Regal Theater, South Side (Chicago)
| Location | 47th and Grand Boulevard (renamed South Parkway that year, renamed Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in 1968) South Side  Chicago, Illinois, USA |
|---|---|
| Type | Nightclub |
| Genre(s) |
Blues Jazz Bebop Rhythm and blues Soul |
| Opened | 1928 |
| Closed | c. 1970 |
The Regal Theater, located in the heart of Bronzeville on Chicago's south side, was an important night club and music venue built in Chicago in 1928. It was designed by Edward Eichenbaum.
Part of the Balaban and Katz chain, the lavishly decorated venue, with plush carpeting and velvet drapes featured some of the most celebrated black entertainers in America.
The Regal also featured motion pictures and live stage shows.
Nat "King" Cole, Cab Calloway, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Lena Horne, Dinah Washington, Miles Davis, Sammy Davis Jr., Lionel Hampton, Dizzy Gillespie, and Duke Ellington performed frequently.
Other acts who have performed at the Regal over the years have included such icons as Sam Cooke (who moved to Chicago in 1933 from his native Clarksdale, Mississippi), Jackie Wilson, The Supremes, Wayne Cochran, The Temptations, The Four Tops, Herbie Hancock, Della Reese, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Lola Falana, Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five, Solomon Burke, International Sweethearts of Rhythm, Dionne Warwick, James Brown & The Famous Flames, The Isley Brothers, John Coltrane, Dorothy Dandridge, Revella Hughes, Five Stairsteps, Peg Leg Bates, Dave Peyton and Martha and the Vandellas.
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