Entertainment and the arts Chicago

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renowned chicago theater companies include goodman theatre in loop; steppenwolf theatre company , victory gardens theater in lincoln park; , chicago shakespeare theater @ navy pier. broadway in chicago offers broadway-style entertainment @ 5 theaters: ford center performing arts oriental theatre, bank of america theatre, cadillac palace theatre, auditorium building of roosevelt university, , broadway playhouse @ water tower place. polish language productions chicago s large polish speaking population can seen @ historic gateway theatre in jefferson park. since 1968, joseph jefferson awards given annually acknowledge excellence in theater in chicago area. chicago s theater community spawned modern improvisational theater, , includes prominent groups second city , i.o. (formerly improvolympic).


the chicago symphony orchestra (cso) performs @ symphony center, , recognized 1 of best orchestras in world. performing regularly @ symphony center chicago sinfonietta, more diverse , multicultural counterpart cso. in summer, many outdoor concerts given in grant park , millennium park. ravinia festival, located 25 miles (40 km) north of chicago, summer home of cso, , favorite destination many chicagoans. civic opera house home lyric opera of chicago. lithuanian opera company of chicago founded lithuanian chicagoans in 1956, , presents operas in lithuanian.


the joffrey ballet , chicago festival ballet perform in various venues, including harris theater in millennium park. chicago has several other contemporary , jazz dance troupes, such hubbard street dance chicago , chicago dance crash.


other live-music genre part of city s cultural heritage include chicago blues, chicago soul, jazz, , gospel. city birthplace of house music, popular form of electronic dance music, , industrial music , site of influential hip-hop scene. in 1980s , 90s, city global center house , industrial music, 2 forms of music created in chicago, being popular alternative rock, punk, , new wave. city has been epicenter rave culture, since 1980s. flourishing independent rock music culture brought forth chicago indie. annual festivals feature various acts, such lollapalooza , pitchfork music festival. 2007 report on chicago music industry university of chicago cultural policy center ranked chicago third among metropolitan u.s. areas in size of music industry , fourth among u.s. cities in number of concerts , performances .


chicago has distinctive fine art tradition. of twentieth century, nurtured strong style of figurative surrealism, in works of ivan albright , ed paschke. in 1968 , 1969, members of chicago imagists, such roger brown, leon golub, robert lostutter, jim nutt, , barbara rossi produced bizarre representational paintings.


chicago contains number of large, outdoor works well-known artists. these include chicago picasso, miró s chicago, flamingo , flying dragon alexander calder, agora magdalena abakanowicz, monument standing beast jean dubuffet, batcolumn claes oldenburg, cloud gate anish kapoor, crown fountain jaume plensa, , 4 seasons mosaic marc chagall.


chicago has nationally televised thanksgiving parade occurs annually. mcdonald s thanksgiving parade seen across nation on wgn-tv , wgn america, featuring variety of diverse acts community, marching bands across country, , parade in city feature inflatable balloons every year.








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