Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place
| Drury Lane Theatre Water Tower Place | |
| Address | 175 East Chestnut Street Chicago, Illinois United States |
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| Coordinates | 41°53′53″N 87°37′20″W / 41.897917°N 87.622361°WCoordinates: 41°53′53″N 87°37′20″W / 41.897917°N 87.622361°W |
| Owner | General Growth Properties |
| Operator | Broadway In Chicago/Nederlander Organization |
| Type | Touring theatre |
| Capacity | 549 |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 1976 |
| Reopened | 2004 |
| Website | |
| BroadwayInChicago.com | |
Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place is operated by Broadway In Chicago, a Nederlander Presentation. Located at Water Tower Place in Chicago, Illinois, it was formerly known as Drury Lane Theatre Water Tower Place.
The original Drury Lane Water Tower Place opened in 1976, but was closed in 1983 and became a movie theater.Drury Lane Theatre group founder Anthony DeSantis spent $9 million to transform another movie theater located on 175 East Chestnut Street just off Michigan Avenue into a showplace for live performances in Chicago. At the time of his death in 2007, the DeSantis family remained owners of the theater. The new Drury Lane Water Tower Place, opened May 18, 2004 with similar décor and mainstream musical and comedy line-ups of its sister theater in Oakbrook. This next era for the 549-seat Drury Lane Water Tower began with performances of The Full Monty. This was followed by Broadway In Chicago productions of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, SHOUT! The Mod Musical and Xanadu.
On April 6, 2010, Broadway In Chicago announced that it had entered into a long-term agreement with General Growth Properties, owner and manager of the Water Tower Place shopping center, to re-open the theatre as the Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place. The newest of 5 theatres operated by Broadway In Chicago, it is adjacent to the Water Tower Place shopping center along Chicago's Magnificent Mile.
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