BRANDO IMPERSONATION CONTEST
CONTESTANTS GET FREE ADMISSION “ON THE WATERFRONT WITH THE CSO PERFORMING THE SCORE LIVE AS THE FILM IS SHOWN AT RAVINIA
CELEBRITY JUDGES; PRIZES INCLUDING A 2020 SEASON PASS FOR TWO TO RAVINIA
On August 9, Ravinia will show the classic film On the Waterfront, for which Marlon Brando won his first Academy Award, with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra performing Leonard Bernstein's Oscar-nominated score live to the film.

As a special homage to the legend himself, Ravinia will host a Marlon Brando impersonation contest prior to the performance and offer free admission...

Few know that acting legend Marlon Brando and TV actor Wally Cox were long-time best friends. They grew up together in Evanston, Illinois, and shared and apartment in 1950's New York City. They maintained a tense friendship through the next two decades, until Cox's death in 1973.
Of those who do know the story, many believe that the two men were, at least for a time, bisexual lovers (this time likely being the roommate period in 1950's New York.) There are several articles of so-called evidence to substantiate this claim. However this evidence does not hold up and, upon closer inspection, there...