. She had been teaching The L’amour Method for many years across the globe (at festivals, workshops, and shows) and took the leap to open her own brick and mortar facility.

She opened the space as an invitingly sexy home for her students…a place where sensuality is explored through dance, confidence and social experiences.

Located in the heart of The SHOOP (The SHadow Of OPrah – West Loop Gate adjacent to Harpo Studios), Studio L’amour stands as a welcoming oasis for women of all walks of life.

About Michelle L’amour
Michelle L’amour (Miss Exotic World 2005) has made her name internationally over the last six years as an award winning burlesque performer seen by millions of theater and television audiences. As an instructor, she’s taught over 2500 women through her workshops and classes. In 2008, L’amour released a successful instructional DVD series called “Tools of the Tease” that are available through her website . Whether tearing up the stage and small screen, or being featured in “Women’s Health” and as an instructor for the Berman Center, Michelle L’amour is bridging the gap for thousands of women who want to know how to feel and be sexy.

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Celebrate Valentine’s Day with two classic romances!

This Valentine’s Day, Music Box Theatre is proud to present two of the best romances to ever grace the silver screen! On Sunday, February 12th at 2pm we will screen Breakfast At Tiffany’s featuring Audrey Hepburn’s iconic performance as Holly Golightly. The film will be preceded by a Sweetheart Sing-Along, featuring the songs that make your heart swoon!

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Then, on Valentine’s Day, February 14th at 7:30pm, come see the The Princess Bride, the fairy tale that puts the “Comedy” in “Romantic-Comedy”. Featuring pre- show entertainment that includes a costume contest. Dress up as the dashing Inigo Montoya, the beautiful Buttercup, the gentle Fezzik, or any of your other favorite characters!

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This 1921 comedy, filmed at the height of Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle’s career, was completed just days before the scandal that ruined his career. This film was never released in this country and has only surfaced in film festivals in recent years.

Leap Year, (1921) was the last film Roscoe Arbuckle completed before the scandal that ended his on-screen career. He was accused of the rape and murder of actress Virginia Rappe. Although he was later cleared of all charges, the film companies were reluctant to give him any major roles. Ironically, this story’s plotline involves a young man (Arbuckle), heir to his misogynistic and millionaire uncle, and in love with a nurse, who gets in trouble when he gives advice on marriage to his girlfriends.

Jeremiah Piper (Lucien Littlefield) is a grumpy millionaire with a fool for a nephew, young Stanley Piper (Arbuckle), a fellow who falls in love with every girl in sight. As the guardian of a large fortune that will fall to Stanley some day, Jeremiah is determined to keep his bumbling nephew away from the kind of women whose pulse quickens at the sight of a rich man.