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Biograph Theater

2433 N. Lincoln Avenue
Chicago IL, 60657
Phone: 773.871.3000

This Lincoln Park neighborhood landmark is probably best known by Chicagoans as the place where John Dillinger was shot and killed in 1934 after attending a screening of "Manhattan Melodrama" starring Clark Gable (allegedly the ghost of Dillinger has haunted the theater ever since).
During the 70s, the balcony was converted into two small additional screens. The original decor mostly lost, the historic Biograph continued to show movies until 2001.

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Specialty: Playhouse
Neighborhood: Lincoln Park
Parking:Victory Gardens/Biograph patrons is also available at Children's Memorial Hospital, ($6.00) 2316 N. Lincoln and at Lincoln Park Hospital, ($5.00) 550 W. Webster Ave (just east of Lincoln Avenue) DISCOUNTED RATE authorized with VGT ticket stub or VGT stamped garage card - Children's discount excludes weekday matinees and not valid before 5:00 pm weekdays)
VALET at the Biograph: $11.00, one hour before the curtain
ADA: Wheelchair accessible

The Biograph was purchased by the legitimate Victory Gardens Theatre company in 2004. The interior has been entirely rebuilt, from a venue which could originally seat over 900 to 299 today (which is about 100 more seats than Victory Gardens' old space down the street, which will now be rented out to other area theater companies). The facade was repaired and cleaned and the marquee was rebuilt to resemble it's original apperance. (The words "Victory Gardens" have replaced the word "Essaness" over the neon-lit Biograph name, Essaness being the chain that operated the movie house during the 1930s.)
The Victory Gardens Theater at the Biograph was opened on September 28th, 2006, with Charles Smith's drama, "Denmark".

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