FOR APPROVAL
Press contacts:
Jay Kelly, LCWA
jkelly@lcwa.com or 312.565.4623
Samantha Frost, LCWA
sfrost@lcwa.com or 312.565.4624
Jim Jarvis, Paramount Theatre
jimj@paramountarts.com or 630.723.2474
PARAMOUNT’S $1 CLASSIC MOVIE MONDAYS SCHEDULE
ANNOUNCED THROUGH DECEMBER
AURORA, IL, Sept. XX, 2012 – The Paramount Theatre continues to celebrate its origins as a spectacular
movie palace with its ongoing Classic Movie Mondays film series.
From the Paramount’s gigantic screen and crystal clear digital projector, to the popcorn and full-service
bar, Classic Movie Mondays offers a unique –and affordable – night out with only a $1 admission fee.
Each Monday of the month carries a different theme: Horror (1st Monday), Comedy (2nd Monday),
Romance (3rd Monday) and Adventure (4th Monday). Doors open at 6:30 p.m. with the movie starting
promptly at 7 p.m. The Paramount Theatre is located in the heart of downtown Aurora at 23 E. Galena
Blvd.
Below is a schedule of upcoming movies through December 2012:
Sept. 17
Sept. 24
Oct. 1
Oct. 8
Oct. 15
Oct. 22
Oct. 29
Nov. 5
Nov. 12
Nov. 19
Nov. 26
Dec. 3
Dec. 10
Dec. 17
Dec. 24
Shrek
Die Hard
Tremors
Napoleon Dynamite
When Harry Met Sally
Braveheart
Hook
Poltergeist
Romancing the Stone
No show due to Thanksgiving holiday
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Gremlins
Ghostbusters
Love Actually
The Polar Express
For more information, please go to ParamountAurora.com and look under the “Shows” section or call
the box office at (630) 896-6666.
About The Paramount Theatre
The Paramount Theatre is the center for performing arts, entertainment and arts education in Aurora,
the second largest city in Illinois. Named "One of Chicago's Top 10 Attended Theatres" by the League of
Chicago Theatres, the 1,888-seat Paramount Theatre, located in the heart of downtown Aurora at 23 E.
Galena Boulevard, is nationally renowned for the quality and caliber of its presentations, superb
acoustics and historic beauty.
Last spring, the Paramount Theatre turned heads by appointing Chicago stage veteran Jim Corti as the
company's first artistic director in 80 years, then announcing it would self-produce its first-ever
Broadway Series at the Paramount in 2011-12, presenting three-week runs of the popular musicals My
Fair Lady, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor® Dreamcoat, A Chorus Line and Hair, each featuring
Chicago's top professional directors, actors and designers. In less than a year, this new series attracted
nearly 13,000 subscribers, with each production playing to rave reviews and wildly enthusiastic
audiences. This season the Broadway Series includes Grease (September 12 to October 7), Annie
(November 21 to December 30), The Music Man (January 16 to February 3) and Fiddler on the
Roof (March 6 to 24).
The Paramount Theatre opened on September 3, 1931. Designed by nationally renowned theater
architects C.W. and George L. Rapp, the theater captures a unique Venetian setting portrayed in the art
deco influence of the 1930s. The first air-conditioned building outside of Chicago, the Paramount
offered the public a variety of entertainment, including "talking pictures", vaudeville, concerts and circus
performances for more than 40 years.
In 1976, Aurora Civic Center Authority purchased the Paramount and closed the theater for restoration.
The $1.5 million project restored the Paramount to its original grandeur. On April 29, 1978, the
Paramount Arts Center opened, offering a variety of theatrical, musical, comedy, dance and family
programming. In 2006, a 12,000-square-foot, two-story Grand Gallery lobby was added, with a new,
state-of-the-art box office, cafe and art gallery.
Today, the Paramount Theatre continues to expand its artistic and institutional boundaries under the
guidance of Executive Director Tim Rater, Artistic Director Jim Corti, a dedicated Board of Trustees and a
devoted staff of live theater professionals.
The 2012-13 Paramount Theatre season is sponsored by the Beacon News and Naperville Sun. The
2012-13 Paramount Broadway Season is sponsored by BMO Harris. This season is partially supported by
a grant from the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.
For more information, visit the Paramount Theatre online at ParamountAurora.com.
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