Everything about Biograph Theater totally explained
The
Biograph Theater is located at 2433-43 North
Lincoln Avenue in
Chicago, Illinois. Originally a
movie theater, it has since been converted into a
venue for live plays. However, it's most famous as the location where bank robber
John Dillinger was shot by the
FBI, led by
Melvin Purvis, on
July 22,
1934. Dillinger had just come from a showing of
Manhattan Melodrama.
History
Designed by architect
Danile P. Coffey in
1914, the theater has many of the distinguishing characteristics of movie houses of the period, including a storefront-width lobby, recessed entrance, free-standing ticket booth, and canopy marquee. The building is finished with red pressed
brick and white-
glazed terra cotta.
The Biograph Theater is on the
National Register of Historic Places, and was designated a
Chicago Landmark on
March 28,
2001.
In July
2004, after 90 years as a movie theater under various owners, Chicago's
Victory Gardens Theater announced it had purchased the Biograph for use as a live venue. The theater was completely renovated by architect
Daniel P. Coffey, who constructed a
proscenium-
thrust stage and seating for 299 people. A grand
staircase, that was part of the original structure, was restored to lead up to the building's second floor, housing a studio theater seating 135 people and an adjacent rehearsal/multiple use space. The $11 million project for the new theater, styled the
Victory Gardens at the Biograph, was completed in the fall of 2006. The new stage is 30 feet deep and 32 feet wide, with 16 feet of wing space on either side. There is an 8 foot trap space below the stage. There is limited fly space above the stage. There are two dressing rooms and a green room behind the stage. The lobby is wider than in the movie theater days, and the restrooms have been expanded.
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