(Updated at 6 p.m.) A free movie series is returning to Columbia Pike this summer, with a showing of a music-oriented film every weekend from June 1 through Sept. 1.
The series, called “The Music of the Movies: Oscar Scores and Classic Musicals,” will screen the films outdoors on Fridays at the Arlington Mill Community Center and Saturdays at Penrose Square.
The film series is sponsored by the Columbia Pike Revitalization Organization (CPRO) and the Signature Theatre.
“Signature is thrilled to support the 2018 Columbia Pike Movie Nights, which will bring the magic of great classic musicals to the big screen for free to the Arlington community this summer,” said Eric Schaeffer, the Signature Theatre’s artistic director, through a CPRO press release.
Several movies will be classics like Grease, West Side Story, and The Sound of Music, but movies as recently-released as the Pixar-produced Coco will be screened as well.
Here’s the 2018 movie series schedule:
- June 1 — Grease (Arlington Mill)
- June 2 — Hairspray (Penrose Square)
- June 8 — Chicago (Arlington Mill)
- June 9 — The Color Purple (Penrose Square)
- June 15 — Into the Woods (Arlington Mill)
- June 16 — Dreamgirls (Penrose Square)
- June 22 — Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (Arlington Mill)
- June 23 — O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Penrose Square)
- June 29 — Batman (1999) (Arlington Mill)
- June 30 — Batman (1989) (Penrose Square)
- July 6 — Mary Poppins (Arlington Mill)
- July 7 — Dick Tracy (Penrose Square)
- July 13 — The Sound of Music (Arlington Mill)
- July 14 — The Sound of Music (Penrose Square)
- July 20 — Toy Story (Arlington Mill)
- July 21 — Singin’ in the Rain (Penrose Square)
- July 27 — Coco (Arlington Mill)
- July 28 — Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Penrose Square)
- Aug. 3 — Jailhouse Rock (Arlington Mill)
- Aug. 4 — The Music Man (Penrose Square)
- Aug. 10 — Beauty and The Beast (1991) (Arlington Mill)
- Aug. 11 — Beauty and The Beast (1991) (Penrose Square)
- Aug. 17 — Young Frankenstein (Arlington Mill)
- Aug. 18 — Young Frankenstein (Penrose Square)
- Aug. 24 — West Side Story (Arlington Mill)
- Aug. 25 — West Side Story (Penrose Square)
- Aug. 31 — The Wizard of Oz (Arlington Mill)
- Sept. 1 — The Wizard of Oz (Penrose Square)
Photo via Columbia Pike Revitalization Organization