Have the Best Timing, Get the BEST Seats

Excited to go see Hallelujah Broadway, On Stage with...Susan Werner, and AXIS Dance Company (featured on this week’s episode of SYTYCD)? Want to be sure you get the best seats in the house for these events and more? Put this on your calendar:

Single tickets go on sale July 11 for all 2011-2012 shows that take place before Jan 1, 2012.

Click HERE to see the full list of upcoming shows. Click below to see a video of just one of them!

Intern Intros - Meet Gina!

Throughout the summer, we will be introducing you to our fabulous interns. Enjoy the first in this series of posts.

I’m Gina, the first marketing intern for the Auditorium Theatre. I have just completed my first week and I must say it is a great experience. Many times when you think “intern” you think of what they show in the movies, someone they make run all over the place doing pointless things, like coffee runs for the staff. I am happy and thankful to say that I do not even know who drinks coffee here, so needless to say I am not doing any coffee runs.

I am currently a graduate student at Purdue Calumet studying Communication. I studied Communication and Advertising in my undergraduate at Eastern Illinois University. I am very happy to be working in the city of Chicago because my hope is to move here sometime in 2012. I absolutely love the city and all it has to offer and I am happy to say that this internship is helping me enjoy the city even more, especially when I was able to see The Beach Boys concert with John Stamos! It was great to see “Uncle Jessie,” and my sister and I had a great time.

For some time now I have wanted to explore every aspect of the communication field; when I received the email that I was accepted as an intern here I was ecstatic. I have always loved going to see performances and I know this is a great fit for me. I am hoping to learn as much as possible. So far I can say that the people are great and make me laugh on a daily basis! I am very excited to share my experience when I write my second blog near the end of the internship.

The Auditorium stage becomes a black box theatre for Apple Tree's "The Mistress Cycle"

The Auditorium is thrilled to present Apple Tree Theatre's acclaimed production of The Mistress Cycle, a musical about the lives of 5 mistresses throughout history.

This remount will feature the majority of the original cast! Chris Jones of the Tribune called this show, "a must-see for lovers and supporters of new musicals."

We're creating a theatre-in-a-theatre for this production, seating 200 audience members on the stage.

Tickets went on sale at 10am today! Call 800.982.2787, visit ticketmaster.com/auditorium or come by our box office at 50 E. Congress Parkway for tickets . Groups and ATRU subscribers can call 312.431.2357 for discount information.

On stage with...2009 Cabaret Season Announced

On stage with...2009 Cabaret Series was announced today in the Chicago Tribune! Our Summer Cabaret Series treats the audience to an unforgettable performance while enjoying a rare vantage point typically reserved for the performer - the stage!

• Joan Curto with Beckie Menzie - Shaking the Blues Away: Saturday, June 27 at 8 p.m.


• Megon McDonough - An Evening with Megon McDonough: Saturday, July 18 at 8 p.m.


• Susan Werner - Classics: Thursday, August 13 at 7:30 p.m.


• Tom Wopat - Love Swings: Saturday, September 12 at 8 p.m.

Tickets go on sale Wednesday, April 22 at 10 a.m. Call 312.922.2110 ext. 300 for more information.

Photo: Tom Wopat

Cabaret Series Announcement

Today was the official announcement of our Summer Cabaret Series.

The "On Stage with..." series is unusual because the audience actually gets to be on stage with the performers, sitting at cabaret tables! In today's Tribune, Howard Reich says, "Though the idea might seem odd, the results are visually spectacular: The audience looks out into the house, the performer framed by the glittering house lights of the Auditorium."

This summer's series:

• On Stage with Shelley MacArthur: How Sweet It Is - June 13


• On Stage with Susan Werner: Susan Werner Sings the Susan Werner Songbook - July 23


• On Stage with Orbert Davis & Friends: The Center of the Song (An Evening of Romantic Jazz) - August 16


• On Stage with Alvin Waddles: Fats Waller Revue

Call 312.922.2110 ext 300 for reservations.