The Apollo Theater, located in the Lincoln Park theatre district, entertains with comedies, musicals, and special events.

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With the city's largest stage, Arie Crown Theater features Broadway musicals, ballets, rock concerts, and operas. A recent renovation improved acoustics, reupholstered seating, and added eight new boxes.

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Operating since 1911, The Athenaeum Theatre continues to provide regular theatrical perfromances. The theater also sponsors a five week dance festival.

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Often cited as America's most beautiful theater, Auditorium Theatre has been the scene of classical music and dance concerts, as well as blockbuster musicals.

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Bailiwick Repertory Theatre embraces the wide diversity of the community. The Bailiwick presents works by classic authors, new plays and musicals by Chicago authors, and plays for the entire family.

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Opened as the Briar Street Theatre in April 1985, the facility is designed to house live theatre while remaining flexible for use as a film studio or live television production.

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Enjoy an evening out at the Cadillac Palace Theatre. Broadway caliber performances can been seen here. The Theatre is available for special events as well.

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The Chicago Center for the Performing Arts (CCPA) is host to original productions, classic plays and musicals, in addition to showcasing and educating performing artists of all ages.

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Chicago Shakespeare Theater offers plays and musicals for both adults and children. Located at Navy Pier.

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Musicals, concerts, dance events and films (it's hosted screenings for the Chicago International Film Festival) fill the eclectic performance line-up.

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City Lit, founded in 1980, is a not-for-profit company specializing in adaptation of literature to the stage.

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The Coronado Theatre, originally built in 1927, re-opened its doors in January 2001 as a first class performing arts and entertainment center that showcases local productions as well as national touring productions.

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Court Theatre exists to celebrate the power of classic theatre.

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Famous Door is an ensemble of actors, directors and designers producing provocative, entertaining premiere and seldom-produced plays in an intimate environment.

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Originally built in 1926, the Oriental has been renovated and refurbished into a state-of-the-art space for musical theater productions, now.

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The Goodman Theatre has been selected the nation's best regional theater by Time Magazine. It is one of five theaters that Time says "...best focus on new work..and serve their local audiences." The theater features two performance spaces, a gift shop, and a restaurant.

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Health Works Theatre presents provocative and inspiring plays for young people of all ages.

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This theatre opened in 1976, and recently moved to a brand new location in Park Forest. They put on dramas, musicals, and comedies by American playwrights and composers, featuring Chicago area actors and directors. They offer seven productions per year.

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Krannert offers one of the nation's "...premier educational and professional performing arts complexes." Provides a venue for talented faculty and students, plus the the best in theater, music, and dance.

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Lifeline Theatre and its artistic ensemble of writers, directors, designers and performers develop literary adaptations and original theater.

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Founded in 1987, Live Bait Theater located in a building built in the '20s. Scripts are developed through staged readings and will sometimes present emerging playwrights in their first fully realized production. Live Bait produces original plays as well as adaptations of literature to the stage.

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Lookingglass Theatre Company, located in the Water Tower Water Works building, houses two theaters and a multi-purpose studio space, to be used for theater presentations, special events, classes, rehearsals and intimate performances.

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The Lyric Opera House,one of the largest opera auditoriums in North America, is host to visiting opera and dance companies. They welcome musical shows, plays, vocal concerts, and dance performances.

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Metropolis Performing Arts Centre strives to be a focal point for all forms of live entertainment in the Chicago area, including professional live theater, dance, music and children's programs.

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The anchor for Chicago's African American cultural/entertainment district. Entertainment of all types is showcased in this impressive venue...stage plays, musical concerts, comedy shows, graduations, awards ceremonies and special events.

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The Next Theatre Company was established as a not-for-profit theater in 1981 with the firm belief that the medium of theatre can promote social awareness and provoke social change. Dedicated to presenting a diverse and daring body of work, The Next has created award-winning productions of premieres as well as bold interpretations of the classics.

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The Paramount Theatre offer a variety of theatrical, musical, comedy, dance and family programming.

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In 1926, the Rialto Square Theatre initially opened as a "vaudeville movie palace" but after its restoration in 1981, it became known as a "performing arts center".

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The Royal George houses a smaller studio theatre, which stages popular shows, usually an open run comedy or musical. A good Greek restaurant, Petros Dianna's, is located off the lobby.

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Since opening, the Prairie Center for the Arts has served as the center of art and culture in Chicago’s northwest suburbs. Music, dance, theatre, film, and storytelling have all been presented on the Prairie Center’s stage.

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The theatre we now refer to as The Shubert Theatre was opened on New Year's Day in 1906 as the Majestic Theatre. It was the first venue in Chicago to cost over one-million dollars, and was noted for its fire safety precautions. The current Shubert Theatre is home to an astounding array of classic plays and musicals.

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The Skyline Stage showcases local and national artists in an intimate setting. From May to September, Skyline Stage features musical performances ranging from classical to pop, blues and jazz to eclectic, rock and reggae, as well as dance, theater, comedy and film.

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Steppenwolf Theatre is noted for its use of ensemble performance through the cooperation of a company of actors, directors and designers. The theater is praised for its refreshing productions of American works.

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The mission of the Noble Fool Theater is to “elevate the art of comedy in all its forms.” There are two locations, one in the Chicago Loop Theater District, the other in St. Charles at the Pheasant Run Resort and Spa.

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The Woodstock Opera House, built in 1890, is now home to local community theater. The Woodstock Musical Theatre Company, founded in 1974, established to provide local talent the opportunity to promote community theater as an art form.

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