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Paramount intended to bring such large theaters to all large cities across the country, but the Great Depression effectively ended these plans. The theater opened in September 1931 with appearances from Paramount film stars including The Marx Brothers, Jack Benny, Jeanette MacDonald and Burns and Allen. It is capable of holding 1,885 people ...
The Rialto Square Theatre is a theater in Joliet, Illinois . Opening in 1926, it was originally designed and operated as a vaudeville movie palace , but it now houses mainly musicals, plays, concerts, and standup comedy.
Genesee Theatre is a concert hall and movie palace in Waukegan, Illinois. Today, the venue has seats for 2,403 people [ 1 ] and opened in 1927. It's both used as a vaudeville theater and cinema and hosts musical artists and shows.
The Virginia Theatre hosts a wide variety of events throughout the year. Classic films play on the 56-foot-wide screen several nights every month. The theatre is also a popular venue for touring musical acts and comedians. From 1992 until 2010, the Champaign-Urbana Theatre Company, or CUTC, performed plays at the theatre.
Bengt Sjostrom Theatre; Cutting Hall; Hoogland Center for the Arts; Krannert Center for the Performing Arts; The Little Theatre on the Square; Muddy River Opera Company; Orpheum Theater (Galesburg) Peoria Civic Center; Rock Valley College Starlight Theatre; Rock Valley College Studio Theatre; Sesser Opera House; Station Theatre (Urbana) Theatre ...
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.
Goodman Theatre [14] iO Theater [15] Kane Repertory Theatre (St. Charles) [16] Lifeline Theatre [17] Lookingglass Theatre Company [18] Lyric Opera of Chicago [19] Marriott Theatre (Lincolnshire) [20] MCA Stage [21] Merle Reskin Theatre (DePaul) (formerly Blackstone Theater) [22] Music Theater Works (formerly Light Opera Works) (Evanston) [23 ...
The theater originally opened in 1924 as a movie theater, called "The Grand Theatre." The Grand Theatre showed movies throughout the year, except during the summer months. [2] It was in 1957 that Guy S. Little, Jr. came up with the idea of renting out the theater for the summer months to present plays.