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The Merle Reskin Theatre is a performing arts venue located in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois.Originally named the Blackstone Theatre it was built in 1910. . Renamed the Merle Reskin Theatre in 1992, it is now part of DePaul University, and is also used for events and performances of other
The two men were also the architects behind the Nederlander Theatre and the Chicago Theatre, as well as dozens of other theaters around the country. Their inspiration for the look and feel of the Palace Theatre came from the Fontainebleau and the Palace of Versailles, both found in France. The interior includes huge decorative mirrors, breche ...
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.
CIBC Theatre is a performing arts theater located at 18 West Monroe Street in the Loop area of downtown Chicago. It is operated by Broadway In Chicago , part of the Nederlander Organization . Opened in 1906 as the Majestic Theatre , [ 1 ] it currently seats 1,800 and for many years has presented Broadway shows.
The Residents at the Vic on February 7, 1986.; The Replacements at the Vic on April 11, 1986.; Trouble Funk Red Hot Chili Peppers Beastie Boys at the Vic on January 4, 1987.; In November 1988, Michael Butler produced the musical Hair at the Vic Theater to celebrate the shows' 20th anniversary.
Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) is a non-profit, professional theater company located at Navy Pier in Chicago, Illinois.Its more than six hundred annual performances performed 48 weeks of the year include its critically acclaimed Shakespeare series, its World's Stage touring productions, and youth education and family oriented programming.
The Briar Street Theatre is a theatre located in Lake View, Chicago, and is home to the long-running Blue Man Group. Originally the carriage house for the Marshall Field and Company horses, the space was purchased by Walter Topel and reconstructed into a theater. [ 1 ]
The name Steppenwolf Theatre Company was first used [6] in 1974 at a Unitarian church [7] [8] on Half Day Road in Deerfield. [1] The company presented And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little by Paul Zindel, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard, and The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams, [9] with Rick Argosh directing, [10] [11] and Grease by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey, [12] with ...