Founded in 1988 by Northwestern students including David Schwimmer, Lookingglass makes physical, story-driven theater inside the historic 1869 Water Works on Michigan Avenue.
Founded by an ensemble of actors in 1976, Steppenwolf is one of America's most influential theater companies, with a campus on Halsted Street in Lincoln Park.
Chicago's oldest and largest nonprofit theater, founded in 1925, presents new plays and classics on two stages in the Loop, including its annual A Christmas Carol.
Opened in 1921 by Balaban and Katz, the Chicago Theatre is the city's landmark movie palace, with the famous six-story C-H-I-C-A-G-O marquee on State Street.
