Mill Run Playhouse
| Address |
Golf Road and Milwaukee Avenue Niles, Illinois United States |
|---|---|
| Owner | Rach, Comiskey, and Vaughn, Inc.[1] |
| Operator | Mill Run Theater Corporation[1] |
| Type | theater in the round |
| Capacity | 1,600[2] |
| Construction | |
| Opened | July 2, 1965 |
| Closed | August 1, 1984 |
| Demolished | August 1984 |
| Architect | Belli & Belli Architects and Engineers[1] |
Mill Run Playhouse (aka Mill Run Theatre)[3] was a 1,600 seat[4] theatre in the round in Niles, Illinois. It was built in 1965 on the grounds of the Golf Mill Shopping Center.[5] It was scheduled to open in June 1965 but torrential rains delayed the opening to July 2, 1965.[6] It was demolished in August 1984.[7] Its last show was a performance by Lou Rawls on August 1.[8]
Notable performers
- The 5th Dimension
- Don Adams
- Robert Alda, Lynn Bari, Vivian Blaine, Selma Diamond, Hildegarde, Jane Kean and Mary Small in Follies
- Marty Allen
- Steve Allen
- Woody Allen
- Eddy Arnold
- Average White Band
- Charles Aznavour
- Burt Bacharach
- Jim Bailey
- Pearl Bailey
- Gene Barry in Fiddler on the Roof
- Count Basie
- Shirley Bassey
- Harry Belafonte
- Tony Bennett
- Jack Benny
- Milton Berle
- Bobby Bland
- Joan Blondell in Barefoot in the Park
- Victor Borge
- David Brenner
- Foster Brooks
- James Brown
- John Byner
- Glen Campbell
- Canned Heat
- George Carlin
- The Carpenters
- Vikki Carr
- Jack Carter
- Johnny Cash
- Harry Chapin
- Ray Charles
- Charo
- Chubby Checker
- Cheech & Chong
- Fred Clark and Virginia Graham in The Crocodile and the Cockeyed Moose
- Roy Clark
- Rosemary Clooney
- Myron Cohen
- Natalie Cole
- Dorothy Collins in The Sound of Music
- Perry Como
- Bill Cosby
- Jim Croce
- Kathryn Crosby in Sabrina Fair
- Norm Crosby
- The Crusaders
- Steve Dahl & Garry Meier
- Vic Damone
- Rodney Dangerfield
- Billy Daniels
- James Darren, Reginald Gardiner, Gigi Perreau and Pippa Scott in Tom Jones
- John Davidson
- Sammy Davis Jr.
- The Spencer Davis Group
- Marlene Dietrich
- Tom Dreesen
- Ronnie Dyson
- Billy Eckstine
- Cass Elliot
- England Dan & John Ford Coley
- Barbara Fairchild
- Lola Falana
- José Feliciano
- Freddy Fender
- Totie Fields
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Roberta Flack
- John Forsythe in Oh, Men! Oh, Women!
- Redd Foxx
- Sergio Franchi
- Connie Francis
- James Franciscus in Anatomy of a Murder
- Janie Fricke
- Zsa Zsa Gabor in Blithe Spirit
- John Gary
- Larry Gatlin
- Mitzi Gaynor
- Mickey Gilley
- George Gobel
- Frank Gorshin
- Robert Goulet
- Betty Grable in Born Yesterday
- Al Green
- Shecky Greene
- Joel Grey
- Buddy Hackett
- Rich Hall
- Stanley Myron Handelman
- Emmylou Harris
- Donny Hathaway
- Isaac Hayes
- Heartsfield
- Joey Heatherton
- Heatwave
- Florence Henderson
- Pat Henry
- Charlton Heston in A Man for All Seasons
- Mimi Hines
- Don Ho
- Bob Hope
- Lena Horne
- H.P. Lovecraft
- Engelbert Humperdinck
- Tab Hunter and Ann Sothern in Barefoot in the Park
- Iron Butterfly
- The Jacksons
- Dick Jensen
- Van Johnson in A Thousand Clowns
- Quincy Jones
- Tom Jones
- Gabe Kaplan
- Lainie Kazan
- Sally Kellerman
- Chaka Khan
- The King Sisters
- Alan King
- B.B. King
- Gladys Knight & the Pips
- Kool & the Gang
- Cleo Laine
- Frankie Laine
- Dorothy Lamour in Once More, With Feeling
- Carol Lawrence
- Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gormé
- Peggy Lee
- The Lettermen
- Jerry Lewis
- Jerry Lee Lewis
- Liberace
- Gordon Lightfoot
- Rich Little
- Little River Band
- Paul Lynde
- Gordon MacRae in Carousel
- Melissa Manchester
- The Manhattan Transfer
- Peter Marshall
- Dean Martin
- Tony Martin
- Al Martino
- Johnny Mathis
- Les McCann
- Barbara McNair
- Sérgio Mendes
- Robert Merrill
- Marilyn Michaels
- The Mills Brothers
- Stephanie Mills
- Liza Minnelli
- Melba Moore
- Rita Moreno
- Patricia Morison in The King and I
- Nana Mouskouri
- Anne Murray
- Jan Murray
- Jim Nabors
- The New Seekers
- Bob Newhart
- Anthony Newley
- Wayne Newton
- The O'Jays
- The Oak Ridge Boys
- Tony Orlando
- The Osmonds
- Donny Osmond
- Jack Palance in Heaven Can Wait
- Dolly Parton
- Tom Paxton
- Freda Payne
- Teddy Pendergrass
- The Persuasions
- Molly Picon in A Majority of One
- Jean-Luc Ponty
- Louis Prima
- Freddie Prinze
- Juliet Prowse in Sweet Charity
- Eddie Rabbitt
- Bonnie Raitt
- Lou Rawls
- Martha Raye in Goodbye Charlie
- Helen Reddy
- Tim Reid
- Debbie Reynolds
- Don Rickles
- Minnie Riperton
- Joan Rivers
- Marty Robbins
- Smokey Robinson
- Diana Ross
- Jane Russell in Mame
- Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels
- Sandler and Young
- John Schneider
- Neil Sedaka
- Sha Na Na
- Frank Sinatra
- Jimmy Smith
- Kate Smith
- Smothers Brothers
- Suzanne Somers
- Sonny & Cher
- The Spinners
- Rick Springfield
- The Staple Singers
- Connie Stevens
- Donna Summer
- The Supremes
- The Temptations
- Danny Thomas
- Mel Tillis
- Lily Tomlin
- Mel Tormé
- Tower of Power
- Lana Turner in Forty Carats
- Ike & Tina Turner
- Conway Twitty
- Leslie Uggams
- Up with People
- Jerry Vale
- Dana Valery
- Frankie Valli
- Sarah Vaughan
- Ben Vereen
- Bobby Vinton
- Tom Waits
- Dionne Warwick
- Muddy Waters
- Slappy White
- Andy Williams
- Joe Williams
- Paul Williams
- Nancy Wilson
- Steven Wright
- Tammy Wynette
- Pia Zadora
References
- 1 2 3 "New Area Theater To Open". Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, Ill.). 22 April 1965.
- ↑ Various sources list 1500, 1700 and 1800
- ↑ "In the Round Down the Drain", Chicago Tribune, December 23, 1983, pp. N16
- ↑ "'Good Theatre is Right Here' is Mill Run Producer's Credo", The Des Plaines Suburban Times, February 7, 1968, p. 8
- ↑ "Niles Built on Fertile Farmland", Chicago Tribune, June 25, 1986, pp. F19
- ↑ Cannon, Chuck (17 June 1965). "Cannon's Cavalcade". Brookfield Citizen.
- ↑ "Sneed & Lavin INC.", Chicago Tribune, July 26, 1984, p. 20
- ↑ "Plan Ahead", Chicago Tribune, July 26, 1984, pp. E8
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