Arie Crown Theatre is attached to McCormick Place, a large (and growing) convention complex near Chicago's lakefront.  Originally Arie Crown Theatre was utilized for the showing of touring Broadway shows, nearly always musicals,  up until the mid-1980's; at that point touring Broadway shows greatly diminished in number.  When Broadway shows did tour they generally played at theatres in Chicago's Loop and not at Arie Crown.

Arie Crown Theatre is huge and not terribly intimate and actors did not enjoy playing it - and occasionally showed their lack of enjoyment from the stage in the quality of their performances.  Despite a major design overhaul after the mid-1980's the theatre, which is owned by the government of the City of Chicago, is not booked frequently for the public.  Perhaps it is more often used for conventions, which is too bad as it is easily accessible by public transportation and taxis and occasionally walking from a nearby hotel.  The opportunities for tourists to attend an event at Arie Crown Theatre are probably pretty limited, unless an event is associated with a convention.