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This list of theaters and entertainment venues in Washington, D.C. includes present-day opera houses and theaters, cabarets, music halls and other places of live entertainment in Washington, D.C. Current theaters
Demolished theatres in Washington, D.C. (3 P) Pages in category "Cinemas and movie theaters in Washington, D.C." The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
The theatre in 2024 The theatre's kiosk in 2020. The Warner Theatre was originally developed by Aaron and Julian Brylawski in 1922. Originally named the Earle Theatre, it was built in 1924 as a movie palace presenting live vaudeville and first-run silent movies. It was designed by theatre architect C. Howard Crane of Detroit and Kenneth ...
The Uptown Theater, known as The Uptown (formerly Cineplex Odeon Uptown or AMC Loews Uptown 1), was a single-screen movie theater in the Cleveland Park neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Opened in 1936, it hosted the world premieres of such movies as 2001: A Space Odyssey and Jurassic Park. It closed in March 2020. [1] [2]
Completed in 1924 at a cost of $1 million, the theater was, until its closing in 1976, one of the most elegant movie houses in Washington, D.C. In addition to the main theater auditorium, the building contained offices on the upper floors and several two-story shops along the 14th Street and Park Road frontages.
Their second theater, The Atlas located at 1331 H Street NE, Washington, D.C., was built by the company and opened in 1938 and closed in 1976. The chain closed abruptly in January, 1994 with little warning to the community or employees. [1] 10 of 15 theaters were sold to an investor partnership. [2] Several KB locations were taken over by ...
The Circle Theatre on the 1900 block of Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, in Washington, D.C. was designed by Albert B. Mullett & Co. and opened in March 1910. It had previously been a store in a three-story Federal style building. [1] Believed to be the District’s first continuously operating movie theatre, it was the first to feature repertory films ...
Ford's Theatre is a theater located in Washington, D.C., which opened in 1863.The theater is best known for being the site of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.On the night of April 14, 1865, John Wilkes Booth entered the theater box where Lincoln was watching a performance of Tom Taylor's play Our American Cousin, slipped the single-shot, 5.87-inch derringer from his pocket and fired at ...