Music Box Theatre

Edward Steinborn and Louis I. Simon are credited as the original architects. The interior style is atmospheric; writing in the Chicago Tribune in 1983, Paul Gapp called it "an eclectic melange of Italian, Spanish and Pardon-My-Fantasy put together with passion." The first theatre organ, an Allen three manual electronic, was installed in the previously empty organ chambers in 1984. Annual traditions include holiday screenings of White Christmas and It's A Wonderful Life, a 24-hour horror movie film festival in October, a 70mm festival, and yearly screenings of 2001: A Space Odyssey.