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La Salle Theater (Chicago)

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The La Salle Theater was an influential musical, vaudevillian and dramatic playhouse in two Chicago locations, first at 137 West Madison Street, which, until December 1902, had been named the Orpheon Music Hall. The La Salle operated at that location until 1910. Then it moved into a new facility at 110 West Madison, operating as playhouse until 1927, when film began to predominate. The theater closed in the late 1940s. In the spring of 1950, the building was razed to make way for St. Peter's Church.

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La Salle Theater (Chicago)
West Madison Street, Chicago Loop

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West Madison Street 110
60602 Chicago, Loop
Illinois, United States
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