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Wintrust Arena at McCormick Square, previously referred to as DePaul Arena or McCormick Place Events Center, [6] is a 10,387-seat sports venue in the Near South Side community area of Chicago that opened in 2017.
Rent (stylized in all caps) is a rock musical with music, lyrics, and book by Jonathan Larson. [1] Loosely based on the 1896 opera La bohème by Giacomo Puccini, Luigi Illica, and Giuseppe Giacosa, it tells the story of a group of impoverished young artists struggling to survive and create a life in Lower Manhattan's East Village, in the thriving days of the bohemian culture of Alphabet City ...
Red Theater Chicago [33] Remy Bumppo Theatre Company [34] The Second City [35] Shattered Globe Theatre Company; Silk Road Rising [36] Steep Theatre Company [37] Steppenwolf Theatre Company [38] Strawdog Theatre Company [39] Theatre-Hikes; Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre [40] TimeLine Theatre Company [41] Trap Door Theatre [42] Victory Gardens ...
The building was demolished for condominiums in 2003. There is no relationship between the 1968–69 Kinetic Playground and the venue by the same name, also known as the Roll Factory, that operated until 2011 at 1113 W. Lawrence in Chicago, not far from the original. Aaron Russo went on to become Bette Midler's manager.
The first place where you see a concert always holds a special spot in your heart. For generations of Chicago residents, that place is Metro, a four-story, 1,100-capacity beaux-arts venue in the ...
The city sought donors to cover Gehry's work, [12] [13] and the Chicago Tribune dubbed him "the hottest architect in the universe" for his acclaimed Guggenheim Museum Bilbao. The Tribune noted Gehry's designs would not include such Mayor Richard M. Daley trademarks as wrought iron and seasonal flower boxes.
Both the Chicago Blackhawks and the Chicago Bulls play their home games at the arena with some of them on back-to-back nights. In the 2023-2024 edition of the NBA, the Bulls drew an average attendance of 20,624 in 41 home games, the highest in the NBA. [14] The hardwood floor for the Bulls games is laid over the ice that the Blackhawks play on.
1983: Tina Turner: Live in Chicago—broadcast of a 1983 concert by Tina Turner, as a part of the Soundstage series. 1985: Aretha Franklin: Live at Park West—broadcast of a 1985 concert by Aretha Franklin, as a part of the Soundstage series. 1985: I Have a Pony— comedy album by Steven Wright, recorded at Wolfgang's in San Francisco and Park ...