The Coolidge Corner Theatre
290 Harvard St,
Brookline, MA 02446
www.coolidge.org

Boston's most beloved independent movie theatre provides more than just your average cinematic experience. Their partnership with Austin-based company, The Action Pack, presents an interactive viewing experience. With events like sing-alongs and quote-alongs to cult favorites such as the Blues Brothers, Pulp Fiction, and (most recently) Moulin Rouge, even the most skiddish of patrons can't help but tap their feet and hum their clasic film favorites.

Upon entering the theatre on February 12, attendees were given props to enhance the viewing experience.  Each prop was to be used during a certain song in Baz Luhrmann's musical epic Moulin Rouge.  Green glowsticks were cracked and waved around as Ewan McGregor's Christian takes his first sip of Absinthe and hallucinates the animation of the bottle's green fairy.  Balloons bounced around the audience when Nicole Kidman's character Satine swings and shakes around the Moulin Rouge to "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend."  When Christian and Satine fall in love atop the elephant while fireworks explode in the background, the audience made their own fireworks with party poppers.  Lastly, and most dramatically, colorful plastic eggs filled with popcorn kernels were shaken vigorously throughout Christian's jealous rendition of "Roxanne."

The sing-along events are not limited to musical movies, but also include medleys from Michael Jackson, and R Kelly's Trapped In the Closet hip-hopera.  As the clock ticked down to Valentine's Day, Total Eclipse of the Heart had attendees dancing and partying to love songs of the 80's. Giving a hint of a Heathers quote-along in the near future, Coolidge Corner will once-again be the destination for movie buffs and hipsters alike. 

Sing-alongs and quote-alongs at the Coolidge Corner Theatre are a bonding experience for all who attend.  The words to each song throughout the movie are streamed across the bottom of the screen just in case, by some chance, someone forgets them.  And, unlike bar karaoke, you're never stranded alone on stage in bad lighting. At any given time there are at least 400 people to back you up.