Academy of Music

The Academy of Music was the name of three theaters in Chicago, Illinois. The first two theaters were located at 83. S. Halsted Street in West Side, Chicago near the intersection of Madison Street and Halstead. They were both destroyed by fire. The first theatre opened in 1872, and after it was destroyed in 1878 the second theatre was quickly built on the same property and opened the same year as the first fire. The second theatre was destroyed by fire in 1880.