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Edwards Theatres is an American movie theater brand owned and operated as an in-name-only unit of Cineworld through its Regal Cinemas chain. Originally founded in 1930 by William James Edwards Jr., it operated independently as a major theater chain in the Southern California region until it was consolidated with Regal Cinemas and United Artists Theatres into the Regal Entertainment Group (REG ...
Theater Stage Location Built Capacity Website Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium: Federal Triangle: 1935 1000 Arena Stage: Fichandler Stage Southwest: 1950 683 Arena Stage
Woolly Mammoth is a member of the National New Play Network, [32] Theatre Communications Group, the League of Washington Theaters, and the Cultural Alliance of Greater Washington. The theatre's programs are supported by the National Endowment for the Arts , the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities, and the National Capital Arts and ...
The Lincoln Theatre struggled financially after desegregation opened other movie theaters to blacks beginning in 1953. [7] In the late 1950s, the Colonnade was demolished. [7] The theater fell into disrepair after the 1968 Washington, D.C. riots. [8] In 1978, the Lincoln Theatre was divided into two theaters, and was known as the Lincoln "Twins ...
It was his last DC performance before his death in 1998. In 2007, it was the venue for the first annual Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. The recipient of the first Gershwin Prize was Paul Simon. On December 28, 2018, JBG Smith sold the property to CBRE Global Investors for $376.5 million. [3]
After having record-breaking runs at the La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego, California, the Seattle Repertory Theatre in 2015, the Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., and the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto in 2016, [1] it opened on Broadway at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre on March 12, 2017 and became a critical and box office success.
The Mary Pickford Theater, named in honor of silent film star Mary Pickford, is the "motion picture and television reading room" of the United States' Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. It is on the third floor of the Library of Congress Madison building in downtown Washington. The theater screens classic and contemporary movies and ...
1776 is a musical with music and lyrics by Sherman Edwards and a book by Peter Stone.The show is based on the events leading up to the signing of the Declaration of Independence, telling a story of the efforts of John Adams to persuade his colleagues to vote for American independence and to sign the document.