As the first theater built in Chicago after the Iroquois Theatre fire , the Majestic Theatre was specially cited for its fire safety . This theater was also constructed to bring a more elegant audience into the vaudeville circuit . The architects , Edmund R. Krause and the Rapp Brothers ( George and Cornelius ) , thought that by using decadent colors and textures they could attract a more upper-class crowd than traditionally attended vaudeville . The house of the theater also has two prosceniums . These were constructed to racially segregate the audience , as they prevent patrons on the ground level from seeing the patrons on upper levels . Also , by some sources , this theater was once Chicago 's tallest building
Iroquois Theatre fire
Iroquois Theatre fire
CIBC Theatre