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The Portage was shuttered in 2001 after operating sporadically for the previous couple years. The theater was restored and renovated, and reopened after a five-year hiatus in the spring of 2006 as a single-screen, 1300-plus seat theater showing both silent and sound classic motion pictures as well as hosting other live events.
Pyewacket Theatre Company; The House Theatre of Chicago [78] The Practical Theatre Company; Remains Theatre [79] Redmoon Theater; Wayward Productions (formerly Chicago Fusion Theatre) Windy City Performs [80] Venues. Academy of Music; Drury Lane Theatres; Garrick Theater; Iroquois Theatre; Theatre Building Chicago (Purchased by Stage 773 ...
In November 1988, Michael Butler produced the musical Hair at the Vic Theater to celebrate the shows' 20th anniversary. The production ran until February 1989. [1] Gymboree taped their home video Parachute Express Live in Concert at the Vic in 1989. Todd Rundgren performed two nights March 2–3, 1990, with the second show being broadcast live ...
WTTW (channel 11) is a PBS member television station in Chicago, Illinois, United States.Owned by not-for-profit broadcaster Window to the World Communications, Inc., it is sister to commercial classical music radio station WFMT (98.7 FM).
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 ...
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 Briar Street Theatre is most notably associated with the Blue Man Group act, which began performing at the Briar Street Theatre in 1997 and, as of January 6th, 2025, has ceased performances. [2]
The original Drury Lane Water Tower Place opened in 1976, but was closed in 1983 and became a movie theater. [1]Drury Lane Theatre group founder Tony DeSantis later spent $9 million to transform another movie theater located nearby on 175 East Chestnut Street just off Michigan Avenue into a showplace for live performances in Chicago.
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.