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Apollo Theater

2540 N. Lincoln
Chicago IL, 60614
Phone: 773.935.6100
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The Apollo Theater (no relation to New York City's Apollo Theatre) located in the heart of Chicago's fashionable Lincoln Park neighborhood, has built a prestigious reputation. Built in 1978 by theatre producers Jason Brett and Stuart Oken and twice renovated, the Apollo boasts a dramatic glass and concrete design conceived by Chicagoan Michael Lustig. With a three-quarter thrust stage, the theatre includes 440 plush seats configured in just eleven rows, allowing audiences a theatrical experience unparalleled in intimacy and accessibility.

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Specialty: Intimate live theatre

Location: Lincoln Park

Box Office Hours:
Monday, Tuesday - 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday - 10:00 am - 8:00 pm
Saturday - 10:00 am - 8:00 pm
Sunday - 11:00 am - 4:00 pm

Parking: Valet - $10.00, parking lots within walking distance

ADA: Wheelchair accessible

The Apollo Theater has a rich theatrical history. For its inaugural engagement, producers Oken and Brett chose Albert Innaurato's Gemini, which featured the production's original Broadway director, Peter Schifter. David Mamet's Sexual Perversity in Chicago became a smash hit at the Apollo, starring Jim Belushi in his dramatic stage debut and directed by former Second City artistic director Sheldon Patinkin.

Long-running productions include Harry Chapin: Lies and Legends, Steel Magnolias, and Pump Boys and Dinettes, which set a Chicago longevity record for a musical by running five years.

The Apollo Theater has also played home to many productions by the acclaimed Steppenwolf Theatre Company, including Balm in Gilead with John Malkovich and Gary Sinise, Cloud Nine, Secret Rapture, Harvey, Wrong Turn at Lungfish, and Sam Shepard's True West.

Events Calendar

Grandma Junes's Sewing Circle
From: May 12 2008 To: August 24 2008
May 12 - August 25, 2008
Monday's at 8:00 pm
Tickets: $15.00 for Adults
$12.00 for students with ID

Grandma June's Sewing Circle returns each Monday with Special Guests!!
Grandma June's Sewing Circle returns to the Apollo Theater's Studio Stage Mondays at 8 p.m. starting May 12th. Under the direction of Brian Posen (Sketchfest, The Cupid Players), the veteran sketch comedy group is in their fifth year of performing what The Bastion calls "...well-written, well-rehearsed, well-executed comedy that plays to our intelligence and interests." And this time they have invited a special guest group to open for them each week. So it's two great groups for the price of one!

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