Theater/Music, Chicago
Steppenwolf Theatre Company
1650 N. Halsted Street
Chicago
,
Illinois
60614
Tel: 312 335 1650
Goodman Theatre
170 N. Dearborn Street
Chicago
,
Illinois
60601
Tel: 312 443 3800
Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Navy Pier
800 E. Grand Avenue
Chicago
,
Illinois
60611
Tel: 312 595 5600
Lyric Opera of Chicago
Civic Opera House
20 N. Wacker Drive
Chicago
,
Illinois
60606
Tel: 312 332 2244
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Symphony Center
220 S. Michigan Avenue
Chicago
,
Illinois
60604
Tel: 312 294 3000
Concierge.com's insider take:
Chicago offers some of the best live theater and concerts in the nation. Steppenwolf Theatre is the city's most famous performance venue, counting John Malkovich and Gary Sinise among its members. The Goodman Theatre consistently stages high-quality productions in both its 400-seat studio and its intimate 830-seat space. Chicago Shakespeare Theater stages first-rate productions at Navy Pier in a seven-story, glass-walled structure with panoramic views of the skyline. The Lyric Opera also aspires to a world-class standard, performing in the grand old Civic Opera House, and the Chicago Symphony is considered one of the three best in the world, next to Berlin and Vienna.
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