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The Auditorium
The Auditorium is a theatre or event venue in Chicago, IL, part of the Chicago guide. Cost: $25 to $50.
50 E Ida B. Wells Dr · Chicago, IL
Why you should go…
The Auditorium is a performing arts venue inside the Auditorium Building, designed by Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan and completed in 1889. Today you come for concerts, dance companies and touring shows, or for a National Landmark Backstage Tour. The hall was built with 3,500 bare carbon filament light bulbs and 26 hydraulic stage lifts, advanced technology for its day. It was the first home of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, which played here until 1904.
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