We hope you can join us on Tuesday, December 9, 2014
for a truly historic occasion. The
Auditorium Theatre’s annual gala event will occur that evening—and it promises
to be the most significant gala this National Historic Landmark has ever seen.
On that night, the Auditorium Theatre will
officially celebrate its 125th anniversary, and this momentous
milestone will be recognized with an appropriately extravagant
celebration. The black-tie gala, held at the historic Palmer House Hilton, will
feature an evening of music, movement and memories celebrating the Auditorium
Theatre’s incredible 125 years.
The spectacular entertainment for the Auditorium
Theatre’s 125th gala will be an homage to our long history of
exceptional programming, and will include:
the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Joffrey
Ballet, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, the Apollo Chorus, and a rock
concert composed of legendary Chicago musicians. In a scheduling coup of pure symmetry, one of
the headliners, the world-renowned and Tony-Award winning Broadway sensation, Ms.
Patti LuPone, happens to be the great-grandniece (and namesake) of Adelina
Patti, the opera star who performed on the Auditorium Theatre’s stage during
opening night in 1889.
Please join us for one of the Auditorium Theatre’s
most memorable events in recent memory. Our 125th gala celebration will be
an acknowledgement of all the Auditorium Theatre has achieved—and the limitless
possibilities that remain.
Special thanks to our 125th Gala Dinner Chairs: Joan Colmar, Phil Lumpkin, and Helen Melchior. To purchase tickets to the Auditorium Theatre’s 2015 Gala, or to address any inquiries, please contact Amanda Byrne at 312.341.2364, or abyrne@auditoriumtheatre.org.
