There was no audience inside when the roof of the Chatterton Opera House collapsed on Aug. 9, 1887. “The blue sky is now the only covering that shelters the auditorium of the once beautiful interior,” ...

The Chatterton’s namesake was George W. Chatterton of Springfield, who in 1910 owned theaters in Springfield, Bloomington and Danville, and leased ones in Lincoln and Urbana. Chatterton had purchased ...

Brian Chatterton OAM takes a final bow this July from popular touring company Co-Opera when Co-Opera salutes him in a series of sentimental Farewell Concerts "Celebrating with Song- a thirty year ...

The weathered "Illini" sign reveals "Chatterton Opera House" underneath. This site was a top spot for road shows from the early 1900s to the 1920s. This photo from the Pantagraph Negatives Collection ...