page_title: Broadway In Chicago
section_title: Cadillac Palace Theatre
hierarchical_section_title: Broadway In Chicago / Theaters / Cadillac Palace Theatre
caption_attribution_description: English: The Cadillac Palace Theatre showing the w:Phantom of the Opera and with a sign for Wicked
context_page_description: Broadway In Chicago is a theatrical production company. It was formed in July 2000 by the Nederlander Organization to present touring Broadway productions in Chicago and manages programming at five historic theaters. Occasionally, it presents tryouts and world premieres.
context_section_description: The Palace Theatre opened in Chicago on October 4, 1926 and was designed by the Rapp Brothers. The theatre's distinctive characteristics include a lobby richly appointed in large decorative mirrors and breche violet and white marble, which sweep majestically through a succession of lobbies and foyers.
  The theatre originally opened as the flagship of vaudeville's Orpheum Circuit, and among the stars believed to have played at the Palace in its early years were Jimmy Durante, Mae West, Jack Benny, Sophie Tucker and Bob Hope. Despite the popularity of Vaudeville's acts, audiences in the late 1920s and early 1930s had begun to lose interest in vaudeville, and in 1931 the theatre was converted into a movie palace. Initially, the Palace presented films with live stage shows, and then eventually showed only movies. Movie audiences began to stay at home to watch television in the 1950s, and theatre managers, hoping to attract larger audiences, tried to book occasional tour companies of Broadway shows, such as Gentlemen Prefer Blondes with Carol Channing, Guys and Dolls with Vivian Blaine, and The King and I with Yul Brynner and Patricia Morison.
  During the late 1950s, the Palace became equipped to show films in Cinerama. In the mid-1970s, management of the Bismarck Hotel transformed the Palace into a banquet hall, removing all the seats in the orchestra and leveling the stage with the floor. The Palace, which was renamed the Bismarck Theatre in 1984, was converted into a rock venue. It was used sporadically during the 1990s however, in 1999 the Bismark Theatre was completely restored for live theatre and was renamed the Cadillac Palace Theatre.
  The Cadillac Palace opened with the premiere of Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida and since then, has been the home to several pre-Broadway hits including The Producers and Mamma Mia! as well as long-run engagements of The Lion King and The Color Purple.
caption: The Cadillac Palace Theatre is located in the Chicago Loop area.
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