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The Chicago Theatre, originally known as the Balaban and Katz Chicago Theatre, is a landmark theater located on North State Street in the Loop area of Chicago, Illinois. Built in 1921, the Chicago Theatre was the flagship for the Balaban and Katz (B&K) group of theaters run by A. J. Balaban , his brother Barney Balaban and partner Sam Katz. [ 5 ]
Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place (formerly Drury Lane Water Tower Place) [58] Bughouse Theater; Cadillac Palace Theatre [59] Chicago Theatre [60] CIBC Theatre (formerly The Shubert Theatre) [61] Congress Theater [62] Greenhouse Theater Center [63] Harris Theater (Chicago) [64] James M. Nederlander Theatre (formerly Oriental Theatre) [65 ...
In 1837, the first resident theater company, the short-lived Chicago Theater, opened in the Sauganash Hotel. One of the players was then a boy named Joseph Jefferson, who grew to become a very successful comedic actor. Chicago's main theater prize, the Joseph Jefferson award, is named after this pioneer.
The theater opened in the 1910s, with a capacity of 1,000 people. In 1965, the theater became the "Town Theatre", eventually showing adult films and featuring live burlesque by 1967. In the 1970s, it was purchased by Dale Niedermaier and John May, refurbished and reopened as "Park West", the music venue and special events space May 11, 1977.
The first show in the theatre on March 15, 1977 was Cap Streeter, a musical about a Chicago legend, produced by the Dinglefest Theatre Company.; Steppenwolf’s first show in the city of Chicago, Say Good Night, Gracie, opened November, 1979 at the Theatre Building Chicago and performed through early 1980 and featured John Malkovich and Austin Pendleton.
The theater is part of the McCormick Place convention facility, owned by the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority. The theatre was damaged by a fire in 1967 and was closed until 1971. [ 1 ] After re-opening in January for Mahalia Jackson 's funeral, the Arie Crown has, for more than five decades, presented classical, R&B, and rock music ...
Drury Lane Evergreen Park was DeSantis's first theatre in the Chicago area. It opened in 1958 and was a local entertainment landmark for 45 years before closing in 2003. [3] Drury Lane Oakbrook Terrace opened in 1984, and is located at the intersection of Kingery Highway, Butterfield Road, and Illinois Route 38 (Roosevelt Road) in Oakbrook ...
108 North State Street, also known as Block 37, is a development located in the Loop community area of downtown Chicago, Illinois.It is located on the square block bounded clockwise from the North by West Randolph Street, North State Street, West Washington Street and North Dearborn Street that is known as "Block 37", which was its designated number as one of the original 58 blocks of the city ...