Princess Theatre
319 S. Clark Street,
Chicago,
IL
60604
319 S. Clark Street,
Chicago,
IL
60604
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Page 122 of the book HOUDINI ON MAGIC has a photograph of the exterior with Houdini’s advertising.
A group waiting to see Houdini
A view of the Princess Theater still under construction in 1908 can be seen here.
Here is an interior view
That confirms the year given in the introduction above.
The Princess was razed in July 1941, according to the Chicago Tribune.
Chicago Loses Another Theater
July 16-From Chicago comes word that any day now wreckers will start razing the Princess Theatre, on South Clark Street.
Here is another postcard view
Their was a show on PBS (the history det) talking a bout the Houdini Show. Was this the last of the shows that he played in Chicago?
HOUDINI last shows in Chicago. Play March 8 until May 1st 1926.
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Another old postcard:
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A pair of postcard views of the princess
Yesterday I purchased a set of postcards depicting Acts I, II, and III of George Broadhurst’s drama “Bought and Paid For” performed at the “Princess Theatre, Wm. A. Brady’s chicago Playhouse.” I have found information about this play’s run on Broadway but none while it was in Chicago. I would appreciate any information….names of actors, dates of run, etc. Thanks!
Gloria
My Great Aunt Francie wrote her autobiography many years back and she said…
“On a trip via streetcar to downtown Chicago, I passed the Princess Theater where Houdini was playing. The front of the theater was hung with big signs and his name was up in lights. I felt desire to see this show, but the $1.50 or $2.00 ticket was out of my range. (the local vaudville was .15 cents for kids). Decades later, I wish I had done anything to go to that theater and see Houdini – still THE name in our magic history after all these years.”