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CIBC Theatre, the Glossary

CIBC Theatre is a performing arts theater located at 18 West Monroe Street in the Loop area of downtown Chicago.^[1]

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Academy Award for Best Director

The Academy Award for Best Director (officially known as the Academy Award of Merit for Directing) is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).

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Al Jolson

Al Jolson (born Asa Yoelson,; May 26, 1886 – October 23, 1950) was a Lithuanian-born American singer, actor, and vaudevillian.

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American Opera Company

The American Opera Company was the name of six different opera companies active in the United States.

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André De Shields

André Robin De Shields (born January 12, 1946) is an American actor, singer, dancer, director, and choreographer.

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Bernadette Peters

Bernadette Peters (''née'' Lazzara; born February 28, 1948) is an American actress, singer, and children's book author.

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Bert Williams (November 12, 1874 – March 4, 1922) was a Bahamian-born American entertainer, one of the pre-eminent entertainers of the vaudeville era and one of the most popular comedians for all audiences of his time.

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Billy Joel

William Martin Joel (born May 9, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter and pianist.

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Boop! The Musical

Boop! The Musical is a 2023 musical based on the animated character Betty Boop, with music by David Foster, lyrics by Susan Birkenhead, and a book by Bob Martin.

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Broadway In Chicago

Broadway In Chicago is a theatrical production company.

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Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre,Although theater is generally the spelling for this common noun in the United States (see American and British English spelling differences), many of the extant or closed Broadway venues use or used the spelling Theatre as the proper noun in their names.

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Chicago

Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States.

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Chicago Loop

The Loop, one of Chicago's 77 designated community areas, is the central business district of the city and is the main section of Downtown Chicago.

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Chicago Public Schools

Chicago Public Schools (CPS), officially classified as City of Chicago School District #299 for funding and districting reasons, in Chicago, Illinois, is the fourth-largest school district in the United States, after New York, Los Angeles, and Miami-Dade County.

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Chicago Sun-Times

The Chicago Sun-Times is a daily nonprofit newspaper published in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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Chicago Tribune

The Chicago Tribune is an American daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, owned by Tribune Publishing.

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CIBC Bank USA

CIBC Bank USA is an American commercial bank headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. CIBC Theatre and CIBC Bank USA are Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce.

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Crain's Chicago Business

Crain's Chicago Business is a weekly business newspaper in Chicago, IL.

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Cyndi Lauper

Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper (born June 22, 1953) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and activist.

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David Foster

David Walter Foster (born November 1, 1949) is a Canadian record producer, film composer, and music executive.

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David Hyde Pierce

David Hyde Pierce (born David Pierce; April 3, 1959) is an American actor.

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Eddie Cantor

Eddie Cantor (born Isidore Itzkowitz; January 31, 1892 – October 10, 1964) was an American comedian, actor, dancer, singer, songwriter, film producer, screenwriter and author.

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Eddie Foy

Edwin Fitzgerald (March 9, 1856 – February 16, 1928Cullen, Frank; Hackman, Florence; and McNeilly, Donald. Vaudeville, Old and New: An Encyclopedia of Variety Performers in America. Routledge Press, September 2006,. pp. 406–410), known professionally as Eddie Foy and Eddie Foy Sr., was an American actor, comedian, dancer and vaudevillian.

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Edmund R. Krause

Edmund R. Krause (August 15, 1859 - July 2, 1935) was an architect in Chicago, Illinois.

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Fanny Brice

Fania Borach (October 29, 1891 – May 29, 1951), known professionally as Fanny Brice or Fannie Brice, was an American comedian, illustrated song model, singer, and actress who made many stage, radio, and film appearances.

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Georgia Engel

Georgia Bright Engel (July 28, 1948 – April 12, 2019) was an American actress.

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Gotta Dance

Gotta Dance is a 2008 documentary film and Tribeca Film Festival Audience Award Finalist directed by Dori Berinstein.

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Great Depression

The Great Depression (19291939) was a severe global economic downturn that affected many countries across the world.

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Hamilton (musical)

Hamilton: An American Musical is a sung-and-rapped-through biographical musical with music, lyrics, and a book by Lin-Manuel Miranda.

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Hampton by Hilton

Hampton by Hilton, formerly (and still commonly called) Hampton Inn or Hampton Inn & Suites, is an American chain of hotels trademarked by Hilton Worldwide.

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Hank Azaria

Henry Albert "Hank" Azaria (born April 25, 1964) is an American actor.

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Harry Houdini

Erik Weisz (March 24, 1874 – October 31, 1926), known as Harry Houdini, was a Hungarian-American escape artist, illusionist, and stunt performer, noted for his escape acts.

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High School Musical

High School Musical is a 2006 American musical television film produced by and aired on Disney Channel as part of the network's slate of original television films.

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Iroquois Theatre fire

The Iroquois Theatre fire was a catastrophic building fire in Chicago, Illinois, that broke out on December 30, 1903 during a performance attended by 1,700 people.

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Jack Benny

Jack Benny (born Benjamin Kubelsky; February 14, 1894 – December 26, 1974) was an American entertainer who evolved from a modest success playing the violin on the vaudeville circuit to one of the leading entertainers of the twentieth century with a highly popular comedic career in radio, television, and film.

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Jerry Mitchell

Jerry Mitchell is an American theatre director and choreographer.

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Jersey Boys

Jersey Boys is a jukebox musical with a book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice.

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John Lithgow

John Arthur Lithgow (born, 1945) is an American actor.

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Julie Andrews

Dame Julie Andrews (born Julia Elizabeth Wells; 1 October 1935) is an English actress, singer, and author.

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Kinky Boots (musical)

Kinky Boots is a musical with music and lyrics by Cyndi Lauper and book by Harvey Fierstein.

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Lillias White

Lillias White (born July 21, 1951) is an American actress and singer.

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Lillie Langtry

Emilie Charlotte, Lady de Bathe (née Le Breton, formerly Langtry; 13 October 1853 – 12 February 1929), known as Lillie (or Lily) Langtry and nicknamed "The Jersey Lily", was a British socialite, stage actress and producer.

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Martin Short

Martin Hayter Short (born March 26, 1950) is a Canadian–American comedian, actor, and writer.

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Marvin Hamlisch

Marvin Frederick Hamlisch (June 2, 1944 – August 6, 2012) was an American composer and conductor.

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Marx Brothers

The Marx Brothers were an American family comedy act that was successful in vaudeville, on Broadway, and in 14 motion pictures from 1905 to 1949.

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Michael Crawford

Michael Patrick Smith (born 19 January 1942), known professionally as Michael Crawford, is an English actor, comedian and singer.

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Michael Nouri

Michael Nouri (born December 9, 1945) is an American screen and stage actor.

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Mike Nichols

Mike Nichols (born Mikhail Igor Peschkowsky; November 6, 1931 – November 19, 2014) was an American film and theatre director.

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Monroe station (CTA Blue Line)

Monroe is a subway station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, serving the Blue Line.

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Monroe station (CTA Red Line)

Monroe is an "L" station on the CTA's Red Line.

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Movin' Out (musical)

Movin' Out is a 2002 jukebox musical featuring the songs of Billy Joel.

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Nederlander Organization

The Nederlander Organization, founded in 1912 by David T. Nederlander in Detroit, and currently based in New York City, is one of the largest operators of live theaters and music venues in the United States.

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Neil Simon

Marvin Neil Simon (July 4, 1927 – August 26, 2018) was an American playwright, screenwriter and author.

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Orpheum Circuit

The Orpheum Circuit was a chain of vaudeville and movie theaters.

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Playbill

Playbill is an American monthly magazine for theatergoers.

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Rapp and Rapp

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Spamalot

Spamalot (also known as Monty Python's Spamalot: A Musical (Lovingly) Ripped Off from the Motion Picture Monty Python and the Holy Grail) is a stage musical with score by John Du Prez and Eric Idle, with lyrics and book by Idle.

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Stefanie Powers

Stefanie Powers (born November 2, 1942) is an American actress.

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Susan Birkenhead

Susan Birkenhead is an American lyricist.

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Sweet Smell of Success

Sweet Smell of Success is a 1957 American film noir drama film directed by Alexander Mackendrick, starring Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison, and Martin Milner, and written by Clifford Odets, Ernest Lehman, and Mackendrick from the novelette by Lehman.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIBC_Theatre

Also known as Bank of America Theatre, CIBC Theater, LaSalle Bank Theatre, Majestic Theatre, Chicago, PrivateBank Theatre, The PrivateBank Theatre.

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See also

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

Nederlander Organization

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