PrivateBank Theatre [Chicago]
type: Item
label: PrivateBank Theatre
description: theater in Chicago, United States
description: theater in Chicago @nl
Wikidata source: Q921206
EUTA research ID II: 413
Field: architecture
Type of information: Performance venue
Importance: Not rated
Address: 18 W. Monroe Street, Chicago, IL 60603
Country: USA
City: Chicago
GPS: Point(-87.6283 41.8808)
EUTA building identifier: 6343
opening date: 1906-01-01T00:00:00Z
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Carthalia ID: 1462
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Built 1905 as Majestic Theatre by Edmund P. Krause and Cornelius W. Rapp. Opened 1 Jan 1906. Originally used for vaudeville performances and occasionally as a cinema. During the 1920s, operated by the Orpheum vaudeville circuit. 1945 bought by the Shubert Organization and renamed Shubert Theatre in memory of Sam Shubert. Subsequently restoration and redecoration. Since then used for musical and drama performances, including touring Broadway shows. 1991 bought by the Nederlander Organization. 2005-2006 scheduled for a major restoration. Re-opened 2006 as LaSalle Bank Theatre (after a sponsor who was given naming rights and chose not to incorporate any of the two historical names in the new name), later renamed after other corporate sponsors (Bank of America Theatre, PrivateBank Theatre, CIBC Theatre).