photograph: courtesy of music box theatre/Paramount Pictures
Easter Sunday is not complete until you’re sitting in the Music Box Theatre (3733 N. Southport Ave.) clapping to a Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory costume contest and singing along to the movie. (Literally. The audience is encouraged to sing, and costumes will be judged by applause.)
Don’t worry, there will be a six-foot-tall Oompa Loompa there to help you through “The Candy Man.”
Everyone gets a goodie bag. Here are the contents and instructions:
• Whistle (Blow when Augustus Gloop gets shot through the chocolate pipe.)
• Chocolate egg (Eat when Veruca Salt falls down the egg chute.)
• Taffy (Chew when Mike Teavee is stretched by the taffy puller after being shrunk by Wonkavision.)
• Purple balloon (Inflate and let go when Violet Beauregarde puffs up into a giant blueberry.)
• Glow stick (Wave around during the boat ride.)
• Bubbles (Let loose when Grandpa Joe and Charlie are levitating after drinking the fizzy lifting drink.)
• An envelope (Open, and you might be the winner who gets the Golden Ticket, which comes with Music Box tickets and a Wonka Bar.)
Tickets are $12, and the magic begins at 2 p.m. Sunday.