Theatre

Chicago Symphony Center/Orchestra Hall

Rich in tradition. Innovative in vision. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) is a musical force in Chicago and around the world. Built in 1904, Symphony Center was designed by famed architect Daniel Burnham, then a trustee of the CSO.
The Grammy award winning ensemble holds more than 150 performances and events a year. The CSO is made up of 107 professional musicians, including two internationally renowned conductors and two award-winning composers-in-residence.

Chopin Theatre

Since its founding in 1990 Chopin Theatre's purpose has been to support, present and produce multi-cultural avante garde theatre, literary, film, visual and performance art events. During its 17 year history it has featured approximately 7000 presentations (5000 theatrical, 1000 film, 800 poetry evenings and over 100 music events) across its two stages. Its main presenters have included Chicago Filmmakers, Guild Complex, Young Chicago Authors, Collaboraction Theater, Roadworks Productions as well as the Hypocrites, Signal Theatre, Teatro Vista and Uma Productions

Columbia College Chicago

Columbia College Chicago is the largest and most diverse private arts and media college in the nation. Because of there size, they offer an unparalleled array of courses with exceptional technological resources in the heart of one of America's greatest cities.
The city is there laboratory and the live in 16 buildings that sit in the heart of Chicago's South Loop, home to the Chicago Symphony, the Art Institute, and the Museum Campus.

Congo Square Theatre

Congo Square Theatre offers a unique theatre experience in Chicago that’s educational, yet far from preachy. Perfect for any group, couple or individual, Congo Square is a sample of Chicago’s growing and progressive artist community.

Congress Theater

The Congress Theater is one of the most intact surviving neighborhood movie "palaces" in Chicago dating from the boom years of the 1920s. The large building is dominated by an elaborate four-story entrance pavilion designed in a combination of the Classical Revival and Italian Renaissance architectural styles, extensively detailed in terra cotta. On the interior, the theater forms a grand progression of lavishly ornamented spaces, culminating in a dramatic 2,904-seat auditorium.

Court Theatre

Court Theatre is one of the few first-class theaters on the South Side. Situated on the campus of the University of Chicago, this comfortable, 251-seat subscription Equity theater has been home to great theatre. Court opened its first five-play subscription season in the new, 251-seat Abelson Auditorium in 1981. Today, Court enjoys the support of 4,300 subscribers, plays to an annual attendance of more than 45,000 and reaches 4,500 students both in their own classrooms and at substantially discounted student matinee performances. From the outside the theater resembles a concrete bunker, but inside you'll find excellent sight lines, seats, and acoustics.

DePaul's Merle Reskin Theatre

The Merle Reskin Theatre in Chicago is a performing arts venue located in the South Loop. Originally named the Blackstone Theatre, it was founded in 1910. The Merle Reskin Theatre is now part of DePaul University, although it is still used for events not affiliated with the university. It serves as the home of The Theatre School at DePaul University.

Drury Lane Oakbrook

This 971-seat, proscenium style live theater features a wide array of entertainment including Comedies, Musicals, Dinner Theater Shows, and Hollywood Personalities. There is also 40,000 square feet of trade show space available on site.

Funny First Saturday's - Hilton Chicago

For two years, comedian Damon Williams and partner Steve Capers have nurtured it every first Saturday of the month in rooms at the Hilton Chicago, hosting comedy shows for audiences looking for an alternative to the club scene.

Gorilla Tango Theatre

Gorilla Tango Theatre (GTT) is a live theatrical venue where audiences can consistently go each week to see a wide variety of performances by a diverse group of talented producers, directors, actors, writers, etc. etc. If its live and will fit on our stage, you could see it at GTT!
Gorilla Tango is one of the best theaters in Chicago for all things new and fresh.

Green Street Theater

The Chicago Center for the Performing Arts has four venues - The Green Street Theater, West Town Studio, and our dual cabarets; Sevens. Whether you are looking for theatrical entertainment, stand up comedy, sketch comedy, or a venue to hold an event, the Chicago Center is the place for you.

io Theatre

i.0. Chicago was founded in the 1980s by Del Close and Charna Halpern. The i.O. approaches improvisation as an art form in and of itself; this differs from the Second City approach, where improv is used as a tool in creating sketch comedy. i.O. also concentrates on "long-form" improvisational structures, in contrast to the "short-form" or "improv game" format of Theatresports or the television show Whose Line Is It Anyway?. The i.O.'s signature piece is the "Harold". ( The Harold is a form of improvised long-form comedy).

Lakeshore Theater

The Lakeshore Theater’s mission is simplicity itself: To be an artist-driven theater dedicated to comedy as an uncompromising form of expression rather than a simple means to force herds of hapless customers to buy watered-down drinks and scarf down undercooked chicken wings. A comedic “Art House” if you will, the Lakeshore Theater is, in the world of comedy, what Kurusawa is to Michael Bay, what Daniel Johnston is to Britney Spears and yes, what Doug Stanhope is to Dane Cook. Every other comedy room in the Country plays “top 40” – we play jazz.

Lifeline Theatre

Founded in 1983 by four Northwestern University graduates, Lifeline moved into its permanent home in Rogers Park--a converted Commonwealth Edison substation--in 1986. The facility includes a 99-seat theatre, rehearsal and office space, a scene shop, and costume, prop, and scenery storage.

Lookingglass Theatre Company

The Lookingglass combines a physical and improvisational rehearsal process centered on an ensemble with training in theatre, dance, music and the circus arts. They seek to redefine the limits of theatrical experience and to make theatre exhilarating, inspirational, and accessible to all.

Suggested Pre-Theater Dining Spots:

Atwood Café - 1 W. Washington Street
The Grill Room - 33 W. Wacker Drive
Italian Village - 71 W. Monroe
McCormick & Schmick's - 41 E. Wacker Drive

Luna Negra Dance Theater

Luna Negra Dance Theater creates, performs and teaches contemporary dance by Latino choreographers. It is the only professional dance company in the U.S. solely devoted to provide contemporary Latino dance artists with a vehicle to tell their own stories and carry the culture of their communities.

Lyric Opera House Chicago

This beautiful art deco building opened just six days after the stock market crash of 1929. It was home to several opera companies till 1954, when the Lyric Opera was formed. In 1993, the Lyric Opera purchased the entire building and it underwent a $100 million renovation, improving the facilities, backstage and acoustics.
Credit: ©Cesar Russ Photography

Marriott Lincolnshire Theatre

Located within a sprawling 169 acre resort complex, Marriott's Lincolnshire Theatre brings more than 400,000 people to the Chicago suburb of Lincolnshire each year. Once known as Drury Lane Theatre North, the facility hosts world-class musicals.

Maxim’s: The Nancy Goldberg International Center

Opened in 1963, Maxim's was a replica in both looks and cuisine of the famous Parisian restaurant, which still operates as Maxim's de Paris. Like the original, Maxim's recreates the opulence of art nouveau. Every inch of the Paris original designed by Maurice Carrere is duplicated, from the famed scroll work and plush red banquettes to the glistening inlays of brass and stained glass, and rich mahogany tones.
In 2000 it was given to the City of Chicago by the family of Nancy and Bertrand Goldberg.

Mayne Stage

With a nod to the historic past of this grand facility, Mayne Stage features a restaurant (Act One Pub) and performance space that reflects the unique and diverse history of Rogers Park. Mayne Stage is happy to present a variety of terrific acts in its 230-seat multipurpose entertainment venue.

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