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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 03/07/2026 00:33:00

The Magnificent Mile's only theatre has been movie house, art cinema and Broadway stage - twice. The Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place, at 175 East Chestnut Street just off Michigan Avenue, opened in 1976 as the Drury Lane Theatre Water Tower Place, part of the pioneering vertical mall's original tenant mix. Live theatre lasted until 1983, when the space converted to cinemas that cycled through Plitt, Cineplex Odeon, Meridian and finally Village Theatres' art-house programming before going...