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Performing Arts

the University of Chicago in 1955.
The Court still mounts many
classics, but it varies its seasons
with musicals like Guys and Dolls
and literary adaptations such as
James Joyce’s The Dead.
Chicago Symphony
3
Orchestra
Conductor Riccardo Muti presides
over the esteemed Chicago
Symphony Orchestra and cellist
Yo-Yo Ma is its creative consultant.
The orchestra performs classical
and contemporary pieces, with pop
Inside the Civic Opera House culture programs such as film
scores thrown in. The orchestra’s
Lyric Opera of Chicago
1 main home is the magnificent
Symphony Center (see p75), but in
Established in 1954, the Lyric
Opera is among the leading companies summer they play at the outdoor
in the US, drawing top singers and suburban venue Ravinia.
directors. From September through
Steppenwolf Theatre Co.
May it offers a mix of classical operas, 4
modern premieres, and popular Founded in 1974 in a church
musicals. Most are performed at the basement, Steppenwolf has gained
ornate Art Deco Civic Opera House, acclaim based on the fame of its
with its gleaming marble floors and ensemble, which includes actors
crystal chandeliers (see p75). John Malkovich and Gary Sinise.
Though the company has moved to
Court Theatre
2 a specially built theater in Lincoln
Park, it is still distinguished by raw
MAP E5 • 5535 S. Ellis Ave.
• www.courttheatre.org emotion and edgy productions, and
This theater traces its roots to three has received many notable accolades,
Molière productions performed at including 12 Tony Awards (see p88).
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A performance at the Court Theatre

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