Chicago Theater

This is another location where I have a thousand photos and they can't even begin to do justice to the building. So you get one shot of me and the Hubby and two shots of the graffiti back stage. :-)

The Chicago Theater conducts tours of the historic structure, every day at Noon. It was $12 each and I did not consider this excessive, in this day and age of gouging the tourist. We took the tour on Memorial Day and with us, were 11 other people.

The tour guide had bright pink hair, but thankfully for me, I did not let her looks turn me off, because she was incredibly knowledgeable and much in love with the history of the building.

We did the lobby of the building first, then the halls, the upper balcony and then she took up into the main theater area. To say the least, I was not prepared for the intricate work that was all around me. As you can see in the first photo, it is indeed majestic. She then walked us onto the stage and over to stage left, where all this graffiti was located. It was on the walls, the stairs and doors. She explained that since its last restoration opening concert (Frank Sinatra, if you are interested) on 9/15/86, the artists have been signing something on the walls.

She showed off the one with Frank's signature, the David Copperfield and then later, Penn and Teller, doing what Penn and Teller do best...making us laugh.

I was behind my Husband, taking photos and he is the one who spotted the Los Cholos de Steely Dan under the stair case. I remember them playing the Chicago Theater and me wanting to attend, just to see something at the theater. Unfortunately for both my Husband and myself, we were not able to make it happen that year. IMHO, a great loss for us.

If you find yourself in the Chicago loop area, it is well worth the 1 hour 15 minutes it took.