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Auditorium Theatre
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Auditorium Theatre
Auditorium Theatre
is a music and performance venue located inside the
Auditorium Building
at 50 Congress Parkway in
Chicago, Illinois
. Inspired by the
Richardsonian Romanesque
Style of architect
Henry Hobson Richardson
, the building was designed by
Dankmar Adler
and
Louis Sullivan
and completed in 1889. The
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
performed in the theatre until 1904 as well as the
Chicago Grand Opera Company
and its successors the
Chicago Opera Association
and
Chicago Civic Opera
until its relocation to the
Civic Opera House
in 1929 (
see also
List of Opera Houses in Chicago
). The theatre currently hosts performances by the
Joffrey Ballet
, in addition to a variety of concerts, musicals, and performers.
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