TAMPA – Tampa Theatre realizes there is something freeing about breaking the taboo of staying seated during a movie or raising your voice in unanimous (if not on-key) song with hundreds of fellow film-goers.
This is why Tampa Theatre has planned not one, but three different series for September, all centered around popular musical movies:
SEPTEMBER SING-ALONG SUNDAYS
Follow the bouncing ball sing along with the lyrics on the screen.
- 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 7 – “Grease” (1978)
- 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 14 – “Frozen” (2013)
- 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 21 – “The Greatest Showman” (2017)
- 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 28 – “Mary Poppins” (1964)
Tickets for September Sing-Along Sundays cost $11.50 for members and $14.50 for others.
REWIND RAVE-ALONGS
Most movie screenings expect you to sit still and stay quiet, but REWIND Rave-Alongs flip the script. Audiences are free to dance and get loud during the film. Extras like a live DJ pre-show, drink specials and glow merch add to the atmosphere.
- 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 19 – “Pitch Perfect” (2012)
- 10 p.m. Friday, Sept. 19 – “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” (2007)
- 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20 – “Mamma Mia!” (2008)
- 10 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20 – “Repo! The Genetic Opera” (2008)
Members enjoy free REWIND screenings in September. Everyone else pays $14.50.
BIG PICTURE
Big Picture examines three films that incorporate popular music in particularly memorable ways.
- 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 3 – “Mean Streets” (1973)
- 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 10 – “Pulp Fiction” (1994)
- 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 17 – “Boogie Nights” (1997)
Big Picture tickets cost $7 for members and $10 for others.
Costumes are encouraged at all of these screenings. Tickets are available at the historic Franklin Street Box Office or at TampaTheatre.org.
