The Bank of America Theatre
18 West Monroe, Chicago
Tel: (312) 977-1700

The Bank of America Theatre opened as the Majestic Theatre in 1906 and was Chicago's first million-dollar-plus venue and the city's tallest building at the time. A hot spot on the vaudeville circuit and later host to such luminaries as Harry Houdini and Lily Langtry, the Majestic closed during the Great Depression and was shuttered for 15 years. Much of the original design was retained when the theatre was remodeled and reopened in 1945, in time for the heyday of favorites like Carousel, South Pacific, and Guys and Dolls. The Bank of America Theatre has hosted the pre-Broadway world premieres of Billy Joel and Twyla Tharp's Movin' Out and Monty Python's Spamalot. Recent production credits include Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and Doubt featuring Cherry Jones. The Bank of America Theatre currently houses the musical phenomenon Jersey Boys.

This vintage theater is a showplace from an earlier era that's still one of the country's major touring Broadway houses. The lobby is small, but the auditorium, with its excellent sight lines and fair acoustics, is an ornate palace of the arts, just as the Shubert brothers intended it to be almost a century ago.

Tickets usually run from $30-$80. Most are magnificent, but beware the uppermost balcony and a few obstructed seats. The theatre is managed by Broadway in Chicago.


Bank of America Theatre (formerly LaSalle Bank Theatre, Shubert Theater, Majestic Theater)