Music Box Theatre General Manager Ryan Oestreich reflects on what it's meant to run a movie theater during the pandemic. UNDER YOUR FEET: This summer’s renovations include patching the ...

Music Box Theatre (Broadway) History. Toward the close of 1919, the prominent theatrical producer Sam H. Harris made a proposition to his friend Irving Berlin: ...

The Music Box Theatre opened in 1921. Architect C. Howard Crane designed the theatre for producer Sam H. Harris and composer Irving Berlin, whose musical revues dominated the Music Box’s first ...

For the last two decades, the Music Box Theatre has been the premiere venue in Chicago for independent and foreign films. It currently has the largest theater space operated full time in the city ...

CHICAGO - For the first time in four decades, Chicago's iconic Music Box Theatre will temporarily close its doors. The theater, which first opened in August 1929, will undergo a month-long ...

Music Box Theatre to close auditorium temporarily to update the aging beauty, but keep the charm The 740-seat space will be closed from Aug. 12 to Sept. 6 while it gets, among other things, new ...

The Music Box was one of the first movie houses to show talkies, a revolution in the motion picture industry. The theater, designed by Louis Simon and Edward Steinborn, cost $110,000 to build.

The classic Music Box Theatre is getting new seats — with cup holders! Why it matters: The 95-year-old venue in Lakeview is a historic gem for movie lovers who want to see independent films and ...

The Music Box theater in Lakeview, Chicago is a portal to the past. It includes 70 mm film screenings and even a live organist.

The main auditorium at the Music Box Theatre will close for almost a month this summer for a makeover that aims to modernize while maintaining the charm that’s endeared the space to audiences ...