Front of House Fun Facts
The name of the Front of House Manager
(First and Last Name)
Siobhan Townsend
The Auditorium Theatre's Opening Night was on this date.
December 9th, 1889
The total number of boxes (Box Seating) in the Theatre.
11 Upper and 9 Lower on each side.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!!
The original architects of the building, as well as the apprentice.
Dankmar Adler & Louis Sullivan
Frank Lloyd Wright as Sullivan's apprentice
The show with the highest bar sales this past season.
String Cheese Incident
The phrase we use when greeting a guest at the front wooden doors.
Welcome to the Auditorium Theatre! May I please see your ticket?
The tagline for the AUD.
The "Theatre for the People"
The Dress Circle Row Letters
AA - LL
Main Floor, Dress Circle, Front Balcony, Middle Balcony, Rear Balcony, Upper Balcony, and the Gallery.
Our longest running show this past season.
The name of the GM; General Manager.
(First and Last Name)
Juliet Trieloff
Charles Holloway
Number of busts in the building.
4
Ferdinand Wythe Peck
Our first sold out show of the 2021-2022 Season.
Bob Dylan
The number of bars in the venue.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY for the number of points of sale.
11 Permanent Bars
Double Jeopardy: 28 Points of Sale
The meaning of the mural above the proscenium arch.
Humanity at different stages of life, through song.
The way we change the light bulbs in the ceiling.
Catwalks in the ceiling where the electrician replaces the lightbulbs from below.
The ceiling arches are made of this metal.
24 Karat Gold-Leaf
The first show to re-open the AUD after 2020.
Shen Yun
The total number of light bulbs in the theatre.
4,683
The year the Auditorium Theatre obtained National Historic Landmark status.
1975
The name of the curved designed of the ceiling to produce the "perfect sound" specially developed for the AUD.
The Isacoustic Curve
The reason why the floors are slanted toward the front wooden doors.
The blue clay beneath the sediment of the building and the addition of two extra floors as per Ferdinand Peck, to make the AUD the tallest building in Chicago at the time.
This artist performed three sold out shows in April 2022, and had debuted this same album 20 years prior here with us at The AUD.
Wilco : Yankee Hotel Foxtrot