Deborah Kerr appeared in 1955 in Elia Kazan's production of Robert Anderson's Tea and Sympathy, and Chicago Sun-Times critic Herman Kogan wrote that the ovation was the kind that audiences "reserve for a really rare performance that shines in every facet like a gem." She also appeared on the Pulitzer Prize Playhouse in New York, Hawkins Falls, a Chicago television production, and sang with Etta Moten (Bess in Porgy and Bess) for two summers at the Chicago Fair. The architects who designed the new theatre in 1910 were Benjamin Marshall and Charles Fox of the firm Marshall and Fox, who also designed the adjacent Blackstone Hotel in 1909. In 1928, she married her husband, Morris, who was in the grocery business. The Merle Reskin Theatre is a performing arts venue located in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois. Phone: (773) 325-7864
The lobby was finished in French walnut and gold, with a box office at the western end. Harold is a very private man, but he's one of the kindest people I've ever known. Meanwhile, the Blackstone Theatre was dark throughout 1987. Benson was highly regarded in England, especially as a director and teacher, but Chicago Daily News critic Amy Leslie took a dim view of his acting abilities. Its sight lines are good, and you'll be able to see and hear well from almost any seat in the house. [3], At the end of 1930, it was announced that the Blackstone Theatre Company was terminating its lease. Chicago Public Library