SilverWook said:

Was the Singin' In The Rain presentation better than most presentations of this type?

Saw a nice film print of this a couple years ago. Seeing it with an audience is the only way to go. :)

Well the only other one of these I've ever done was last year they had all of the LOTR extended editions, one each Tuesday for three weeks. That was pretty awesome. In terms of comparison, I'm pretty sure Singin' In the Rain used the new Blu-ray remaster, as did LOTR. It looked fine, but definitely a digital presentation. I would have preferred otherwise but in the end it's not that big of a deal. The LOTR films each had an introduction by Peter Jackson. Singin' In the Rain had, because it was presented by TCM, an introduction by Robert Osborne, an interview between Osborne and Debbie Reynolds from the TCM film fest, and some clips of older interviews with Donald O'Connor and Gene Kelly's wife.

And yes the audience's reception was enlivening. You always get the most receptive of audiences with presentations like that.