• Seating: middle balcony (blue)
• Must purchase tickets together at venue to sit together.
• Click here to view the seating chart.
• Available showtimes: Sunday, October 20, at 2 p.m. or 8 p.m.
• Large bags are prohibited in the venue; small bags are subject to search

Tim Burton’s “The Nightmare Before Christmas” feat. Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

• About the event: In time for Halloween, the Riverside Theater will project Tim Burton’s iconic film onto their big screen as the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra performs the movie’s score, which was created by Danny Elfman.
• About the film: Released in cinemas in 1993, the film quickly became a holiday classic thanks to its memorable love story between the charming Jack Skeleton and his beloved Sally and its adherence to Burton’s fascination with the macabre.
• About the symphony: Since 1959, the MSO has entertained the masses with more than 135 classic concerts each season and their nationally syndicated radio broadcast series—the longest consecutive-running series of any U.S. orchestra.

The Riverside Theater

As vaudeville heaved its last breaths in the late 1920s, RKO’s Riverside Theater opened in 1928 and served as a performance hall for just a few years before Warner Brothers took it over to screen their films. Decades of neglect followed, reaching a nadir in 1966 when a carelessly tossed cigarette butt incinerated the proscenium’s drapery, prompting the cash-conscious owners to replace the opulent teal velour with workmanlike duvetyn. A slated demolition in 1982 nearly replaced the theater with a shopping mall before a coalition of citizens convinced philanthropist Joseph Zilber to save the space. In the subsequent renovations, craftsmen installed plush red drapery, overhauled the obsolete lighting, and repainted the faded French Baroque gilding of the auditorium, restoring the elegant space to its former glory and inspiring it to get back out on the theater dating scene.