Broadway In Chicago

Broadway In Chicago is a theatrical production company. It was formed in July 2000 by the Nederlander Organization to present touring Broadway productions in Chicago and manages programming at five historic theaters. Occasionally, it also presents tryouts and premieres.

Broadway In Chicago operates in five venues in downtown Chicago including the PrivateBank Theatre (18 W. Monroe St.), Oriental Theatre (24 W. Randolph St.), Cadillac Palace Theatre (151 W. Randolph St.), the Auditorium Theatre (50 E. Congress Pkwy.), and the Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place (175 E. Chestnut St.)

The PrivateBank Theatre opened as the Majestic Theatre in 1906. It was Chicago's first million-dollar-plus venue and Chicago's tallest building at the time. The Majestic Theatre closed during the Great Depression and was shuttered for 15 years however, most of the original design was retained when the theatre was remodeled and then reopened in 1945.

The PrivateBank Theatre has hosted pre-Broadway world premieres Monty Python's Spamalot and Cyndi Lauper's Kinky Boots. The PrivateBank Theatre featured a two and a half year run of the musical Jersey Boys that closed in January 2010, and a 10-month run of The Book of Mormon that closed in October 2013.

The Oriental Theatre opened on May 8, 1926, and was designed by George L. and Cornelius W. Rapp for the theatre managers Balaban and Katz.

In 1930, during a record-breaking week, as many as 124,985 patrons visited the Oriental Theatre to see the hit film "Flight". Management changed hands several times in the subsequent decades, but the Oriental Theatre continued to feature films until the early 1970s, when the M&R Amusement Company briefly presented live performances by artists such as Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight and the Pips and Little Richard.

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