Music Box Theatre
3733 N Southport Ave
773.871.6604
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Rock 'n Roll High School
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Friday May 9, 2008 (8pm)
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$12 at the door, $10 in advance, $9 for Chicago Public Radio members and students
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The boys from Sound Opinions might have a tough time bettering Rock 'n Roll High School's perfectly stupid-smart introduction ("I'm Riff Randell, and this is Rock 'n Roll High School!"). Tonight, the beloved CPR rock-talk show, along with Mary "Miss Togar" Woronov, presents the Ramones' classic get-some-kicks camp musical — a Roger Corman-produced ode to '50s rock insouciance, and a tweak of the nose to the juvenile-delinquent PSAs that tried, Togar-style, to stop it. We're not sure what's more memorable: the exploding mice, or the exploding school. Best of all, of course, are the Ramones themselves — truly "the hottest band this side of the Iron Curtain."
