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Theatres are divided into two main sections, the house and the stage; there is also a backstage area in many theatres. The house is the seating area for guests watching a performance and the stage is where the actual performance is given. The backstage area is usually restricted to people who are producing or in the performance.
Harold Washington Cultural Center is a performance facility located in the historic Bronzeville neighborhood of Chicago's South Side.It was named after Chicago's first African-American Mayor Harold Washington and opened in August 2004, ten years after initial groundbreaking.
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.
Chicago Opera Company, based around Fortune Gallo's San Carlo Opera Company (1910–1954): gave six seasons of opera at the Civic Opera House from 1940 to 1946 (excluding 1943) There was no resident opera company in Chicago between 1946 and 1953; Lyric Opera of Chicago, founded in 1954 as 'Lyric Theatre of Chicago' changed to its present name ...
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 groups.
In 1926 it was renamed the Harding and seating was expanded to 987. By 1932 it was again called Chopin Theatre but in 1948 underwent another name change to Pix Theater. [1] Currently it has 226 seat Mainstage, 176 Studio Theater, Coffee house and Lounge. The building is located across the Polish Triangle in the area once called Polish Downtown
The Pickwick Theatre is an art deco movie palace located in Park Ridge, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. [ 2 ] Designed by Roscoe Harold Zook , William F. McCaughey, and Alfonso Iannelli , the Pickwick opened in 1928 as a vaudeville stage and movie theatre.