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Atlas Performing Arts Center: Lang Theater H Street: 2005 (established 1938) 258 Atlas Performing Arts Center Sprenger Theater H Street: 2005 (established 1938) 160 Atlas Performing Arts Center Atlas Lab Theatre I H Street: 2005 (established 1938) 70 Atlas Performing Arts Center Atlas Lab Theatre II H Street: 2005 (established 1938) 82
Gem Theatre or Gem Theater may refer to: Gem Theatre (Detroit) Gem Theater (Deadwood, South Dakota) Gem Theatre (Kannapolis, North Carolina) Gem Theater (New Orleans)
[39] [37] The three-stage theater complex is now the second-largest performing arts center in Washington, DC, after the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. It is the largest regional theater in D.C. [5] [39] Arena Stage re-opened in October 2010 with Oklahoma!. [13] [2] The capacity of its three theaters follows:
The theater was rebuilt and reopened in 1948 with 916 seats and a new balcony to replace the old one. Steve Morris bought a share of the theater in 1995 and became general manager and later the owner. With competition from newer theaters, the Gem showed movies that had already been shown elsewhere. First-run movies returned in 2000. [2]
The Atlas Performing Arts Center opened in March 2005. [8] The nearly 60,000 square feet (5,600 m 2) facility boasts one 260 seat proscenium theatre, one large flexible seat black box theatre and two smaller Lab Theatres. There are three dance studios, managed by Joy of Motion Dance Center.
The Kennedy Center as seen from the air on January 8, 2006 (before construction of the REACH expansion). A portion of the Watergate complex can be seen at the left. The idea for a national cultural center dates to 1933 when First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt discussed ideas for the Emergency Relief and Civil Works Administration to create employment for unemployed actors during the Great Depression. [3]
A naming rights deal was struck with MCI Communications to name the arena as the MCI Center. [28] The groundbreaking ceremony for the project was held in October 1995. [ 29 ] On December 2, 1997, the arena held its first event, a game between the Wizards and the Seattle SuperSonics , with President Bill Clinton in attendance. [ 30 ]
Smith Center also became the temporary home of the Washington Mystics as they made a run at a WNBA Championship in 2018. Smith Center is located on the main George Washington campus in Foggy Bottom, on the block bounded by 22nd and 23rd and F and G Streets NW. The arena also has hosted concerts and includes practice courts, a swimming pool, a ...