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The Harris Theater was built to fill a need for a modern performance venue in downtown Chicago, identified by the [[John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation]] in a 1990 study. The new venue would be used by itinerant performing arts companies, and had to be flexible, affordable, and technically and physically "state-of-the-art".<ref name=HTfMaDaMP>{{cite web|url=http://www.harristheaterchicago.org/about/history|title=History of the Harris Theater|accessdate=2008-06-04|publisher=Harris Theater for Music and Dance at Millennium Park|year=2006}}</ref> The theater is the culmination of "years of planning by Chicago’s philanthropic, arts, business and government leaders" including groups like [[Music of the Baroque]], which now perform there regularly.<ref name = baroque>{{cite web|url=http://www.baroque.org/venues/harris.htm|title=About Harris Theater|accessdate=2010-04-17|publisher=Music of the Baroque}}</ref> The plan also extended Chicago’s performing arts district, which had been predominately west of [[Michigan Avenue (Chicago)|Michigan Avenue]], east towards [[Lake Michigan]], and linked it more with the [[Museum Campus]] and Michigan Avenue cultural institutions.<ref name = baroque/><ref name=AHTM />
The Harris Theater was built to fill a need for a modern performance venue in downtown Chicago, identified by the [[John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation]] in a 1990 study. The new venue would be used by itinerant performing arts companies, and had to be flexible, affordable, and technically and physically "state-of-the-art".<ref name=HTfMaDaMP>{{cite web|url=http://www.harristheaterchicago.org/about/history|title=History of the Harris Theater|accessdate=2008-06-04|publisher=Harris Theater for Music and Dance at Millennium Park|year=2006}}</ref> Once the need was identified, the theater was the culmination of "years of planning by Chicago’s philanthropic, arts, business and government leaders" including groups like [[Music of the Baroque]], which now perform there regularly.<ref name = baroque>{{cite web|url=http://www.baroque.org/venues/harris.htm|title=About Harris Theater|accessdate=2010-04-17|publisher=Music of the Baroque}}</ref> The plan also extended Chicago’s performing arts district, which had been predominately west of [[Michigan Avenue (Chicago)|Michigan Avenue]], east towards [[Lake Michigan]], and linked it more with the [[Museum Campus]] and Michigan Avenue cultural institutions.<ref name = baroque/><ref name=AHTM />


The Harris Theater is in [[Grant Park (Chicago)|Grant Park]], which lies between Lake Michigan to the east and the Loop to the west, and has been Chicago's front yard since the mid 19th century. Grant Park's northwest corner, north of Monroe Street and the [[Art Institute of Chicago|Art Institute]], east of Michigan Avenue, south of Randolph Street, and west of Columbus Drive, had been [[Illinois Central Railroad|Illinois Central]] rail yards and parking lots until 1997, when it was made available for development by the city as [[Millennium Park]].<ref name=MPNYT>{{cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/06/books/chapters/0806-1st-gilf.html|title=Millennium Park|accessdate=June 24, 2008|date=August 6, 2006|work=[[The New York Times]]|author=Gilfoyle, Timothy J.}}</ref> As of 2007, Millennium Park trails only [[Navy Pier]] as a Chicago tourist attraction.<ref>{{cite news|title=Crain's List Lartgest Tourist Attractions (Sightseeing): Ranked by 2007 attendance|date=2008-06-23|page=22|publisher=[[Crain Communications Inc.]]|work=Crain's Chicago Business}}</ref>
The Harris Theater is in [[Grant Park (Chicago)|Grant Park]], which lies between Lake Michigan to the east and the Loop to the west, and has been Chicago's front yard since the mid 19th century. Grant Park's northwest corner, north of Monroe Street and the [[Art Institute of Chicago|Art Institute]], east of Michigan Avenue, south of Randolph Street, and west of Columbus Drive, had been [[Illinois Central Railroad|Illinois Central]] rail yards and parking lots until 1997, when it was made available for development by the city as [[Millennium Park]].<ref name=MPNYT>{{cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/06/books/chapters/0806-1st-gilf.html|title=Millennium Park|accessdate=June 24, 2008|date=August 6, 2006|work=[[The New York Times]]|author=Gilfoyle, Timothy J.}}</ref> As of 2007, Millennium Park trails only [[Navy Pier]] as a Chicago tourist attraction.<ref>{{cite news|title=Crain's List Lartgest Tourist Attractions (Sightseeing): Ranked by 2007 attendance|date=2008-06-23|page=22|publisher=[[Crain Communications Inc.]]|work=Crain's Chicago Business}}</ref>

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This article is about the Millennium Park Chicago music and dance venue. For other uses, see Harris Theater.
Joan W. and Irving B. Harris Theater for Music and Dance
Harris Theater
Harris & Harris Theater
Building viewed from across the street on an angle. A skyline of other buildings are in the background.
Harris Theater (left) from Randolph Street
Joan W. and Irving B. Harris Theater for Music and Dance is located in Central Chicago
Joan W. and Irving B. Harris Theater for Music and Dance
Joan W. and Irving B. Harris Theater for Music and Dance
Location (red dot) of the Joan W. and Irving B. Harris Theater for Music and Dance
Address205 E. Randolph Street
Template:City-state
 United States
Capacity1525 (1400 for some configurations)[1]
Current useMusic and Dance performance
Construction
OpenedNovember 8, 2003
Years active2003–present
ArchitectHammond Beeby Rupert Ainge Architects
Website
www.harristheaterchicago.org/

The Joan W. and Irving B. Harris Theater for Music and Dance (also known as the Harris Theater for Music and Dance, the Harris & Harris Theater or, most commonly, the Harris Theater) is a 1525-seat theater for the performing arts located along the northern edge of Millennium Park on Randolph Street in the Loop community area of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, USA. The theater, which is largely underground due to Grant Park-related height restrictions, was named for its primary benefactors, Joan and Irving Harris.[2] It serves as the Park's indoor performing venue, a compliment to Jay Pritzker Pavilion, the park's outdoor performing venue.

Constructed in 2002–03, it is the city's premier performance venue for small- and medium-sized music and dance groups,[3] which had previously been without a permanent home and were underserved by the city's performing venue options. Among the regularly featured local groups are Joffrey Ballet, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and Chicago Opera Theater. It provides subsidized rental, technical expertise, and marketing support for the companies using it, and turned a profit in its fourth fiscal year.

The Harris Theater has hosted notable national and international performers, such as the New York City Ballet's first visit to Chicago in over 25 years (in 2006). The theater began offering subscription series of traveling performers in its 2008–09 fifth anniversary season.[4][5][6] Performances through this series have included the San Francisco Ballet,[7] Mikhail Baryshnikov, and Stephen Sondheim.

The theater has been credited as contributing to the performing arts renaissance in Chicago, and has been favorably reviewed for its acoustics, sightlines, proscenium and for providing a home base for numerous performing organizations. Although it is seen as a high caliber venue for its music audiences, the theater is regarded as a less than ideal venue for jazz groups because it is expensive to rent and its large size compared to most jazz venues. The design has been criticized for traffic flow problems, with an elevator bottleneck. However, the theater's prominent location and its underground design to preserve Millennium Park have been praised. Although there were complaints about high priced events in its early years, discounted ticket programs were introduced in the 2009–10 season.

Background and construction

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Image map of Millennium Park. Each feature or label is wikilinked.

The Harris Theater was built to fill a need for a modern performance venue in downtown Chicago, identified by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation in a 1990 study. The new venue would be used by itinerant performing arts companies, and had to be flexible, affordable, and technically and physically "state-of-the-art".[8] Once the need was identified, the theater was the culmination of "years of planning by Chicago’s philanthropic, arts, business and government leaders" including groups like Music of the Baroque, which now perform there regularly.[9] The plan also extended Chicago’s performing arts district, which had been predominately west of Michigan Avenue, east towards Lake Michigan, and linked it more with the Museum Campus and Michigan Avenue cultural institutions.[9][10]

The Harris Theater is in Grant Park, which lies between Lake Michigan to the east and the Loop to the west, and has been Chicago's front yard since the mid 19th century. Grant Park's northwest corner, north of Monroe Street and the Art Institute, east of Michigan Avenue, south of Randolph Street, and west of Columbus Drive, had been Illinois Central rail yards and parking lots until 1997, when it was made available for development by the city as Millennium Park.[11] As of 2007, Millennium Park trails only Navy Pier as a Chicago tourist attraction.[12]

Protected by legislation that has been affirmed by four previous Illinois Supreme Court rulings, Grant Park has been "forever open, clear and free" since 1836,[13][14][15] which was a year before the city of Chicago was incorporated.[16] In 1839, United States Secretary of War Joel Roberts Poinsett declared the land between Randolph Street and Madison Street east of Michigan Avenue "Public Ground forever to remain vacant of buildings.[16] Aaron Montgomery Ward, who is known both as the inventor of mail order and the protector of Grant Park, twice sued the city of Chicago to force it to remove buildings and structures from Grant Park and to keep it from building new ones.[17][18] As a result, the city has what are termed the Montgomery Ward height restrictions on buildings and structures in Grant Park. Therefore, the theater is mostly underground.[19]

the lighted stage of a theatrical production from the left side of the audience in a dark theater.
The Harris Theater's stage

The theater is named for its primary benefactors, the Harrises, who gave a gift of $15 million gift and a $24 million construction loan to the Music and Dance Theater Chicago; this was believed to be largest single monetary commitment ever to a performing arts organization in Chicago.[20] The Harrises have a history of philanthropy: in 1993 they gave $7 million ($14.8 million in current dollars) to fund the Joan and Irving Harris Concert Hall at the Aspen Music Festival and School in Template:City-state,[21] and they were the primary benefactors of the Irving B. Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies at the University of Chicago, and several other causes for the arts and youth,[2][20]

The Harris Theater was designed by Thomas Beeby of Hammond Beeby Rupert Ainge Architects; his previous work in Chicago includes the Harold Washington Library Center and the Art Institute of Chicago Building's Rice Wing. Thornton Tomasetti was the structural engineer.[21][22][23] The building is located on ground leased from the City of Chicago,[20] and cost $52.7 million ($87.3 million in current dollars).[22] Construction began on February 1, 2002,[20] and the theater opened for use on November 8, 2003.[22][24]

Architecture

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view of a stairwell
an upward view of a skyscraper from inside a building that faces it.
Left: Upward view of steps; Center: lateral view of steps; Right: Aon Center from underground in the Harris Theater

The above ground entrance to the Harris Theater is a glass-walled lobby at 205 E. Randolph Street, which spans several metallic and neon floors in what the Chicago Tribune's Pulitzer Prize-winning architecture critic Blair Kamin describes as "a multistory shaft of space that explodes downward from street level".[25][26] The theater and adjacent Millennium Park Garage are located mostly underground, with a passage connecting them.[20][27] Kamin also notes that the theater's underground design and the Millennium Park Garage entrance causes many theater goers to miss the spatial grandeur of the lobby, and has led to complaints about the time it takes to descend the many stairs to the theater.[25] The theater has a rooftop terrace that is available for private events.[28]

The Harris Theater is located beneath and behind the Jay Pritzker Pavilion, which has the benefit that Millennium Park's indoor and outdoor performance venues share a loading dock, rehearsal rooms and other backstage facilities.[25][29] The entire auditorium is in a cube 100-foot (30.5 m) on a side, so all the seats are relatively close to the stage.[21] The seating capacity is 1525,[30] with approximately 600 main floor seats, 500 raised orchestra level seats and 400 balcony seats. The modern orchestra pit, which can be closed,[31] accommodates 45 musicians.[21] The seats are maplewood; carpeting and walls have a muted color scheme—blacks, charcoals and grays.[31] Kamin felt the modest palette is appropriate for a modest structure that attempts to complement the exuberant neighboring pavilion.[25]

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Performers on stage

The proscenium is 30 feet (9.1 m) high, it and the stage are 45 feet (13.7 m) wide, and the stage depth is 45 feet (13.7 m).[21][30] The theater has 75-foot (22.9 m) steel reflector towers flanking the proscenium to help focus sound.[31] The offstage right distance is 26 feet (7.9 m), offstage left is 27 feet 10 inches (8.5 m), the staging area is 27 feet 4 inches (8.3 m) by 83 feet 8 inches (25.5 m),[30] and there is 75 feet (22.9 m) of flyspace.[21] The theater's sightlines and acoustics provide "an unusually modern and stainless-steel bolstered environment" for experiencing performances according to the Centerstage City Guide.[26]

The original design planned for most theater patrons to enter the theater from the underground parking garage, but the success of Millennium Park and neighboring businesses has caused most attendees to enter at street level.[32] The design's limited elevator service has caused bottlenecks for street level patrons. Additional elevators and escalators, which would require special dedicated funding, have been considered.[33] The initial construction leaked and did not protect some non-public spaces from water exposure; this cost Chicago taxpayers $1 million for repairs in 2008.[34]

Performers and events

Attendance Music Dance Total
2003–04 30,397 33,830 64,227
2004–05 46,213 51,494 97,707
2005–06 33,681 40,520 74,201
2006–07 25,436 60,042 85,478
2007–08 33,957 35,230 69,187
Source: Chicago Tribune[1]

The Harris Theater is a privately owned institution serving mostly local mid-size non-profit arts companies and projects, including those, like Old Town School of Folk Music, which sponsor touring artists.[22][24] The theater provides subsidized rental, technical expertise, and marketing support, and underwrites over two-thirds of the daily usage costs for its non-profit users while providing marketing, box office, front of house, and technical services at no extra charge.[10] As of 2008, the theater was used on average 262 days a year for 112 different performances with audiences at about 65 percent of capacity.[1]

Local performers

When the theater opened, it served as the home venue for a dozen music and dance groups. The twelve founding companies are: Ballet Chicago, Chicago Opera Theater, Chicago Sinfonietta, The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Joffrey Ballet of Chicago, Lyric Opera Center for American Artists, Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, Muntu Dance Theatre of Chicago, Music of the Baroque, Old Town School of Folk Music, and Performing Arts Chicago.[22][24] When the Harris Theater opened in 2003, it provided a goal for aspiring small dance companies like Luna Negra Dance Theater;[35] by 2006, Luna Negra had achieved its goal of performing at the theater, and returned there in 2007.[36][37]

By providing a regular performing venue, the Harris Theater has also "raised the profile of local dance groups" in Chicago.[38] In 2010, Frommer's noted that the major local dance troupes performing regularly at the theater included Columbia College Chicago, Hubbard Street, Joffrey, Muntu, and River North Dance Company.[39] The 2009 edition of Fodor's cited Music of the Baroque's seven performances at the Harris Theater each year.[40] The theater has also hosted a few free Grant Park Music Festival events.[41][42]

The attempt to facilitate modest-sized performance groups has been appreciated; both the Chicago-based John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and the New York-based Andrew W. Mellon Foundation have provided grants to the theater. For example, in 2009 the MacArthur Foundation gave the theater $150,000 over three years "in support of a subsidized usage program for smaller arts organizations".[43][33][44]

Visiting performers

a middle-aged man with tussled hair, a grey t-shirt a sports coat gives a full-tooth smile in a headshot
Mikhail Baryshnikov in 2007, the year he ended a seven-year absence from Chicago performances at the Harris Theater

In the fall of the 2006–07 season, the Harris Theater hosted the New York City Ballet for five days of performances that marked the company's first visit to Chicago in over 25 years.[6] This presentation grossed $2.3 million and enticed 600 new donors to support the theater, which netted $800,000 for operations and rental subsidies for its resident troupes. This contributed to the theater's first year of profitability in fiscal year 2007; it had net income of $1.3 million on revenues of $8.2 million.[33] In July 2007, Mikhail Baryshnikov made his first visit to Chicago as a performer in seven years, with two shows at the theater.[45]

The theater began to present its own music series of touring groups in its fifth season (2008–09), which put it in competition with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's "Symphony Center Presents" series and Chicago's Auditorium Theatre.[46] The "Harris Theater Presents" series was in addition to programs by its numerous resident performing arts groups. The theater's music series for the 2008–09 season included a five-concert classical music series and a three-performance dance series by the San Francisco Ballet and the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company.[4] The San Francisco Ballet is America’s oldest professional ballet troupe, and was on a widely publicized four-city 75th anniversary celebration tour.[47] Many of the performers for the Harris Theater's first subscription series were internationally acclaimed artists.[5]

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Laura Linney at the Chicago International Film Festival closing night at the Harris Theater, 2007

The lineup for the Harris Theater's 2009–10 second subscription season included Mikhail Baryshnikov, Lang Lang, Kathleen Battle and Stephen Sondheim.[48] During this season, the theater also began a $5 lunchtime series of 45-minute dance performances.[49] Additionally, a discounted $10 ticket program was initiated for in-person, cash-only purchases in the last 90 minutes before performances.[50]

Harris theater has been involved in hosting the Chicago International Film Festival. Prior to 2008, the Chicago Theatre had hosted the annual opening-night film of the festival, but that year the festivities were moved to the Harris Theater.[51]

The theater has hosted several successful jazz performances, including Nicholas Payton (who was recovering from a damaged lip at the time), and the first indoor Chicago show by the Portuguese fado singer Mariza.[52] In 2005, the theater hosted the 14th annual Jazz Dance World Congress,[53] and the following year it hosted "Imagine Tap!", a show that featured an array of tap dance styles.[54]

Reception

The Harris Theater has been the subject of numerous reviews, which are probably best summed up by the Chicago Tribune's architecture critic Blair Kamin, who describes it as a "solid, though not unqualified, success", while giving it a two star rating (out ot a possible four).[25] Among the foibles that he notes were the off-putting industrial aesthetics, mundane concrete-framing, under-refined modest palette and blunt entrance.[25] However, Kamin praises the sightlines and acoustics, spacious lobby, the design of the proscenium and the theater's underground design as a concession to preserve the green lakefront.[25]

Tribune journalist Chris Jones credits the theater's founding as part of Chicago's performing arts renaissance, and praises it as "the only major Chicago arts building with a long-term commitment to equal partnerships' with its performance groups.[55] Another Tribune journalist, John von Rhein, describes the theater as a boon to the performing groups that it serves, and praises it for having admirable acoustics and for being state-of-the-art. He also notes that because of the theater's success it is able to experiment by venturing along new paths. However, von Rhein notes that the theater's size poses a challenge to the performers attempting to fill its seats, and feels that it overemphasizes high-priced events.[56] In 2009–10, the theater introduced a pair of discounted ticket programs.[50]

View of a building interior in white light
View of a below ground stairwell leading to the main floor in yellow light
View of a building interior in yellow light
Left: Harris Theater Upper Lobby (level 5); Center: Level 3 with a perspective of upper lobby; Right: Level 3

Tribune journalist Howard Reich describes the theater as a blessing for both audiences and arts organizations because its high profile confers "instant prominence and credibility to musicians and presenters". He notes the opinions of others that the theater has a wonderful stage, acoustics, proscenium and sightlines. Reich also says that it is a less than perfect jazz music venue because iof its "cavernous" size, and the cost of renting it is so high ($4,750 in 2008 plus the expense of stagehands).[52] Nonetheless, it remains a good venue for the audience because of its acoustics and sightlines, according to Chicago Sun-Times journalist Wynne Delacoma, who describes these elements in glowing prose.[57]

The theater has been recognized with the 2002 American Architecture Award,[25][26] and the 2005 American Institute of Architects Chicago Institutional Design Excellence Award.[58] In 2008, Joan Harris was recognized with a National Arts Award from Americans for the Arts for her arts leadership and achievement, exemplified in part by funding the Harris Theater with her late husband.[59]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c "Harris Theater by the numbers". Chicago Tribune. 2008-09-14. Retrieved 2010-04-14.
  2. ^ a b "I. B. Harris, 94, Philanthropist and Executive, Dies". The New York Times. 2004-09-28. Retrieved 2008-06-04.
  3. ^ "Art & Architecture: Joan W. and Irving B. Harris Theater for Music and Dance". City of Chicago. Retrieved 2008-06-03.
  4. ^ a b von Rhein, John. "Harris Unveils Biggest Subscription Series Yet" (PDF). Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2008-06-04.
  5. ^ a b "Harris Theater For Music And Dance Announces A World-Class 5th Anniversary Season Featuring The First-Ever Harris Theater Presents Series Of Chicago Premieres, Artistic Collaborations And A Line-up Of Some Of The World's Notable Artists Working Today" (PDF). harristheaterchicago.org. 2008-04-02. Retrieved 2008-06-04.
  6. ^ a b Robinson, Regina (2006-04-27). "Charter One Pavilion ups cool factor with VIP offer". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2010-04-15.
  7. ^ "San Francisco Ballet—America's Oldest Professional Ballet Company—Embarks on a Four-city American Tour as Part of Its Year-long 75th Anniversary Celebration". San Francisco Ballet. 2008-06-10. Retrieved 2010-04-13.
  8. ^ "History of the Harris Theater". Harris Theater for Music and Dance at Millennium Park. 2006. Retrieved 2008-06-04.
  9. ^ a b "About Harris Theater". Music of the Baroque. Retrieved 2010-04-17.
  10. ^ a b "Abouth Harris Theater: Mission". Harris Theater for Music and Dance at Millennium Park. Retrieved 2008-06-04.
  11. ^ Gilfoyle, Timothy J. (August 6, 2006). "Millennium Park". The New York Times. Retrieved June 24, 2008.
  12. ^ "Crain's List Lartgest Tourist Attractions (Sightseeing): Ranked by 2007 attendance". Crain's Chicago Business. Crain Communications Inc. 2008-06-23. p. 22.
  13. ^ Spielman, Fran (2008-06-12). "Mayor gets what he wants – Council OKs move 33–16 despite opposition". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 2009-11-16.
  14. ^ "The taking of Grant Park". Chicago Tribune. 2008-06-08. Retrieved 2008-07-29.
  15. ^ Spielman, Fran and Art Golab (2008-05-16). "13–2 vote for museum – Decision on Grant Park sets up Council battle". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 2008-07-29.
  16. ^ a b Macaluso, pp. 12–13
  17. ^ Grinnell, Max (2005). "Grant Park". The Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago. Chicago Historical Society. Retrieved 2008-07-28.
  18. ^ Macaluso, pp. 23–25
  19. ^ Gilfoyle, p. 181
  20. ^ a b c d e "Joan W. and Irving B. Harris Commit $39 Million to Music and Dance Theater Chicago" (PDF). Public Building Commission of Chicago. 2002-02-04. Retrieved 2008-06-04.
  21. ^ a b c d e f Delacoma, Wynne (2003-06-04). "Curtain time is 5 months away for new theater". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 2008-06-06.
  22. ^ a b c d e Van Gelder, Lawrence (2003-11-04). "Arts Briefing". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-06-04.
  23. ^ Galindo, Michelle, Carissa Kowalski, and Tonia Kim (2005). Chicago: architecture & design. teNeues. p. 70. ISBN 978-3832790257. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  24. ^ a b c "Millennium Park Projects". Public Building Commission of Chicago. Archived from the original on 2008-05-22. Retrieved 2008-06-03.
  25. ^ a b c d e f g h Kamin, Blair (2004-07-18). "Joan W. and Irving B. Harris Theater for Music and Dance – ** – 205 E. Randolph Drive – Hammond Beeby Rupert Ainge, Chicago". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2008-06-06.
  26. ^ a b c "Harris Theater for Music and Dance". Centerstage Media LLC. Retrieved 2008-06-04.
  27. ^ Hall, Christopher (2004-06-20). "Travel Advisory; Chicago Adds Bold Touches to Its Lakefront". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-06-04.
  28. ^ "Private Events: Photo Galleries: Rooftop Terrace". City of Chicago. Retrieved 2008-06-13.
  29. ^ Sinkevitch, Alice (2004). AIA guide to Chicago. Mariner Books. p. 38. ISBN 0156029081.
  30. ^ a b c "Rent Harris Theater". Harris Theater for Music and Dance at Millennium Park. Retrieved 2008-06-04.
  31. ^ a b c Smith, Sid and John von Rhein (2003-06-04). "New theater named for its benefactors". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2008-06-06.
  32. ^ Jones, Chris (2008-09-14). "The rise of the Harris Theater: At age 5, the Millennium Park venue has become a pivotal part of Chicago's cultural landscape with a slate of programming to rival any single-venue arts center in the nation". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2010-04-14.
  33. ^ a b c Storch, Charles (2008-09-14). "The Finances: With a good bottom line, a look toward the future: Harris Theater At 5". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2010-04-14.
  34. ^ Spielman, Fran (2008-04-01). "Park plug: $1M for theater leak – Water seeping into Millennium jewel". Chicago Sun-Times. p. 8. Retrieved 2010-04-12.
  35. ^ Smith, Sid (2003-11-02). "The Harris Theater is ready, but can dancers afford rent?". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2008-08-29.
  36. ^ Vitello, Barbara (2006-11-10). "Dance companies premiere new works". Daily Herald. Retrieved 2008-08-29.
  37. ^ Weiss, Hedy (2007-10-19). "On the Latin beat – Vilaro's dance piece celebrates mambo pioneer". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 2008-08-29.
  38. ^ Blackwell, Elizabeth Canning. Frommer's Irreverent Guide to Chicago (5th ed.). Frommer's. pp. 206–207. ISBN 0764573047. Retrieved 2010-04-11.
  39. ^ Blackwell, Elizabeth Canning. Frommer's Chicago 2010. Frommer's. pp. 251–252. ISBN 0470504684. Retrieved 2010-04-11.
  40. ^ Kelly, Margaret, Erica Duecy, Carolyn Galgano. Fodor's Chicago 2009. Fodor's. ISBN 1400007003.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  41. ^ "Harris Theater: Current Season: Grant Park Music Festival". Harris Theater. Retrieved 2010-04-13.
  42. ^ von Rhein, John (2009-03-18). "Grant Park Music Festival promises big 'Plans'". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2010-04-17.
  43. ^ "Arts and Culture in Chicago" (PDF). John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. 2009-11. Retrieved 2010-05025. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)
  44. ^ von Rhein, John (2007-10-19). "In home nest, blackbird hopes to build a following: A classical ensemble that moves around on stage". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2010-04-15.
  45. ^ Smith, Sid (2007-03-16). "Baryshnikov to perform at Harris Theater". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2010-04-14.
  46. ^ Patner, Andrew (2008-03-26). "Harris Theater plans its own music series" (PDF). Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 2008-06-04.
  47. ^ La Rocco, Claudia (2008-09-07). "Debuts, Returns and a Bit of Disney". The New York Times. p. AR22. Retrieved 2010-04-13.
  48. ^ von Rhein, John (2009-05-06). "A starry Harris Theater lineup on tap for '09–'10". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2010-04-13.
  49. ^ Smith, Sid (2009-09-04). "Harris Theater ushers in lunchtime dance performances". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2010-04-13.
  50. ^ a b "Chicago's Harris Theater to Welcome Baryshnikov, Battle and Lang Lang in 2009–2010". Playbill. 2009-08-19. Retrieved 2010-04-17.
  51. ^ Caro, Mark (2008-10-17). "Fest 'Blooms' with Chicago connections". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2009-08-12.
  52. ^ a b Reich, Howard (2008-09-14). "Expansive site, costs make for an imperfect fit". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2010-04-17.
  53. ^ Kinetz, Erika (2005-08-08). "At a Dance Festival, Jazzy Is as Jazzy Does". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-06-04.
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References

  • Gilfoyle, Timothy J. (2006). Millennium Park: Creating a Chicago Landmark. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0226293493.
  • Macaluso, Tony, Julia S. Bachrach, and Neal Samors (2009). Sounds of Chicago's Lakefront: A Celebration Of The Grant Park Music Festival. Chicago's Book Press. ISBN 978-0-9797892-6-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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