The place has been the center of some very notable performers and it's also on the landmarks list:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Regal_Theater
People who have performed here:
Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, James Brown, Jerry Butler, Cab Calloway, Gene Chandler, Nat King Cole, Bill Cosby, Miles Davis, Sammy Davis Jr., Earth Wind & Fire, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, The Four Tops, Red Foxx, Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, Dizzy Gillespie, Al Green, Herbie Hancock, Isaac Hayes, Billie Holliday, Whitney Houston, The Impressions, The Isley Brothers, Jackson 5, Etta James, Louis Jordan, BB King, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Ludacris, Curtis Mayfield, The Nicholas Brothers, Pearl Jam, Richard Pryor, Lou Rawls, Smokey Robinson & the Miracles, The Temptations, Dionne Warwick, Dinah Washington, Jackie Wilson, Stevie Wonder, etc
That is an incredibly impressive lineup history.