Iroquois Theatre fire Iroquois Theatre fire The Iroquois Theatre fire happened on December 30, 1903, in Chicago, Illinois. It was the deadliest theater fire and the deadliest single-building fire in United States history. At least 602 people died as a result of the fire, but not all the deaths were reported, as some of the bodies were removed from the scene. The Iroquois Theatre was at 24–28 West Randolph Street, between State Street and Dearborn Street, in Chicago. The syndicate that bankrolled its construction chose the location specifically to attract women on day trips from out of town who, it was thought, would
Theater in the United States 14 former legitimate theaters with a normal seating capacity of 16,955, have been taken over for either radio broadcasts or television performances. In the late 1990s and 2000s, American theater began to borrow from cinema and operas. For instance, Julie Taymor, director of "The Lion King" directed "Die Zauberflöte" at the Metropolitan Opera. Also, Broadway musicals were developed around Disney's "Mary Poppins", "Tarzan", "The Little Mermaid", and the one that started it all, "Beauty and the Beast", which may have contributed to Times Square's revitalization in the 1990s. Also, Mel Brooks's "The Producers" and "Young Frankenstein" are based on his