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The Woods Theatre was a movie palace at the corner of Randolph and Dearborn Streets in the Chicago Loop. It opened in 1918 and was a popular entertainment destination for decades. Originally a venue for live theater, it was later converted to show movies. It closed in 1989 and was demolished in 1990.
The Patio Theater is a music venue and movie theater located at 6008 W. Irving Park Road on the northwest side of Chicago, Illinois in the Portage Park neighborhood. The building was built in 1927 as a movie theater. Chris Bauman took over the operations of Patio Theater in 2018 and became owner by the end of 2019.
Chicago Center for the Performing Arts [73] Compass Players; Defiant Theatre; The Ethiopian Art Theatre/Players; Famous Door Theatre [74] First Folio Theatre (Oak Brook) Goat Island; Happy Happy Good Show; The Hypocrites [75] Illinois Theatre Center; Improv Institute; Infamous Commonwealth Theatre [76] Mary-Arrchie Theatre Company; New Age ...
The Davis Theater, originally known as the Pershing Theater, is a first run movie theater located in the Lincoln Square neighborhood of Chicago. Built in 1918, the theater has operated in different capacities in its history, showing silent films, German-language films, and various forms of stage performance. In 1999, the Davis was planned to be ...
The largest remaining in Chicago, it boasts 4,381 seats and its interior volume is said to be larger than any other movie palace in the United States, including Radio City Music Hall in New York. It occupies over 46,000 square feet (4,300 m 2) of land at the corner of Lawrence Avenue and Broadway in Chicago's Uptown Entertainment District. The ...
At the time of its opening, The theater served as a live performing arts venue until 1934. During the 1960s, more African Americans began to move into the area around the theater, becoming a staple for the Black community in the area. [3] The Avalon Theater operated as a movie theater from 1935 until its closing in 1967. When the theater was ...
Pages in category "Cinemas and movie theaters in Chicago" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Briar Street Theatre is a theatre located in Lake View, Chicago, and was 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]