| Tina bring me the ax! |
| The Music Box re-teams with Dick O'Day and Hell in a Handbag Productions to present the return of their seasonal series focusing on the best (and worst) in camp movies – Camp Midnight. This time the trio invites you to spend Mother’s Day with Mommie Dearest. Mommie Dearest, the Mt. Everest of Mother's Day movies will screen one time only, Sunday, May 8th. Camp Midnight fans who made Sing-Along Xanadu, and The Poseidon Adventure, Valley of the Dolls and other Camp Midnight presentations such big hits are invited to “get up early” for this special matinee presentation that will include a Joan-a- Palooza day of activities kicking off with a 1:30pm pre- show hosted by Dick O’Day. Get out your eyebrow pencil, shoulder pads and f*** me pumps to compete in the Joan Crawford look-a-like contest! Thrill to prize giveaways! Dress up as your favorite Mommie Dearest character! Arrive early to reveive your complimentary wire hanger (first 300 guests)! Be amazed at the exclusive music video by The Joans, the world’s first band dedicated to “giving Joan Crawford a rock-n-roll voice.” Capture the moment for all eternity with a special photo taken with Joan and Christina and help benefit Vital Bridges. The 2pm screening (complete with interactive audience guide) immediately follows all this Mommie Dearest mayhem. 30th Anniversary Screening! Exclusive digital print with improved look and sound!!! |
The Camp Midnight crew has also teamed up with Blue
Bayou (across the street from the Music Box), Chicago’s
Sunday brunch destination to offer an exclusive upgrade for
the event. Guests can purchase VIM (Very Important Mother)
tickets that include brunch beginning at Noon at Blue Bayou
(3734 N. Southport) and preferred, reserved seating at the
theatre. (CLICK ON LINK TO THE RIGHT). The Music Box is
located at 3733 N. Southport.
Mommie Dearest Mother’s Day is being hosted by the
camptacular emcee Dick O'Day (Emmy award winning “Wild
Chicago” correspondent) who has driven by BOTH Faye
Dunaway and Joan Crawford’s homes in California. David
Cerda, founder and lead singer with The Joans, is playwright
and Artistic Director of Hell in a Handbag Productions (the
company that the Chicago Reader says, “Represents the gold
standard in camp in Chicago”). The Chicago Tribune has
dubbed Cerda the “Charles Ludlam of the Midwest.”
Bayou (across the street from the Music Box), Chicago’s
Sunday brunch destination to offer an exclusive upgrade for
the event. Guests can purchase VIM (Very Important Mother)
tickets that include brunch beginning at Noon at Blue Bayou
(3734 N. Southport) and preferred, reserved seating at the
theatre. (CLICK ON LINK TO THE RIGHT). The Music Box is
located at 3733 N. Southport.
Mommie Dearest Mother’s Day is being hosted by the
camptacular emcee Dick O'Day (Emmy award winning “Wild
Chicago” correspondent) who has driven by BOTH Faye
Dunaway and Joan Crawford’s homes in California. David
Cerda, founder and lead singer with The Joans, is playwright
and Artistic Director of Hell in a Handbag Productions (the
company that the Chicago Reader says, “Represents the gold
standard in camp in Chicago”). The Chicago Tribune has
dubbed Cerda the “Charles Ludlam of the Midwest.”
| No Wire Hangers EVER!!!!!!!!! |
| Camp Midnight Movie Series Continues with a Matinee! Mother's Day with Mommie Dearest |
| GET YOUR TICKETS NOW!!!!!!!!!!! |
| Mommie Dearest Mother’s Day Photos |
| Camp Midnight host Dick O'Day poses with Joan and Christina Crawford in the lobby before show time. Christiana (Ed Jones) chats with Dick onstage. Joan (David Cerda) warm up the audience onstage at the historic Music Box Theatre, and exhorts the audience to put brandish their wire hangers (at left). Photos by Rick Aguilar |
