Vic Theatre, designed by architect John Eberson, opened in 1912 as the Victoria Theatre. It took three years to build the luxurious five-story Vaudeville house. The theatre was owned and built by Robert E. Ricksen and Frank Gazzolo. Ricksen and Gazzolo operated the Crown and Imperial theaters as well. Costing $300,000 to construct it was equipped with every luxury. (Source: September 14, 1912 Billboard publication)
In 1983 The Vic was purchased by Walt Klein who spent several million restoring it. Opening with the 20th Anniversary of Second City and recorded for broadcast by HBO The Vic was originally programmed by Lou Valpano and Celebration Flipside. Within a year programming was handled by Dave Frey, who brought in Holiday Star Theater as a partner. Later on Walt sold The Vic to Jam Productions.
In November 1988, Michael Butler produced the musical Hair at the Vic Theater to celebrate the shows' 20th anniversary. The production ran until February 1989.[1]
Cage the Elephant recorded a live album, Cage the Elephant Live at the Vic in Chicago in 2012.
King Crimson played in a line-up featuring among others guitarist Robert Fripp and three previous line-ups' drummers performing simultaneously, for 4 consecutive nights in autumn 2014, one of only nine city stops for this incarnation of the band.
Pete Correale's stand-up special "Let Me Tell Ya" for Showtime was recorded at the Vic in May 2015.
Iliza Shlesinger's stand-up Netflix special Confirmed Kills was recorded at the Vic on April 23, 2016.
Pete Holmes’s stand-up HBO Special “Faces and Sounds” was recorded at the Vic in 2016.
Midnight Oil played here on May 18, 2017, on The Great Circle World Tour, their first tour since 2002.
Ariana Grande played here on August 22, 2018, for her "Sweetener Sessions" mini tour to celebrate her new album "Sweetener".
Mini Ladd played here on September 8, 2019, for his Demonitezed tour feat. BigJigglyPanda.
Sabaton played here on October 26, 2019, for their Great Tour, opened by fellow Swedish band HammerFall.
theatre, also, victoria, theatre, disambiguation, music, venue, located, chicago, illinois, theatre, easily, accommodate, people, with, seated, capacity, former, namesvictoria, theatreaddress3145, sheffield, locationchicago, illinoisownerjam, productionscapaci. See also Victoria Theatre disambiguation The Vic Theatre is a music venue located in Chicago Illinois Vic Theatre can easily accommodate 1 400 people or with a seated capacity of 1 000 The Vic TheatreFormer namesVictoria TheatreAddress3145 N Sheffield Ave LocationChicago IllinoisOwnerJam ProductionsCapacity1 400ConstructionOpened 1912 1912 MM Renovated1983 By Walter Klein amp Big Bob SuszynskiWebsitewww victheater com Contents 1 History 2 Some notable performances 3 References 4 External linksHistory editVic Theatre designed by architect John Eberson opened in 1912 as the Victoria Theatre It took three years to build the luxurious five story Vaudeville house The theatre was owned and built by Robert E Ricksen and Frank Gazzolo Ricksen and Gazzolo operated the Crown and Imperial theaters as well Costing 300 000 to construct it was equipped with every luxury Source September 14 1912 Billboard publication In 1983 The Vic was purchased by Walt Klein who spent several million restoring it Opening with the 20th Anniversary of Second City and recorded for broadcast by HBO The Vic was originally programmed by Lou Valpano and Celebration Flipside Within a year programming was handled by Dave Frey who brought in Holiday Star Theater as a partner Later on Walt sold The Vic to Jam Productions Some notable performances editThe Residents at the Vic on February 7 1986 The Replacements at the Vic on April 11 1986 Trouble Funk Red Hot Chili Peppers Beastie Boysat the Vic in January 4 1987 In November 1988 Michael Butler produced the musical Hair at the Vic Theater to celebrate the shows 20th anniversary The production ran until February 1989 1 Wilco recorded Kicking Television Live in Chicago at the Vic in May 2005 Ween recorded Live In Chicago a DVD and CD of their three night run at the Vic in 2003 Gymboree taped their home video Parachute Express Live in Concert at the Vic in 1989 Bill Hicks recorded an HBO special One Night Stand at the Vic in 1991 David Bowie brought his Earthling tour to the Vic on September 19 1997 Porcupine Tree s In Absentia tour played The Vic on July 25 2003 Jim Gaffigan s Beyond the Pale CD DVD and TV special were recorded at the Vic in 2006 Soundgarden played their first reunion show at the Vic on August 5 2010 Porcupine Tree brought The Incident tour to The Vic on September 22 2009 Hannibal Buress Recorded his second Comedy Central special at the Vic in January 2014 Papa Roach recorded Live amp Murderous In Chicago a DVD of their live performance at the Vic Cage the Elephant recorded a live album Cage the Elephant Live at the Vic in Chicago in 2012 King Crimson played in a line up featuring among others guitarist Robert Fripp and three previous line ups drummers performing simultaneously for 4 consecutive nights in autumn 2014 one of only nine city stops for this incarnation of the band Pete Correale s stand up special Let Me Tell Ya for Showtime was recorded at the Vic in May 2015 Iliza Shlesinger s stand up Netflix special Confirmed Kills was recorded at the Vic on April 23 2016 Pete Holmes s stand up HBO Special Faces and Sounds was recorded at the Vic in 2016 Midnight Oil played here on May 18 2017 on The Great Circle World Tour their first tour since 2002 Ariana Grande played here on August 22 2018 for her Sweetener Sessions mini tour to celebrate her new album Sweetener Mini Ladd played here on September 8 2019 for his Demonitezed tour feat BigJigglyPanda Sabaton played here on October 26 2019 for their Great Tour opened by fellow Swedish band HammerFall References edit Horn pp 118 20External links editOfficial website41 56 22 N 87 39 14 W 41 9395 N 87 6538 W 41 9395 87 6538 nbsp This article on a music performance venue is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Vic Theatre amp oldid 1165907259, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
